This is the second post in a series about typical food in Japan. You can find the 1st post here: Typical food #1 - Beef bowls
When you think of Japanese food, maybe one of the things you think about is sushi. You would be right in your thinking as sushi is a popular food here. There are different places you can get sushi - fancy places, running sushi places (where there is a belt that goes around the inside - tables are just on the outside - with sushi on it - you pay based on what you choose to eat), and among others convenience stores. The sushi you get at convenience stores is actually a very common thing for people to eat. And, people stop at convenience stores quite a bit here. I think it is part of the culture. Whether to get a coffee or some sort of snack it seems like we stop at convenience stores a lot when I am traveling with a Japanese person (many people get lunch there). The sushi that is normally found at a convenience store is a rice ball, or in Japanese: onigiri (oh-nig-er-ee - todays Japanese lesson).
Most of the time it is a triangle form. It is rice wrapped with seaweed and has some sort of filling: tuna and mayo, teriyaki chicken, salmon, fish eggs, spicy fish eggs, more seaweed. Last year, there were many times where our players would have these for lunch before practice and we always had some in the locker room for games.
This got me thinking that this is a pretty easy thing to make and maybe to try. So, I included a 1 min youtube video on the correct and simple way to make sushi. Have a look.
Or, if that is not quite your style maybe you could find a different recipe online.
When you think of Japanese food, maybe one of the things you think about is sushi. You would be right in your thinking as sushi is a popular food here. There are different places you can get sushi - fancy places, running sushi places (where there is a belt that goes around the inside - tables are just on the outside - with sushi on it - you pay based on what you choose to eat), and among others convenience stores. The sushi you get at convenience stores is actually a very common thing for people to eat. And, people stop at convenience stores quite a bit here. I think it is part of the culture. Whether to get a coffee or some sort of snack it seems like we stop at convenience stores a lot when I am traveling with a Japanese person (many people get lunch there). The sushi that is normally found at a convenience store is a rice ball, or in Japanese: onigiri (oh-nig-er-ee - todays Japanese lesson).
Most of the time it is a triangle form. It is rice wrapped with seaweed and has some sort of filling: tuna and mayo, teriyaki chicken, salmon, fish eggs, spicy fish eggs, more seaweed. Last year, there were many times where our players would have these for lunch before practice and we always had some in the locker room for games.
This got me thinking that this is a pretty easy thing to make and maybe to try. So, I included a 1 min youtube video on the correct and simple way to make sushi. Have a look.
Or, if that is not quite your style maybe you could find a different recipe online.
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