I have no doubt that one of you knows this. I searched the NG but
probably used the wrong search terms.

Is there a term for sushi that uses a sheet of nori around a nigiri to
form a small cup for sushi such as ikura and uni?

TIA,
-tmo

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> I have no doubt that one of you knows this. I searched the NG but
> probably used the wrong search terms.
>
> Is there a term for sushi that uses a sheet of nori around a nigiri to
> form a small cup for sushi such as ikura and uni?
>
> TIA,
> -tmo
>

Gunkan Maki
Literally "battleship roll" as it looks like a battleship hull from the top
(somewhat).
M

Once again you are a fount of knowledge.

Doomo doomo,
tmo

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"Musashi" > wrote:

> "tmo" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> > I have no doubt that one of you knows this. I searched the NG but
> > probably used the wrong search terms.
> >
> > Is there a term for sushi that uses a sheet of nori around a nigiri to
> > form a small cup for sushi such as ikura and uni?
> >
> > TIA,
> > -tmo
> >
>
> Gunkan Maki
> Literally "battleship roll" as it looks like a battleship hull from the top
> (somewhat).
> M

Actually, isn't it gunkan nigiri? For instance, one of my favorites,
uni, is located on the nigiri (top) part of most (or all) sushi/sashimi
menus but it is served gunkan style (especially with quail egg on top,
mmmm.). Maybe it can be both?

Scott

> wrote in message
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> In article > ,
> "Musashi" > wrote:
>
> > "tmo" > wrote in message
> > oups.com...
> > > I have no doubt that one of you knows this. I searched the NG but
> > > probably used the wrong search terms.
> > >
> > > Is there a term for sushi that uses a sheet of nori around a nigiri to
> > > form a small cup for sushi such as ikura and uni?
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > > -tmo
> > >
> >
> > Gunkan Maki
> > Literally "battleship roll" as it looks like a battleship hull from the
top
> > (somewhat).
> > M
>
> Actually, isn't it gunkan nigiri? For instance, one of my favorites,
> uni, is located on the nigiri (top) part of most (or all) sushi/sashimi
> menus but it is served gunkan style (especially with quail egg on top,
> mmmm.). Maybe it can be both?
>
> Scott

Not sure. In Japanese we usually say "gunkan maki" or perhaps more often
simply "gunkan".
I've personally never heard the term "gunkan nigiri" used, but certainly
gunkan maki is included
among all the other nigirizushi, not just uni but ikura, ankimo, shirako,
slkices of hotate, just about
anything that is a soft neta.
Having said that I saw on Japanese TV the nigiri from a restaurant called
Sushi Masa in Otaru, Hokkaido.
There they served Uni nigiri with the uni simply sitting on the shari. They
also had unusual things like
Nishin (herring).
M