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Eat Drink Asia: Why people didn’t always eat the rice in sushi – and how it became what it is today
- It turns out that early sushi was not about rice
- And it originated from the Mekong, not Japan
Sushi is pretty much ubiquitous around the world, a food that looks deceptively simple with a mound of rice seasoned with a touch of wasabi and finished with a slice of raw fish on top.
But the sushi we know today neither looks nor tastes like it did centuries ago. First of all, the rice was not supposed to be eaten. It was used to preserve the fish and was thrown away, leaving just the fish to be eaten.
Second, it wasn’t even originally from Japan.
Written and produced by Yang Yang
Music Credit: Sushi Roll Song by Holly Christina
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