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Types of Sushi - Sushi Knowledge

There are a number of different kinds of sushi to be found in restaurants and shops in Japan and elsewhere.

Nigirizushi Nigirizushi
The most common type of sushi to be found today, and generally the most expensive, is nigirizushi. This is sushi where a topping, generally raw or cooked fish or shellfish, is placed on a finger of vinegared rice smeared with wasabi paste.
Makizushi Makizushi
Another popular variety, this term refers to rolled sushi, where a filling of fish or vegetables is enclosed by vinegared rice, and wrapped in toasted nori seaweed. Main varieties include the thin hosomaki, the thicker futomaki, and the California roll, where the nori is on the inside, and rice on the outside.
Gunkanmaki Gunkanmaki
This term translates directly as ‘battleship roll’, and refers to sushi where a finger of vinegared rice is surrounded by a strip of nori, so that toppings, generally fish roe, can be placed on top without falling off. The end result is said to resemble a battleship.
Temakizushi Temakizushi
This is ‘hand-rolled’ sushi, and is a popular choice for dinner parties, as guests can make their own. A small amount of sushi rice is spread on a square of nori, fillings placed on top, and the whole thing rolled into a cone shape.
Chirashizushi Chirashizushi
Literally meaning ‘scattered sushi’, this differs from the other main kinds of sushi in that it is served in a bowl, with the vinegared rice being topped with an assortment of toppings, most typically raw fish.
Inarizushi Inarizushi
Vinegared rice is served in a pocket of abura-age, or sweetened, deep-fried tofu. Inari is the fox god of the Japanese indigenous Shinto religion, and because foxes are traditionally believed to like abura-age, he lends his name to this sushi.

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Useful informations from restaurants

Feng Sushi School

Feng Sushi

Feng Sushi are now taking reservations for the last course of the season at the perennially popular Feng Sushi School. These day-long courses provide an ideal chance to gain sushi skills from professionals which can be retained forever.
2008/06/03

HAKUBA - SPECIAL OFFER

HAKUBA

Enjoy a complimentary bottle of wine when you dine at the Contemporary and chic Japanese restaurant Hakuba.
2008/07/16

YO! Sushi School

YO! Sushi

Catering for 10-20 people and taught by our experienced and friendly chef, the
course includes rice cooking and fish cutting demonstrations along with
hands-on experience in making sushi. YO! Sushi School transforms a sushi
novice to sushi master in just 3 hours!

2008/04/28

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