hand-roll
hand-roll — noun
1. a sushi item where a sheet of dried seaweed is wrapped into a small cone, with r
a sushi item where a sheet of dried seaweed is wrapped into a small cone, with rice and fillings like fish or vegetables inside
Christopher ordered a salmon hand-roll and a bowl of miso soup for lunch.
collocation: salmon / tuna hand-roll
The chef placed each hand-roll on the wooden counter right after rolling it.
pattern: hand-roll eaten fresh from the counter
At Indra's birthday dinner, the family shared a tray of cucumber and tuna hand-rolls.
Aylin learned to make a hand-roll by watching short cooking videos at home.
A good hand-roll should be eaten quickly, before the seaweed turns soft.
- temaki
the Japanese name for this style; common on sushi menus
- cone sushi
informal descriptive English term emphasising the cone shape
文法句型
a/the hand-roll
order a hand-roll
用法筆記
Often used to contrast with cut sushi rolls; the cone shape is held in the hand rather than sliced into pieces on a plate. The Japanese term is temaki.