Sushi

In Japanese cuisine, sushi (寿司, 鮨, 鮓, sushi) is vinegared rice, usually topped with other ingredients, including fish, various meats, and vegetables. Outside of Japan, sushi is sometimes misunderstood to mean the raw fish itself, or even any fresh raw seafood dishes. In Japan, sliced raw fish alone is called sashimi and is distinct from sushi, as sashimi is the raw fish component, not the rice component. The word sushi itself comes from an archaic grammatical form of a word that is no longer used in other contexts; literally, "sushi" means "it's sour".

Types of Sushi:

• Maki-Sushi: Toppings served rolled inside nori (dried and pressed layer sheets of seaweed or alga).
• Nigiri-Sushi: Toppings laid on hand-formed clumps of rice.
• Sashimi: Sliced raw fish.
• Inari-Sushi: Toppings stuffed into a small pouch of fried tofu.
• Chakin-zushi or Fukusa-sushi: Toppings wrapped in a thin egg crepe.
• Chirashi-zushi: Toppings served scattered over a bowl of sushi rice.