Know These Types Of Sushi Before You Order: Beginners Guide

In this beginners sushi guide, I'll walk you through the differences between Japanese and American sushi and we'll take a look at the most popular types of sushi you can find.

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Traditional Japanese sushi is much simpler, not dressed much, and it mostly focuses on the fish.

American sushi, on the other hand, focuses more on the sushi rolls, and it is topped with a lot of sauces and garnishes.

With that said, no matter the style you want, always make sure that you understand the type of sushi you want to order before making your order.

The following are the main types of Japanese sushi.

Sashimi

Technically, sashimi is not sushi, even though it is still categorized as sushi.

Whereas sushi is fish served with a ball of rice, which might have some extra ingredients, sashimi is just a raw fish, which is sliced and served as is.

The fish is sliced in long and rectangular slices, which are known as “hira-zukuri”.

Mostly, sashimi is served alongside soy sauce and ginger, which come as its condiments.

Nigiri

Chirashi

Maki

There are different varieties of maki sushi rolls that you can order in a traditional Japanese restaurant. These varieties range in style and size, and they include:

Futomaki – which is a bit larger sized sushi rolls, and they are stuffed with several ingredients.
Hosomaki – these are smaller sushi rolls, and they are made into a cone shape using a sheet of seaweed (nori). However, hosomaki contains one single filling, which can be carrots, tuna, or cucumbers.
Temaki – these are hand sushi rolls, made by rolling nori sheets into cone shapes, and then filling them with fish, veggies, and rice. This type of maki sushi is mostly eaten with hands since they are too large to be eaten using chopsticks.

Gunkan Sushi

Popular types of American sushi

California roll
Tempura roll
Spicy tuna roll
Dragon roll
Spider roll
Rainbow Roll
Philly roll
Vegetarian roll
Volcano roll

I hope you learned a lot of new things about sushi today and thanks for watching :)