Sushi

This article is about Japanese cuisine. For other uses, see Sushi (disambiguation).

Different types of nigiri-zushi ready to be eaten

Types of sushi

Makizushi and inarizushi in a Japanese supermarket.Sushi (すし, 寿司, 鮨, 鮓, 寿斗, 寿し, 壽司? ) is a Japanese food consisting of cooked vinegared rice (shari) combined with other ingredients (neta). Neta and forms of sushi presentation vary, but the ingredient which all sushi have in common is shari. The most common neta is seafood.

Raw meat sliced and served by itself is sashimi.