Most people enjoy Japanese and Korean food a lot. One of the similarities of these two is their delicious seaweed rolls.
In Korean Culture, seaweed rolls are called Kimbap(Gimbap), normally with more vegetables and meat, making this dish a starter of sorts. The Kimbap is also visibly larger than normal sushi and resembles more of the Japanese Uramaki, but of course with the rice inside and the seaweed as wrapping.
On the other hand, the Japanese culture has sushi with only a single type of vegetable or meat in it, thus making it more of a side dish. Sushi usually comes with salmon, cucumber or tamagoyaki (Japanese omelette).
Sushi and Onigiri
Here you can see I have tried to make sushi and onigiri at home:
Just by looking at it, you can see that my sushi and onigiri would fail in terms of aesthetics.
Overall, the onigiri looks like a triangle, but the sushi does not look like one made in a restaurant. The seaweed looks uneven because the warm rice had melted it.
Also, the amount of rice was enough for a sushi but the filling was like a Gimbap, thus the title. I couldn't decide whether I made sushi or gimbap?
And a nice tip, you really need to slice the carrots and cucumber nicely, if not when you put one into your mouth it's going to be a bit tough to chew :)
If you want to try it out yourself, try this D-I-Y onigiri kit (Man Jun Onigiri Nori Rice Ball Triangle Sushi Seaweed Wrappers, 40 Sheets
) that I used to shape the onigiri. I found that plastic triangle very handy:
) that I used to shape the onigiri. I found that plastic triangle very handy:
Note: Due to the risk of BPA (bisphenol-A) leaching from plastic into food, I did not use the plastic wrap.
Stay safe and enjoy travelling to Japan or Korea :) in your own kitchen!
