{"id":237,"date":"2017-04-28T16:16:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T07:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/?p=237"},"modified":"2024-11-27T08:29:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T23:29:44","slug":"what-type-of-vinegar-do-sushi-restaurants-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/what-type-of-vinegar-do-sushi-restaurants-use\/","title":{"rendered":"What type of vinegar do sushi restaurants use?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-261 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/04\/586ef80760eec9430faf9935972a8f52-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/04\/586ef80760eec9430faf9935972a8f52-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/04\/586ef80760eec9430faf9935972a8f52-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/04\/586ef80760eec9430faf9935972a8f52-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/04\/586ef80760eec9430faf9935972a8f52.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Instead of looking at the topping, take a moment to focus on the vinegared rice (<span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a style=\"color: #00ccff;\" href=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/dictionary\/?Name=shari\">shari<\/a><\/span>). This shari is made of a blend of red and white vinegar.<\/p>\n<p>When the Edo style sushi first appeared, <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>red vinegar<\/strong><\/span> (made from fermented sake lees) was used for the sushi rice. Approximately 200 years ago Matazaemon Nakano, founder of <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Mizkan<\/a><\/span> (a condiment manufacturer) invented red vinegar, which circulated and was used throughout Edo. At the time, red vinegar was used because it was more inexpensive than vinegar made from rice (white vinegar).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-262 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/04\/5ec783463fbf8dfe079851a98829289f-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/04\/5ec783463fbf8dfe079851a98829289f-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/04\/5ec783463fbf8dfe079851a98829289f-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/04\/5ec783463fbf8dfe079851a98829289f-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/04\/5ec783463fbf8dfe079851a98829289f.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Instead of looking at the topping, take a moment to focus on the vinegared rice (<span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a style=\"color: #00ccff;\" href=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/dictionary\/?Name=shari\">shari<\/a><\/span>).\u00a0This shari is made using only white vinegar.<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays the more fragrant rice vinegar (<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>white vinegar<\/strong><\/span>) is used nearly exclusively but increasingly more shops have rediscovered the full-bodied but mild red vinegar and are using it in their dishes. Various restaurants have even come up with new ideas such as blending multiple vinegars or using different vinegar depending on the fish. Ultimately the sushi chef can exercise their own ingenuity in matching topping flavors with white or red vinegar.<\/p>\n<p>Related contents: <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a style=\"color: #00ccff;\" href=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/vinegar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TYPES OF VINEGAR<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[sc_apply url=&#8221;https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/apply\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>We hope this information will be helpful.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11\" src=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/02\/4a332f05ade4ac7bb3c46c472cb5eac8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"76\" height=\"58\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Revision date: April 27, 2017<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Share this article<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"heateor_sss_sharing_container heateor_sss_horizontal_sharing\" data-heateor-ss-offset=\"0\" 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This shari is made of a blend of red and white vinegar. When the Edo style sushi first appeared, red vinegar (made from fermented sake lees) was used for the sushi rice. Approximately 200 years ago Matazaemon Nakano, founder of Mizkan (a condiment manufacturer) invented red vinegar, which circulated and was used throughout Edo. At the time, red vinegar was used because it was more inexpensive than vinegar made from rice (white vinegar). Instead of looking at the topping, take a moment to focus on the vinegared rice (shari).\u00a0This shari is made using only &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/what-type-of-vinegar-do-sushi-restaurants-use\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What type of vinegar do sushi restaurants use?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[15,14,16],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6200,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions\/6200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/sushiblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}