| Sushi is a very famous Japanese food that grew | | | | eaten with chopsticks, many Japanese still like to |
| popularity in the United States just like it grew | | | | eat it using chopsticks. Though Temaki is an |
| popular all over the world. It has taken on some | | | | exception. A Temaki is a nori roll shaped like an |
| western flavors and techniques and this evolved | | | | ice cream cone, and filled with variations. |
| sushi has traveled back to Japan to become | | | | Many other types include sukeroku, sashimi, nigiri, |
| trendy American Sushi. | | | | inari, oshi and maki. Americans also love these |
| There are some differences between the | | | | types of sushi and are familiar with them as |
| traditional sushi and the evolved American sushi. | | | | these are served by many restaurants in |
| The first being that most of Japanese sushi had | | | | America. In particular Sukeroku is very famously |
| some sort of fish included, either raw or treated | | | | available in America because of vegetarian nature. |
| with pickles. American sushi has taken on a | | | | Another name for this is ume sushi and it is |
| decidedly western technique when it comes to | | | | considered as a low quality with ingredients |
| creation, adding area-specific ingredients and | | | | available from common grocery stores. |
| changing the shape, size and presentation format | | | | Sukeroku is also a common type of sushi found in |
| laid out by Japanese inventors. | | | | American grocery stores. It is a cheap food as it |
| It was very different from the sushi being served | | | | is vegetarian and has been Americanized. |
| in Japan and America. As the food was then | | | | Japanese and American sushi are also different as |
| made through fermenting rice and fish, only the | | | | they are very different in quality. Sukeroku being |
| fish was eaten and the rice was not eaten, due | | | | a cheap sushi is widely available in America. There |
| to the sour taste. These days, this type of food | | | | are many bars in America that cater specifically |
| is only served near Lake Biwa. | | | | to the American sushi craze, complete with loud |
| Japanese people invented modern sushi as finger | | | | rock and roll music. This sort of sushi reflects |
| food, so they could eat it without the use of | | | | what traditional Japanese diners would consider |
| chopsticks. People would bring it at theater and at | | | | very outlandish ingredient combinations, and bars |
| festivals to eat it with hands, thus the era of | | | | add to the atmosphere with American furnishings |
| modern sushi came into existence. | | | | and color schemes. |
| As Japanese evolved sushi as food not to be | | | | |