: cold rice dressed with vinegar, formed into any of various shapes, and garnished especially with bits of raw seafood or vegetables
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There's also quick-grab sushi and a cafe with seating, serving donburi, curries and more.
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Anna Spiegel, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025
The bite: Onigiri rice balls ($4.25) look like little sushi bites made with seaweed, white rice and salmon, snow crab or mentaiko inside.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2025
Ng came up in Sacramento’s early 2000s sushi scene, working at Taka’s (now Ju Hachi) under the famous Taka Watanabe.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2025
Ken Rosenthal | Full story Ichiro made sure every detail was perfect, an example his former Marlins teammates haven’t forgotten
Ichiro Suzuki once took teammate Dan Straily out for a sushi dinner during a road trip in Philadelphia.
—The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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Anna Spiegel, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025
The bite: Onigiri rice balls ($4.25) look like little sushi bites made with seaweed, white rice and salmon, snow crab or mentaiko inside.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2025
Ng came up in Sacramento’s early 2000s sushi scene, working at Taka’s (now Ju Hachi) under the famous Taka Watanabe.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2025
Ken Rosenthal | Full story Ichiro made sure every detail was perfect, an example his former Marlins teammates haven’t forgotten
Ichiro Suzuki once took teammate Dan Straily out for a sushi dinner during a road trip in Philadelphia.
—The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Sushi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sushi. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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sushi
noun
su·shi
ˈsü-shē 
ˈsu̇sh-ē
: cold rice formed into any of various shapes and topped or wrapped with pieces of often raw seafood or vegetables
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