A dinner at a Japanese restaurant. I leave you a short description of what sushi is,
is a dish of Japanese origin based on rice that is usually accompanied with: sesame, salmon or trout, depending on the tastes it can be raw or smoked, marinated with rice vinegar, sugar, salt and other ingredients, such as vegetables, fish or seafood. This dish is one of the most recognized of Japanese cuisine and one of the most popular internationally.
Although sushi is usually associated with fish and seafood, you can also bring vegetables or eggs, or even any other companion. In addition, the traditional fresh products that accompany rice do not always have to be raw (mostly grilled). preparations also boiled, fried or marinated included. That is to say, that the name sushi refers to the preparation of the rice and that the accompaniment, although it is relevant in the flavor, does not make the dish itself. Although there is a variety of sushi accompaniments internationally recognized and accustomed, the ideal is that each region adopt typical accompaniments of the place with fish or fruits of the region that are identified with taste and local cuisine. However, you should refrain from the use of raw freshwater fish, since, unlike sea fish, it may contain salmonella. The name comes from the Japanese words' su (rice vinegar, vinegary), and shi rice.
Sushi is usually prepared in small portions, about the size of a bite, and can take various forms. If you serve fish and rice rolled in a sheet of nori seaweed it is called maki ('roll'). If it is a kind of rice meatball covered by fish we speak of nigiri. When the rice is stuffed into a small bag of fried tofu it is called inari. You can also serve a bowl of sushi rice with pieces of fish and other ingredients on top; then it is called chirashizushi.
Outside Japan, the name sushi refers only to the most common varieties, such as makizushi or nigirizushi; curiously, it is usually extended to sashimi, a dish based on raw fish, but without rice.
