Sushi Trapani is one of the typical dishes of Japanese cuisine, made with rice along with other ingredients like fish, nori seaweed, or eggs. The filling can be either raw or, in some variations, cooked, and it can be served on top of rice, rolled in a strip of seaweed and placed in rice rolls, or inserted into a small, tasty tofu pocket.
In Japan, the word sushi means “rice seasoned with vinegar” and refers to a wide range of foods prepared with rice. Outside of Japan, however, sushi is often understood as raw fish or refers to a narrow genre of Japanese foods, such as maki or nigiri. Sashimi, on the other hand, unlike sushi which has rice as its main ingredient, is composed solely of fresh fish.
The variety of this dish comes from the choice of fillings and garnishes, the selection of other seasonings, but especially from the way these are combined. The same ingredients can be assembled in completely different ways to achieve different effects.
Where to eat the best sushi in Trapani?
Let’s now look at the different types of sushi offered by restaurants. We have rolled sushi, which is a kind of cylindrical or conical ball formed with the help of a bamboo mat called makisu. Makizushi is the type of sushi most familiar to most Westerners. This is usually wrapped in nori, a dried seaweed sheet that encloses the rice and all the filling. Depending on the shape, the sushi takes on different names, which we will discuss below.
Starting with Futomaki (the classic “thick rolls”), these are cylindrical balls with nori on the outside, typically two or three cm high and four or five cm wide. These are often made with two or three fillings chosen to complement each other in taste and color.
Then there are Hosomaki (thin rolls), cylindrical balls with nori on the outside that have only one type of filling (like salmon), though they can contain tuna or, more rarely, avocado. Also worth mentioning are Temaki (hand rolls), cone-shaped balls with ingredients sticking out of the wide end.
Finally, we have Uramaki (inside-out rolls), which are medium-sized cylindrical balls with nori on the inside, multiple fillings in the center surrounded by a layer of rice, and an outer garnish of another ingredient, such as fish roe.
Regarding the best sushi restaurants in Trapani, we can mention Sushi-ya (currently closed), Poseidone Frutti d’Amare, which offers delicious gourmet sushi, La Muraglia, Il Pechino, Chan Sushi Trapani, Gohan Ristorante Giapponese (part of a long chain spread across Sicily and beyond), and Yuki Sushi Trapani.
