Sushi Terms Flashcards
Name the type of sushi.
Nigiri
Small rice balls with fish
All Nigiri has wasabi between fish and rice
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Gunkan
2 pcs
Small cups made of sushi rice and dried seaweed filled with seafood. Most common with Uni or Fish Eggs
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Chirashi
Assorted or scattered sushi
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Temaki
Hand Rolled - cones made of nori seaweed and filled with sushi rice, seafood, and vegetables.
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Shashimi
2 pcs
Raw Fish - Japanese delicacy
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Maki - Sushi Rolls
Consists of rice, seaweed, fish, and other ingredients.
Norimaki - seaweed outside
Ura-maki - rice outside
Name the type of fish.
Ikura
Salmon Roe
Name the type of fish.
Uni
Sea Urchin
Name the type of fish.
Sake
Salmon
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Hamachi
Yellowtail
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Unagi
Freshwater Eel
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Saba
Japanese Mackerel
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Aji
Spanish Horse Mackerel
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Shima-aji
Striped Jack fish
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Ebi
Pink Shrimp
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Botan Ebi
Japanese Sweet Shrimp
(Spot Prawn)
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Ika
Squid
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Tako
Octopus
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Hotate
Japanese Scallop
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Mirugai
Geoduck
Name the type of Fish.
Suzuki
Seabass
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Hirame
Fluke
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Kinmedai
Golden Eye Snapper
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Tamago
Egg (Japanese Omelette)
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Tai
Japanese Seabream or
Japanese Red Snapper
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Kampachi
Japanese Amberjack
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Akami
Tuna
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Chu-Toro
Semi Fatty Tuna
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O-Toro
Fatty Tuna
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Mentaiko
Marinated roe of Pollock and Cod
Traditional Korean cuisine.
Name the type of fish.
Ikura
Large fish roe usually from salmon but also other species
Often marinated in soy and sake
Name the type of fish.
Tobiko
Roe of flying fish
Often marinated with different ingredients that change it’s color.
Black - Squid Ink
Pale Orange - Yuzu
Green - Wasabi
Name the type of fish.
Osetra Caviar
Russian Sturgeon Caviar from the Caspian and black seas.
Highly prized and regarded as one of the world’s most expensive type of fish row, second only to Beluga Caviar.
