Sushi Blog — onigiri

Simon and Martina are heading out to Bongo Onigiri, an established Onigiri restaurant founded in 1960.  This popular rice bowl specialty restaurant offers a large selection of items to choose from with 54 types of Onigiri in the menu.

Onigiri, one of Japan's favorite comfort food was born in 3rd century CE as a quick meal.  This ball of rice with simple ingredient such as salmon, pickled plum, or kombu is an easy to carry lunch to picnic or outdoor gatherings for events. Martina explain onigiri in an entertaining way.

Onigiri, also known as o-musubi is a soul food for anyone grew up in Japan.  It is made from white rice formed into triangular or round shapes and often wrapped in nori with ingredients range from pickled plum, salted salmon, katsuobushi, kombu, tarako to pickled daikon or any imaginable ingredients. Onigiri is associated with fondest memories of a child's mother as she makes origiri by hand for lunch, picnic, or public gatherings.