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The roll contributed to sushi's growing popularity in the United States by easing diners into more exotic sushi options. [29] Sushi chefs have since devised many kinds of rolls, beyond simple variations of the California roll. It also made its way to Japan ("reverse imported"), [30] where it is often called California maki or Kashū Maki ...
Temaki (手巻き, hand roll) is a cone-shaped maki sushi [4] [1] [2] [3] Nigiri sushi (握り寿司, hand-formed sushi) consists of an oval-shaped ball of rice topped with a slice of another item [1] [2] [3] [5] Oshi sushi (押し寿司, "pressed sushi"), also known as hako-zushi (箱寿司, "box sushi"), is formed by molding the rice and ...
Japanese-Canadian sushi chef Hidekazu Tojo says he is the true pioneer of the California roll, which is called Tojo Maki at his still-operating sushi spot Tojo’s Restaurant in Vancouver, Canada ...
A Seattle roll is a makizushi roll similar to the Philadelphia roll. [1] The fundamental recipe consists of raw salmon and cream cheese, usually along with cucumber and/or avocado, and sometimes masago or tobiko. Variations include ingredients such as smoked or seared salmon. [2]
A Philadelphia roll with less commonly used raw salmon and cream cheese. Originally, the roll used smoked salmon. A Philadelphia roll is a makizushi (also classified as a kawarizushi) [1] type of sushi generally made with smoked (or sometimes raw) salmon, cream cheese, and cucumber, with the rice on the outside (uramaki). [2]
The rainbow roll is considered as the next step of sushi introduction into the United States culinary culture after the California roll, the first roll with nori seaweed leaf hidden inside rice. [3] While the California roll uses no raw fish at all, the rainbow roll takes it one step further by adding raw tuna, salmon, shrimp, and white fish. [2]
A dynamite roll is a Makizushi type of Western-style sushi. It usually contains a piece of shrimp tempura , avocado, and cucumber. [ 1 ] It can also include proteins like salmon , crab , tuna, hamachi/yellowtail , vegetables like radish sprouts or oshinko , and garnishes like masago / tobiko (fish roe).
Nori is commonly used as a wrap for sushi and onigiri (rice balls). The dry seaweed is used to pick up rice balls without getting the hands sticky. Senbei (rice crackers) sometimes contain a piece of nori as well. Strips or small sheets of nori are used as garnish for noodles, soups, and rice dishes.