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Arroz para sushi

on its own
2.0sour
2.0sweet
2.0savoury
0.0bitter
1.0umami
order · canon first

1 of these 18 are wild — theory says yes, nobody has cooked them. why →

18 pairings for Arroz para sushi.

Wasabi

classic

Vinegared starch under the burn; the sugar shortens it to about two seconds.

Shiso

classic

Vinegared rice is the acid; the leaf supplies the only aroma present.

Nori

classic

Marine glutamate against sweet acid, with the sheet kept dry until service.

Salmón

classic

Oily fish, acid grain. The rice does the job lemon does elsewhere.

Same vinegar, same sugar. It resets the mouth without introducing a new flavour.

Sudachi

common

Vinegared starch already has acid; the citrus adds only the green top note.

Myoga

common

Vinegared rice supplies the acid; the bud supplies the aroma and the bite.

Dip the fish, not the rice: the grain is already salted and will fall apart.

Sésamo

common

Toasted seed gives the one thing this rice lacks, which is crunch.

Kombu

common

A strip in the cooking water leaves glutamate and nothing you can name.

Sepia

uncommon

Sumi-ika: scored flesh, one drop of soy, and nothing else at all.

Warm shari volatilises truffle the way butter does, minus the fat.

Caviar

wild

Salt roe over sweet acid: the vinegar does what a squeeze of lemon cannot.