Dai U Sushi
5-5661 Steeles Ave East M1V 5P6 Toronto, ON, Canada

The name sushi originates from rice marinated with vinegar and salt. A long time ago this rice was used to preserve food, so that it stayed fresh in the humid and hot climate of Japan. The initial form of sushi was oshi-zushi, that is to say vegetables and fish put into a wooden box together with brined rice. Sushi has been served in this form until today. With time a wider variety of additional ingredients started to be used, like fish, vegetables and mushrooms. An inseparable addition to sushi is wasabi, green horseradish that grows in mountain stream valleys in Japan.