My Favourite Food

My favourite food are Sushi and Sashimi. Both are traditional Japanese food with a history that goes a long way back. These two exotic food are prepared to not only please the eye, but also to make mouths water just by their smell. Sushi usually comes with a topping, such as Unagi (Seasoned eel), Ebiko (Prawn roe) and other special toppings. The sushi also comes with a ball of rice placed at the bottom which is meant to fill the stomach and seaweed wrapped around it to contain the rice. Sushi comes in many different forms, example, normal sushi (the one I described earlier), rice balls and many other types which are made to suit the locals taste.
Sashimi is basically a few slices of raw seafood, example tako (octopus). These are arranged tastefully and are usually adorned with "props" like a mini paper ship or plastic grass to make them seem more tantilising. Like Sushi, Sashimi also comes with many types, like raw octopus, raw salmon, raw Japanese Freswater Lobster etc.
Sushi comes in many grades, for example, those found in the restaurants are of better quality, in restaurants, the topping of the sushi is uaually very fresh and the rice brings out the taste of the topping. The rice also melts in your mouth and the seaweed crunches in your mouth like a crunchy cracker. The toppings in restaurants are also very fresh and have very vibrant colours, for example, the Unagi in restaurants have a darker hue of brown, thus highlighting the higher quality of the eel. In normal supermarkets, the sushi there is still rather nice, but the toppings are not as tasty as those in restaurants and the rice are stone hard, unlike thoe in restaurants which melt in your mouth, also, the seaweed found on those sushis also appear damp and soggy.
Sashimi also comes in different grades, for example, I have eaten a sashimi, bought from a really high-classed restaurant in Malaysia, the flesh of the Japanese Freshwater Lobster was so sweet and the flesh was so tender and chewy, the taste of the Lobster was so strong that it lasted in my mouth for hours even after I finished my meal. Normal Sashimi, however, is sometimes hard and the taste also seems dilluted due to the extended time being kept in the freezer.
Ultimately, I feel that both Sushi and Sashimi are both very tasty and you should give them a try too!