sushinoun [ U ]
uk/ˈsuː.ʃi/us/ˈsuː.ʃi/a type of Japanese food consisting of squares or balls of cold boiled rice, with small pieces of other food, especially raw fish, on top or rolled inside
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Savoury dishes
- baked beans
- balti
- bobotie
- bolognese
- bubble and squeak
- fish and chips
- fondue
- French toast
- fricassee
- fry-up
- omelette
- paella
- pakora
- pate
- pilau
- stew
- sticky rice
- stir-fry
- stroganoff
- tabbouleh
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Examples from literature
- A sushi knife can cut a single human hair.
- At a sushi restaurant, you sit and the table moves!
- In the 18th century, a chef in Tokyo decided to make sushi in a faster way.
- It takes a long time to become a sushi chef.
- People loved it, and “fresh” sushi became very popular.
- Sushi became popular in the U.S.A. with the famous California Roll.
- Sushi was first made hundreds of years ago in Japan, but it was very different from what we know today.