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Please help me put a name to this sushi.


So this sushi restaurant I went to as a kid had this one item I really liked. It went away after covid ended and I haven't been back since 2023 (I almost choked on 5 metal grill brush strands so I didnt go back. Also their pricing got a bit to outrageous when the family stopped running it solo). I was just wondering if the sushi enthusiasts could figure out what it was.

It was called sweet tofu and it was a very slim sheet of soft and sweet tofu on top of some rice. Artist rendition above. I mostly just want to know if it has an actual name because I can't find it when I search of sweet tofu. Honestly it might just be inari unfried with no seaweed.

by ShortBoy_

31 Comments

  3. synthscoffeeguitars

    If it genuinely wasn’t inari, sounds like uncooked tofu marinated in a similar sweet dashi type of liquid

    (I say this because the post specified that it wasn’t exactly inari; OP clearly knows what that is lol)

  4. Phillip_Lascio

    You were a kid during Covid

    ![gif](giphy|BmmfETghGOPrW)

  6. Agreeable-Brief6083

    Never had that, but did it look like [https://www.instagram.com/p/CwaenVwBEC5/](https://www.instagram.com/p/CwaenVwBEC5/) ?

    Cause ya, could have just been aburaage that they cut and shaped over the rice.

    But then you say it was unfried, so not sure..

  8. Bisqcateer

    Everyone is probably right about inari, but I’m throwing it out there that it could have also been the restaurant’s variation of tamago (sweet layered egg)

  9. miscdruid

    My family is from Hawaii and when they made this it was called ‘cone sushi’

  10. kennethdo

    I’ve noticed that the korean version of inari-sushi (yubuchobap) is sometimes cut triangularly. Although they do tend to use more colorful fillings than just plain old vinegared rice, so that might not be it.

  16. AkiraSatoshi

    MAYBE might be a little different from inari sushi but there’s a non-zero chance it could be 유부초밥 (yubuchobab) which is a korean version of inari sushi, but it might literally taste the same im not sure lol

  17. Hoppelite

    Given it’s not inari, perhaps it was fried onigiri. It could’ve been fried in a sweet sauce that created a film coating.

  20. MangoCandy

    It probably is inari, but, have you tried looking up the menu for the restaurant and seeing if you recognize anything? You could look at the menu and review photos and probably figure it out.

  21. wolfinjer

    THAT’S INARI!!!!!!!

    Pronounced (eee-na-ree)

    Wonderfully delicious. You can get them filled with other stuff too.

  24. Secret-Television709

    i just know that it was tofu skin and not egg that was on inari. But it still didnt change my obsession towards it (fav sushi)

  27. choitoy57

    I used to joke with my unadventurous picky eater little sister who said this was her favorite sushi. I called them “sad pillows”

  28. CharacterSoft3389

    FYI. Inari is also a popular sushi in Korea called 유부초밥 (yoo-boo-cho-bab) and is often included in children’s lunchboxes. The tofu shell is commonly sold at supermarkets and isn’t that hard to make.

  30. Ryong20

    Korean we call it Chobap sweet tofu skin with seasoned rice for JP unsure but i think it is similar