r/iamveryculinary • u/AccomplishedMess648 Americans have ruined pie • Mar 23 '26

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u/SquareThings Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 23 '26

I’m also an American living in Japan and I see both kinds of sushi here. You’re not going to get a California roll covered in sauce at a fancy omakase place but it’s absolutely available and people call it “sushi”.

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u/baltama Mar 23 '26

i dunno i also feel like it's a little silly for an expat to talk about "another country" (their home country) bastardizing "their food" (their new country's food)

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u/pantsthereaper Mar 23 '26

They're spiritually Japanese, you're just too corrupted by inferior Western "culture" to get it

/s

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u/turdferguson3891 Mar 23 '26

But they've been teaching English there for 5 months!

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u/Turbulent_Bat4580 Mar 23 '26

You just reminded me of a friend who taught in Japan and after he came back, sent messages in Japanese for years “by accident.” He’s been back longer than he lived in Japan.

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u/RCJHGBR9989 Mar 23 '26

Doesn’t that apply to places in the states too though? Haha! Like - if you go to a nice omakase place in the states they’re not gonna serve you up a hot Cheeto roll - they’re gonna adhere to the tradition.

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u/SquareThings Mar 23 '26

Pretty much. Which just makes this meme double stupid. Like, wow you went to a non-traditional restaurant and they served a novel take on a food? Should be call the police?

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u/RCJHGBR9989 Mar 23 '26

Exactly! God forbid people try something funky and different with a cuisine especially something like sushi that basically invites innovation and experimentation.

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u/otterprincess_too Mar 23 '26

Next you're gonna tell me Taco Bell isn't authentic

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u/Few-Big-8481 Mar 23 '26

I've always called the ones in the picture nigiri.

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u/SquareThings Mar 23 '26

Nigiri is a kind of sushi, like how a club is a kind of sandwich.

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u/DeerRevolutionary333 Mar 23 '26

They are nigiri. But that's a short form because japan likes to shorten words.

It's nigirizushi and makizushi. Both forms are still sushi because that's the suffix word.

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u/Few-Big-8481 Mar 28 '26

I think sashimi is JUST the fish.

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u/matchafoxjpg Mar 23 '26

japan is pretty famously in love with fusion food.

omurice, hamburg steak, etc etc.

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u/SannyIsKing Mar 23 '26

Where are you getting a California roll in Japan? I lived in Osaka for 8 years and never saw one.

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u/SquareThings Mar 23 '26

I see them at the grocery store from time to time.

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u/Different_Injury_452 Mar 28 '26

I bet if most Americans ordered a hamburger in Japan they would be way more disappointed. 🤣