While browsing the books at a local Kinokuniya bookstore yesterday, I
marvelled at a beautiful Japanese book that basically is titled Edomae
sushi (with the kanji word "before" somewhere in there) and goes
through how to slice each kind of fish, prep, and mold into sushi (with
tons of photos) from clams, all sorts of fish, including one I would
love to try some day, shira-ao (white fishlings). This book alone made
all the American books on sushi seem lame and not worth buying at all.

One thing that was very pretty was the way tamago yaki sushi was done.
I've never seen it served this way in even the more authentic sushi
bars in Northern California. Basically instead of take a nori strip and
wrapping it around the long tamago yaki slice at the center and onto
the shar, the tamago piece is sliced lengthwise at the center but not
all the way down, folded and placed on the shari so that each "half"
from the cut fall onto the rice at an angle from each side, making it
look like the roof of a house. This was done the same way in the Shota
No Sushi TV soap from the 90s.

Is there a significance to this roof shape?

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One thing that was very pretty was the way tamago yaki sushi was done.
I've never seen it served this way in even the more authentic sushi
bars in Northern California. Basically instead of take a nori strip and
wrapping it around the long tamago yaki slice at the center and onto
the shar, the tamago piece is sliced lengthwise at the center but not
all the way down, folded and placed on the shari so that each "half"
from the cut fall onto the rice at an angle from each side, making it
look like the roof of a house. This was done the same way in the Shota
No Sushi TV soap from the 90s.

I've seen this style at one place, Tatsukichi in Boston. They are no longer
open, victim of the Big Dig rerouting and such.

Is there a significance to this roof shape?

No idea.

--
Dan

The "Mae" in Edomae is the character for before or in front of. The
explanation I've heard is that the first sushi restaurants began in the
district very close (in front of) Edo bay, hence "Edo-mae."

-tmo

I've seen tamago served this way in a few places around Vancouver, but I
didn't think to ask if this was special or not.

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While browsing the books at a local Kinokuniya bookstore yesterday, I
marvelled at a beautiful Japanese book that basically is titled Edomae
sushi (with the kanji word "before" somewhere in there) and goes
through how to slice each kind of fish, prep, and mold into sushi
(with tons of photos) from clams, all sorts of fish, including one I
would love to try some day, shira-ao (white fishlings). This book
alone made all the American books on sushi seem lame and not worth
buying at all.

One thing that was very pretty was the way tamago yaki sushi was done.
I've never seen it served this way in even the more authentic sushi
bars in Northern California. Basically instead of take a nori strip
and wrapping it around the long tamago yaki slice at the center and
onto the shar, the tamago piece is sliced lengthwise at the center
but not all the way down, folded and placed on the shari so that each
"half" from the cut fall onto the rice at an angle from each side,
making it look like the roof of a house. This was done the same way
in the Shota No Sushi TV soap from the 90s.

Is there a significance to this roof shape?

I believe it's called kurakake-style, which means 'saddle', because it
resembles a saddle.

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While browsing the books at a local Kinokuniya bookstore yesterday, I
marvelled at a beautiful Japanese book that basically is titled Edomae
sushi (with the kanji word "before" somewhere in there)

You don't happen to have the ISBN do you? I was thinking it might be: 479495803X?

-Lost

-Lost wrote:
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While browsing the books at a local Kinokuniya bookstore yesterday, I
marvelled at a beautiful Japanese book that basically is titled Edomae
sushi (with the kanji word "before" somewhere in there)

You don't happen to have the ISBN do you? I was thinking it might be: 479495803X?

-Lost

I broke down and bought it during my next trip to Kinokuniya.

Details he

http://www.seibidoshuppan.co.jp/cgi-...hp?bookcd=3092

A brand new book too, published very recently. ISBN is in that link.