Sushi can be traced back to the 4th century BC in Southeast Asia. As a preserved food, it was an important source of protein during that time. The cleaned gutted fish were kept in rice so that the natural fermentation of the rice helped preserve the fish. This type of sushi is call nare-zushi, and was only taken out after a couple of months of fermentation, only the fish was consumed while the rice was discarded.
Over time, this concept spread throughout China, and later, around the 8th century Ad, in the Heian period, it was introduced into Japan. Japanese people preferred to have their fish eaten with rice, the sushi, called seisei-zushi, became popular at the end of Muromachi period. This type of sushi was consumed while the fish was still partly raw and the rice had not lost its flavour. In this way, sushi become of a cuisine rather than a way to preserve food.
Later in Edo era, the Japanese people began making haya-zushi, which was creadted as way to eat both rice and fish; this dish was unique in Japanese cuisine as it is not only being used for fermentation, but the rice was mixed with vinegar and combined not only with fish but also with various vegetables and dried preserved foods. Today different regions of Japan preserves their own unique taste by utilizing local produce in making different kinds of sushi that has been passed on for generations.
At the beginning of the 19th century, when Tokyo was still called Edo, the food service industry was almost dominated by mobile food stalls, from which nigiri-zushi originated. Edomae, which literally means "in front of Tokyo bay", where fresh fish and tasty seaweed for the nigiri-zushi were obtained. Eventually it was also called edomae-zushi, and it become a popular among then people in Edo after Yohei Hanaya, a creative sushi chief, improved it to a simple but delicious food. Sushi spread throughout Japan as the skilled edomae-zushi chefs from Edo whom became jobless due to the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923, they were diffused all over Japan
In the 1980s, in the wake of increased health consciousness, sushi, one of the most healthiest meals around, has gotten more attention; consequently sushi had spread it grounds to the palets and plates of the countries all over the world
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As a foodie i hate the hassle of having to sometimes queue up for just a plate of sushi or either for a bento.It drives me crazy especially if the nearest Sushi restaurant is in Queensbay. Imagine having to have to park your car its already a hassle and the worse thing is that you only have an hour to eat your lunch...
Such a hassle would made me give up on going out have a sushi. But lucky for us Penangnites out there we got Delivereat which is delivering Sushi King.Why not have sushi for lunch?
