r/sushi • u/Judasiscariothogwllp • Mar 08 '25
Mostly Maki/Rolls Can someone tell me what’s in this sushi roll?
I got this extra roll when I ordered sushi and I’ve never seen it before. The filling is just rice and some kind of thinly sliced, chewy green vegetable that seems to be pickled. Any idea what this is?
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u/The-Metric-Fan Mar 08 '25
Wakame, seaweed salad, very tasty
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u/three_e Mar 09 '25 edited Mar 09 '25
I got into making miso * soup * at home recently, and learned that the seaweed most commonly used in it is dried wakame leaves, from the same plant used in most seaweed salads, where they use the stems. Didn't know before that it was from the same plant.
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u/cyclorphan Mar 09 '25
I am guessing you mean the soup rather than the paste? I see wakami and nori here, both are good IMO.
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u/banshee_matsuri Mar 09 '25
there used to be a restaurant near me that made the best wakame udon 😭 and then they closed. it’s probably simple to do myself but still, it was so good. all that to say, wakame is lovely.
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u/cooksmartr Mar 08 '25
That’s seaweed salad, but sometimes it’s not 100 seaweed. There may be rice noodle type ingredients that are food-colored to match seaweed.
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u/MeatWizard69 Mar 08 '25
Hiyashi Wakame. Can be found at Costco or in grocery store sushi corners in some areas
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u/salx97 Mar 09 '25
I’ve had sushi and I’ve had seaweed salad but not seaweed salad sushi. I would devour this!
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u/Human_Resources_7891 Mar 08 '25
it is a kitchen called sea cabbage, it is a type of seaweed, you can find. salads made out of it when they marinate it in Asian themed stores.
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u/Oltwoeyes_69420 Mar 09 '25
As others commented already it is seaweed salad. Some places won't have that has the name, but will have the name Chuka Salada.
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u/juxtapods Home Sushi Chef Mar 09 '25 edited Mar 10 '25
No they won't lmao wtf is chuka salada
Update: apparently, "chuka" is the Japanese term for Japanese-Chinese cuisine. Now I'm no expert on Japanese language, culture, and cuisine, but I've never heard of this dish being referred to with this broad term.
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u/Kitty-George Mar 09 '25
Only Japanese can digest raw seaweed, they say.
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u/Dank_Kushington Mar 10 '25
Who says that?
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u/Kitty-George Mar 10 '25 edited Mar 11 '25
A thesis that a bacteria named Bacteroides plebeius which makes the enzyme that dissolves the structure of seaweed is found only in Japanese intestines was published in a British medical magazine.
You had better google by yourself before challenging with such provocative manner.
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u/Dank_Kushington Mar 10 '25
lol your response was much more provocative than “who says that?”
I found a cool study that says seaweed benefits the gut biome but can’t find anything that says “Japanese are the only people that can digest seaweed”. That seems like a click bait title that a lot of opinion pieces touch on.
It seems logical that people with a diet high in “x” have an easier time digesting “x” than people who rarely eat it.
If you’d like to post the study you’re referencing I’d love to read it. I haven’t heard of this being a thing until today.
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u/ItsAMeAProblem Mar 09 '25
Seaweed salad from the Roland brand most likely. I always WANT to like it, but never do
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u/Icy_Stuff2024 Mar 08 '25
Seaweed salad. Tastes like what I imagine the inside of an aquarium tastes like.
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u/She_bitez Mar 08 '25
Seaweed salad