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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
I used to use powdered Wasabi that you add water to to make a paste that I believe was the real deal.
Huh, googled it and that seems pretty cool, gonna try and see if its expensive or if I can get a hold of that over here to try out.
I think I found it at an Asian foods market.