Whether had at a famous kaiten-sushi restaurant or at a luxurious establishment where it’s made right before your eyes, dining on sushi is definitely an experience you won’t soon forget.
Sushi versus sashimi
Simply put, sushi (寿司, すし) are slices of fresh fish or seafood (known as gu 具) on white rice that has been flavored with sushi vinegar. Sushi vinegar is a mild rice vinegar made from fermented rice, which may be further seasoned with sugar and salt. Sashimi (刺身, さしみ), on the other hand, are just slices of fresh fish or seafood typically placed on finely cut daikon radish, seaweed or shiso (perilla) leaves.
Though they seem similar, sashimi and sushi are technically prepared differently. However, both sushi and sashimi are eaten with soy sauce, wasabi and/or ginger.
What we consider standard sushi today was first invented in the Edo era, and was a fast food for the time. After WWII and right up until the 1980s, sushi was a luxury food that few could afford. During Japan’s bubble economy take-out sushi, deli sushi and conveyor belt sushi restaurants came into fashion and brought sushi to the masses. Nowadays you can even find sushi at convenience stores.
Modern sushi options can also include meats, vegetables and even fruits. In some chain restaurants, you’ll even find mini sushi-ized takes on other foods such as pizza, tacos or hamburgers.
The main types of sushi
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falseflagsteve
Best sushi I’ve ever had is at Toriton In Sapporo. Can’t wait until next month when I visit my partners family and visit there for the first time with my son.
kyushubill
When they dump the radioactive water, how much will be enjoyed afterward?
Moonraker
My better half makes the best sushi. Too much of everything else is spoiled by too much sugar in the rice. And balsamic vinegar is much better than rice vinegar, but this will be sacrilege to the traditionalists.
3RENSHO
"In some chain restaurants, you’ll even find mini sushi-ized takes on other foods such as pizza, tacos or hamburgers."
Oh, really? Isn't that interesting!
opheliajadefeldt
I have been a vegetarian since forever, I cannot imagine touching raw fish let alone eating it. The same goes for any animal meat.
wallace
I don't use sugar with my sushi rice and I use lemon instead of vinegar.
gcFd1
It's recommended to have a Japanese person skilled in preparing sushi to handle this.
wallace
My sushi and sashimi are highly liked and rated by my many Japanese friends. I cut my own fish.
I also make pickled ginger and plum sauce.
For a professional chef like myself it’s not difficult to learn.
Pity you’ll never have a chance to taste it.
wallace
Once I was required to eat live sashimi in Hakone which I wasn’t comfortable with.
餓死鬼
I once tried funazushi, which I learned was an example of the earliest form of sushi, where the fish is salted, buried in rice in a barrel which is then covered, then left to ferment for a long time. Smell was okay, but the taste was a bit too fishily acidic for me. Interesting one-time experience of a bit of culinary history, but I decided from then to stick with the more conventional sushi.
Strangerland
Wrongly put. Not simply.
Simply put, sushi is sugared, vinegar rice. The fish is a topping, but is NOT what makes the sushi.
I can't believe they would put an article on a website about Japan, written to teach people about Japan, and get this very significant point wrong in the first sentence of the article.
餓死鬼
Is it the same as sumeshi?
Strangerland
Yes, that is what it is called.