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April 13, 2005


Sushispeak Deciphered

sushi1.bmpI was recently at a Japanese restaurant with a huge menu of sushi (in Florida, so no use making a recommendation here). They nicely provided a separate translation for the some of the sushi ingredients on the menu. There were several that I'd never seen before written with their Japanese names. So...just in case you ever run into an incomprehensible sushi menu here's their list.

Tamago - egg

Inari - Sweet fried tofu

Kani - Crab

Saba - Japanese mackerel

Tai - Japanese red snapper

Ikura - Salmon egg

Masago - Smelt egg

Hotate - Scallop

Unagi - Smoked eel

Sake - Salmon

Tako - Octopus

Magura - Tuna

Anago - Smoked sea eel

Tobiko - Japanese caviar

Buri - Young yellowtail tuna

Uni - Sea urchin

Ama Ebi - Sweet shrimp

Ika - Squid

-MHF, guest Blogger

Posted by zaf at April 13, 2005 10:48 AM

 

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You misspelled maguro ...

Posted by: ld at April 14, 2005 10:25 AM

Perhaps it's plural? :) (dont hit me)

Posted by: zaf at April 14, 2005 10:42 AM

No, it's a misspelling (in general, Japanese doesn't have a plural form; the suffix -tachi is used in some cases).

Posted by: ld at April 14, 2005 11:28 AM

 

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