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they interviewed the chef who invented california roll. He put the rice on the outside because his customers found seaweed too scary.
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I was reading about this earlier today, sushi in the States is assembled rice-side-out because back in the day, Americans would peel off the nori before eating because seaweed was too scary for them. Absurd.
The lack of spices in Japanese food suggests Japanese are the white people of Asia
Its tasty comfy food, even if its not exactly complicated to just make savoury stuff and then adding some pickled vegetables or jam for a sharp flavor to cut through it, its a nice combination.