Reverse sushi

[chef koo]

Is it just me or is every form of maki sushi these days a reverse roll? As in the rice is on the outside. With the exception of a salmon roll and tuna roll, they're all inside out. Not that I care, and I've never been to Japan but it seems as if it might be another step for Japanese cuisine to be assimilated into the western world.

[KD1191]

If I had to guess, I'd say there were two big reasons why restaurants might put the rice outside the nori. Either the nori is not that good and wouldn't be fit to make the first impression with the diner, or they are reacting to some Western palate's aversion to the appearance/texture of nori. Perhaps the latter is a function of the former. We see a lot of bad and mistreated nori.

Edited January 15, 2011 by KD1191 (log)