The A to Z of sushi...

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Saba - Mackerel

Sai bashi - Cooking chopsticks, often metallic or plastic

Sakana - General term for round and flat fish

Sake - Rice wine. There are more types of sake in Japan than there is wine in France

Sake - Salmon, pronounced differently to sake meaning rice wine

Sashimi - Masterfully prepared raw fish

Sansho - Japanese pepper

Sayori - Garfish

Shako - Mantis shrimp

Shamoji - Flat serving spoon for rice

Shari - Term for sushi rice

Shinto - Local Japanese festival

Shiro maguro - Albacore tuna (pale flesh)

Shiratake - Translucent chewy noodles

Shiro goma - White sesame seeds.

Shiro miso - White soy bean paste

Shiso - Perilla leaf

Shitake - A popular variety of Japanese mushroom

Shoga - Root Ginger

Shoyu - Japanese soy sauce

Soba - Buckwheat noodles

Soboro - Ground fish, often pink. Great for children's sushi

Somen - Fine white, wheat noodles

Su - Rice vinegar.

Sudare - Sushi rolling mat, also known as "makisu"

Suimono - Clear soup

Sushi - Seasoned rice. Now sushi used as a collective term for the many dishes served st Japanese sushi bars. It does not mean RAW FISH!

Sushi Meshi - Making sushi rice

Suzuki - sea bass, I wouldn't like to eat a motorbike