JAPANESE FOOD

ONIGIRI

ONIGIRI

• Triangular rice mold
• Wrapped with seaweed
• Have various fillings and flavors inside

ONI-STORI

ONI-STORI

• Was called Tonjiki in 794-1185 AD. It was pure rice balls that time
• 1688-1704 AD. Seaweed became more accessible to the people.

SUSHI

SUSHI

• Makizushi "Rolled Sushi"
• Rolled rice combined with seafood, vegetables and sometimes tropical fruits.
• Wrapped in Nori (seaweed)

SUSHISTORY

SUSHISTORY

• Second century AD, Southeast Asia
• To keep meat fresh without refrigeration
• Idea spread to China then Japan
• Japanese would ferment their cured-fish-and-rice sushi with rice wine or sake
• Ten centuries later, the people started adding vinegar instead of waiting months for the sushi to be ready
• 1820 AD, chefs started using raw fish in their sushi known as Edo-style Sushi

MOCHI

MOCHI

• Japanese rice cake
• Glutinous rice (sticky rice)
• Rice pounded into paste and molded into the desired shape
• Has fillings inside

MOCHISTORY

MOCHISTORY

• Exact origin unknown
• May have came from China
• Mochi has bin a new year treat in Japan since the Heian Period (794-1185 AD)

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