Vegetarian Sushi

Japanese cuisine plays a huge part in the gastronomy of my city Saigon. I, as a kid growing up in a globalization era, found myself surrounded by many emerging foreign cuisines such as Japanese, and spent countless dates with friends and family enjoying Japanese food and sweets in the city.

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Following vegetarian diet, I miss sushi really. One of my most favorite food that I would never say no to. And I tried a few vegetarian/vegan versions and yet never got satisfied with either the taste or the nutritional content. But at the same time I never wanted to try making them myself because of the fear of failure and the cost of time and effort.

I am glad I got to try making them today, with a picture of them in my head and they turned out amazing. This is not perfect but it made me happy and gave me so much nostalgia that I cannot wait to share. Here are 5 varieties inspired by seasonal ingredients: eggplant unagi, snowpeas n courgete noodles, mix potatoes button mushroom and wild garlic flower, tofu and oil caviar, turnip greens with shitake and torched pear spicy mayo. I had a lot of fun in the making ( and also eating), and I hope it shows that veggie diet is not boring and we can have a lot of fun with it.

Cheeers!!

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