Sushi and Sashimi, one of the world most popular food style in Japan. It originally from China, Tang dynasty (A.D. 618 – A.D. 907). During Tang dynasty, people love to eat fresh raw fish especially those literati. By this time, Emperor Taizong conquered Japan and Korea. He brings all his favorite food to Japan and local people start to follow which Sashimi was one of it. A long time after, Japan started a civil war. A soldier needs to figure out a good way to keep food away from metamorphism. So, first, they start to use rice vinegar pickled fish meat and cover with rice. The rice, unfortunately, is not to eat at the beginning, it just the protection to keep fish eatable. Later on, people found the rice after ferment with fish taste good so people start to eat rice with fish. This is the Sushi roll history.

Around 1823, Hanaya Yohei invented modern Sushi, fish on top and rice on the bottom. His name became a well famous Japanese franchise sushi store now. The different production methods derived from different regions in Japan gives a different taste of Sushi and the Sushi is not limited to fish only.

Nowadays, people do not need pickled fish anymore just for fresh. 鮨– originally from Chinese means some kind of fish. In Japanese, it means salted fish with the sour and stinking smell. It has the same pronunciation as 寿司(sushi) so, some restaurant starts to replace it to make the customer feel better when they dinning in the restaurant.

Today I am going to introduce to you guys a small Sushi place located at Niagara-on-the-lake. The beautiful town with lovely Sushi. The fish according to one of the chefs which is my friend James were shipped from Japan directly. With so many different choices of fresh fish, the chef gives you a great presentation of making Sushi and Sashimi. The second reason I love this place is that they use real fresh grinding and serve you not like most of the Sushi restaurant use wasabi powder. Check it out, and remember to get a small bottle of sake and after meal green tea ice cream. Always call before you visit, since they are pretty busy during dinner time.

for menu: https://masakisushi.ca/

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