The most popular types types of sushi

5. ika

While many people raised on Western cuisine are squeamish about eating squid (ika), it enjoys widespread popularity in Japan. It was the third-most popular choice among respondents in their 20s, and occupied that position among 60-year-olds as well.

4. mushi ebi

Even in Japan, raw shrimp are a pretty divisive food. Steamed shrimp, or mushi ebi, on the other hand, are loved by just about everyone.

3. uni

Since sea urchin (uni) is one of the more expensive items on a sushi restaurant’s menu, it’s often served with a few slices of cucumber for diners to use as a soy sauce transfer mechanism, so that they don’t spill any of the pricey, prized topping.

2. salmon

See? I told you salmon is popular. Not only did it receive nearly twice as many votes as the number-three choice, it was the top pick of participants between the ages of 10 and 39 and got more votes from women than any other ingredient, meaning it could very well be on its way to becoming the overall favorite sushi of Japan in the future.

1. chutoro

In Japan, the fatty portion of the tuna, the belly, is considered the most decadently delectable part of the fish. As a matter of fact, tuna belly is grouped into three classes, which in increasing order of fattiness are toro, chutoro, and otoro.

While all three are rich and buttery, chutoro is the one the respondents showed a definite preference for. Why not otoro? Maybe because the fattier the tuna, the more expensive it is, and diners felt that after chutoro diminishing returns of culinary bliss started to set in. Or perhaps some thought that otoro went beyond some tipping point and was too heavy to perfectly please the taste buds or stomach.

In any case, chutoro seems to be just right. It’s the kind of tuna belly that Goldilocks would eat, and hopefully the three bears would be willing to overlook her transgression as long as she hooked them up with some salmon sushi by way of apology.

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