Japanese Sushi Guide at a Glance

This is a brief guide that will help you order on you next sushi experience.

(Sushi means with rice)

Sake: Salmon
Saba: Mackerel
Maguro: Tuna
Masago: Flying fish roe
Mirugai: Giant Clam
Toro: Special Fatty Tuna
Tako: Octopus
Tobiko: Crab caviar
Tamago: Omelet
Uni: Sea Urchin
Unagi: Smoked Eel
Hotategai: Scallop
Hokkigai: Red Clam
Hamachi: Yellowtail
Hirame: Flounder
Ikura: Salmon roe
Ika: Squid
Amaebi: Jumbo sweet shrimp
Kani: Crab stick
Tai: Red snapper
Ebi: Cooked shrimp
Isa Ebi: Cooked shrimp

Special Sushi Rolls:

Masa roll: Tempura soft shell crab, cucumber with tuna, eel, black tobiko and eel sauce.
Deep fried California roll: Crab meat, asparagus, eel sauce, spicy mayo, fish egg.
Yankee Roll: Shrimp tempura and crab meat with cucumber wrap and spicy mayonnaise.
Spicy Santana Roll: Tempura shrimp inside out topped with Kani, spicy mayo, scallion and fish egg.
Out of Control Roll: Spicy yellowtail with tuna, salmon, avocado, black tobiko on top.
American Dream Roll: Tuna, salmon, yellowtail, asparagus, fish eggs wrapped in yellow soy sheet.
Fisherman roll: Spicy Tuna, salmon, spicy yellowtail inside with lobster salad on top.
Tuna Lovers Roll: Spicy tuna with white tuna, red tuna, avocado, mango sauce on top.
Samurai Roll: Spicy tuna inside, eel and avocado on the top with eel sauce.
Sea Breeze Roll: Eel avocado inside with spicy yellowtail, eel sauce on top.
Sapporo Roll: Eel avocado inside with spicy yellowtail and eel sauce on top.
Crazy Tuna Roll: Pepper tuna, jalapeno avocado inside with spicy tuna and spicy mayonnaise.
Dancing Dragon Roll: Shrimp tempura with eel, avocado and eel sauce on top.
Paradise Roll: Tuna, Kani, eel, avocado inside with lightly torched salmon on top, served with eel sauce, mango sauce and spicy mayonnaise.
Million Dollar Roll: Spicy king crab inside with tuna, salmon, yellowtail avocado and spiced tofu on top.
Spicy Tuna Roll: Tempura white tuna, spicy tuna wrap with pink soy sheet with fresh tuna and pepper tuna, spicy mayonnaise, wasabi mayonnaise and eel sauce on top.
Wasabi Dragon Roll: Tempura eel, cucumber inside with half avocado, eel, wasabi tobiko, wasabi mayonnaise, and eel on top.