people in australia dont call it australian sushi, its just sushi etc. on top of that ive never ever heard an australian claim it is better than the legitimate japanese style of sushi, its just another style of simple take away food here
It's obviously different to Japanese sushi which is why it's being referred to as Australian sushi. My Japanese friend who lives in Australia refers to it like this also.
Hi fellow Australian here, This is correct and the popular one is called sushi hub they have traditional sushi there also and is usually owned by Japanese people also.
Our weather plays a huge part in what and how we eat. Although we have an abundance of fresh seafood, the trouble arises getting it into you before the heat and the flies can change your mind. Also, there's always room in aussie 'cuisine' for another food that you can just grab and eat cold. Just like in the depths of winter when the temperature gets way down to 18C, there's nothing like a good hot bit of food to warm you up. But for the rest of the year, cold=good. Great vid, first one I've watched of yours. You all seem to have great chemistry. Looking forward to more. edit: thanks to this vid I now know of the existence of woo young woo kimbap. =D
No one makes a fuss about “cultural appropriation” in Australia. Koreans sell Japanese food, Bangladeshis and Pakistanis sell Indian food, Syrians selling Lebanese food, Afghanis selling Iranian food…if it’s good, it’s good.
As an Australian I'm getting to see that multiculturalism is viewed so differently from an American perspective, to the point of being offended without the historical facts. I love our sushi but we all know it's very different to Japanese sushi, it's just convenient "to-go" type snack. Probably why the original Japanese dude observed the pace of our culture and created a solution. Simple.
No one in Australia complains about the ethnicity of the owner of a Sushi shop or that it is authentic. I work for one of these places in Australia (Sushi Hub - shameless plug) and it is managed by Koreans and uses a lot of asian student labour. They do have some more authentic dishes, none of which I know the name of, which have raw salmon and are not in the roll. They always send me away from working there (I am a contractor that fixes their equipment) with masses of food and I have come to love it. It seems Americans are too touchy about food and who is making it whereas Australians jump into the fusion and only appreciate the taste and quality.
the bougie/authentic sit down places are more likely to be run by japanese people. but we have a relatively small japanese population - especially outside inner melbourne & sydney - so nowhere near enough to run the thousands of pop up takeaway hand roll spots across the country. ofc the authentic places are better but i don't care if a korean or chinese person is making my sushi when it's a few dollars.
Appropriation calling out Australians is hilarious as Australia is the most successful multi cultural country in the world. We have asians that have fish and chips shops and meat pie bakeries and you never hear the words appropriation etc. Americans seem very preoccupied with race.
I'm Aussie, but going to different countries, every country has their own style of Sushi, catering to the locals taste. But Aussie sushi is next level.
It was awesome when i went to Japan and it opened my eyes to how Sushi really is. What we have in Oz is just the watered down and cheap takeaway version to be honest, which is fine. It's a quick eat during work lunch break and fills up just right to the point where i'm not gonna be in the dunnie all arvo ay
You know a type of food is Australian when the comment section is full of confused Aussies not knowing that their niche food isn’t universal, haha. Love Australian food!
As a New Zealander who has been travelling around Europe for the past year, this video finally made me realise why I couldn’t find good cheap sushi… genuinely thought it was like that everywhere
do you have one with a strip of unagi (eel)? having that in a roll, with 1 strip of tamago (egg) wrapped in rice and seaweed would just be freaking bomb
@@extrasoap4881 Yes we do, but in separate rolls. Theres unagi sushi roll and a tamago sushi roll rather than both together. The sushi rolls are quite thin so theres only enough room for one thing in the middle thats wrapped with rice and seaweed.
A lot of the Aussie stores are owned and run by Koreans actually !! In fact a lot of the Japanese restaurants in Aus are Korean owned too 🤣Our town has 3 Japanese restaurants and 3 sushi shops all Korean owned - I keep asking them to open a damn Korean restaurant, would love a Korean restaurant !
Hahah I noticed this as well!! I'd walk in and they'd yell irasshaimase then continue their conversation in Korean 😅. Probably cos gimbap wasn't as well known or marketable as sushi - it's gaining traction though, I see a lot of gimbap places in Melbourne now!
I have 2 sushi shops in my rural town, the small one is kinda garbage, but the bigger one is lit. I go there all the time, and the Korean manager is really nice (the smaller store doesn't have good customer service). And everything they make is so good!
from a business perspective its extremely profitable, quick and afordable to make, very little ingredients, and sells like crazy. Everyone loves sushi. Theres a little sushi food truck (trailer) in my small town, and it's always sold out at smoko.
I come from Melbourne Australia which is one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world .We speak 150 languages and dialects .Food plays a major role in the life of this city and as a result we experience food from every part of the planet. For us its not about cultural appropriation but about a shared joy of food and those who we share it with .
Americans seem way too precious and don’t seem to understand the difference between cultural appreciation and cultural appropriation let alone understand fusion cuisine. Imagine if you can only eat the food that your country created, how ridiculous. You can only play the sport that your country created. You can only listen to the music your country created. Honestly unless it’s of special social, spiritual, ritual or cultural significance why not let others learn about and enjoy something and share their twist on it?
I hope they’re not serving kids raw fish from the school canteen! Yikes! I’ve never heard of sushi on a school menu. It goes off so quickly if you don’t handle it perfectly, been there, done that, got very, very sick! Now I insist on freshly made sushi and they don’t mind.
I'm Australian, we don't call it Australian sushi we just call it sushi. It's Americans who are obsessed with race and being offended who have called it Australian sushi.
Did not know uncut sushi was an Aussie thing. It is confined to the franchise-type restaurants though, probably considered "fast food". It's just convenient when you're on the move. They place it in a paper bag, and you just eat as you go. Sustainable too, it's not in a plastic container.
most places i go sell it in paper bags. biggest two chains put it in paper bags unless you buy 3+at a time. and i'm gonna assume most people buy one or two at a time@@BBB_photography_adventures
@@BBB_photography_adventures Nah man Sushi Hub at least will give you a paper bag that hold 2 - 3 rolls and they chuck your sauce and wasabi in there, I'm in NSW tho so maybe they still using plastic in other places
You got to any Aussie shopping centre and you will see like 7 sushi roll shops in the middle of walkways. Super popular to stroll around the shops and munch down a giant sushi roll
I know aussie kids who beg to go to sushi train befor McDonald's requests ... its so normal this has made me laugh blush with aussie pride for our multiculturalism and its benefits. Beautiful.
@smdnsnnd7254I know of one and it is sooooooo good. And yes, they make sushi rolls and it is sooooooo much better. Well worth the extra 50 cents per roll vs your crappier chain store stuff.
There’s plenty of authentic Japanese restaurants in Australia, you just have to go to an actual restaurant. What they’re showing is the fast food version of it - it’s the equivalent of wondering why Pizza Hut aren’t all run by Italians.
Yeah plenty of authentic Japanese restaurants in Sydney and Melbourne. The Korean and Chinese are smashing out heaps of the takeaway sushi. My absolute favourite Japanese takeaway is in Prahran market. It’s a little kiosk that does the best pork belly rolls and bowls on the planet.
It's funny. As an Australian I always thought that the sushi rolls being sold here were "Californian Rolls", as they seemed the same as what I've heard Californian rolls being described. I didn't realise there was a difference between the two. But then again we also have things like "Dim Sims" and "Chiko Rolls" which are either Asian influenced or created by Asian-Australians here themselves, but not actually Asian dishes themselves, that I guess it's not all that surprising either.
Australian sushi: 1. Convenient: Just 1 piece of roll, no cutting 2. Healthy: ingredients just: seaweed, rice and protein 3. Clean: each roll is individually wrapped 4. Cheap: each roll cost less than $3 5. Filling: two or three of these are enough for a day 6. Variations: lots of filling options to choose from
Fillings outside Japan are mostly deep fried or canned food like canned tuna which costs $1 for the whole can. You might find raw tuna or salmon if you are lucky and that’s about it.
A good 80% of Japanese "sushi" and Japanese'esque restaurants are Korean in Australia so it's pretty much kimbap. Just like our Bakeries are majority run and owned by Vietnamese. Everything becomes localised just like having Sushi burrito and Birra Ramen in the US
One of my favourite sushi places is Korean owned and I love it there. The food is wonderful, the atmosphere is great and the employees are funny and easygoing.
the thing is we dont call it australia sushi lmao we just call it sushi haha. it only became "australian sushi" when someone tried to cancel that lady.
Food is food, as long as it tastes good and is well presented there’s nothing wrong with it. People trying to be pretentious tells me they’re shitty entitled people.
In Australia we don’t call it “Australian sushi” 😂😂 we just call it sushi rolls. There’s tons of these joints but they’ve gotten more and more expensive because of inflation unfortunately. We even have sushi chefs in supermarkets too
As an Australian Filipino, we claim Ryan, 1 because he’s Filipino and 2 because he’s with Smac. Sushi in Australia is exactly as he said, great snack 🤌
You can’t get cooked sushi in America?! Haha whaaat, I’m from Australia and we have like tempura prawn, teriyaki chicken, soft shell crab, tempura vegetables but it’s essentially super cheap and grab to go. Great for uni students! We also have proper sushi places as well and sashimi! This is just a cheap option but the more you know!
@@billybandana8 I'm in Syd, North Shore area, rolls are $3-$3.50 at my local. But even $4.50 is still significantly cheaper than a sandwich, noodles, curry etc.
@@popartpistol care to name the place selling them for $3 because I haven’t seen that in years. I guess it’s cheap if you eat 1 or 2 but that’s a small snack not a meal
Oh, yeah! My 16 year old nephew always asks for this after his basketball game. As the 'cool uncle', I always get it. Other than the occasional Hungry Jack's, he doesn't like fast food, so yeah Aussie kids legit love this food!
Australian here and we don't claim it as Australian sushi, it just sushi LOL In Japan's convenience stores they have what we have but it's separated? The seaweed sheet is wrapped in plastic to keep the sushi sheet fresh from the rice and then you put it together, so I always assumed handrolls were normal everywhere >
right? Aren't they just hand rolls? I mean I guess the crumbed chicken and avocado ones aren't a traditional flavour but other than that I thought they were pretty normal
I think things are changing in australia now with the american influence, but for the most part, aussies don't worry so much who cooks what. If the food is good, its good. There's no need to do a deep dive into the heritage of the owners & chefs. But if a culturally different restaurant is run by people from that culture, it's a bit of a big deal & we'll say "yeah the chef is korean/french" Whatever, so its BETTER & more exciting (unless the food is bad, then they'll go broke), but we don't fuss about who makes the food in general. We love choice & yumminess & dont politicise our food
When we have guests or a party here in Melbourne Australia - we buy a heap of sushi rolls and cut them up for platters. First thing to get eaten every time. We love eating all kinds of Asian foods. It’s Aussie way of life.
The sushi are half of a full size roll and we just take bites from it, after dripping some soy sauce on it from the little fish shape thing with a red stopper, cost is around $3.5aud
I still remember when they were around $2.00 a roll. Now that they're more mainstream, even the nigiri and specialty types are at least $3.50 minimum. Take Sushi Jiro for example 😂
That image is one style of Australian sushi and sashimi. We do have raw fish. It’s not all rolls. Fun fact sushi for lunch is very popular with tradies.
In Australia these 'fast food' style sushi places are popping up everywhere. 30 years ago sushi was almost unknown here, but now it's a popular snack. As for authenticity and whether a country's twist on a traditional dish is 'real' sushi, I just say go with what you like. I know purists won't acknowledge half of what's sold in Australia as 'real' sushi. I even had a former Japanese teacher say he wouldn't eat at any sushi bar in Australia that didn't have all Japanese staff. That's just strange to me. It's like saying only native born Italians can make good pizza. It's nonsense.
i was at a shopping complex and asked my 11 yr old grand daughter what she wanted to eat and she chose sushi, its a common snack and available everywhere, i like the veg ones, bit of grated carrot, cucumber etc..
Sushi is like the Japanese version of a sandwich, as Aussies we like sandwiches, we also like sushi, the rice and seaweed become your bread and you fill it with whatever you want. Chicken and avocado are awesome.
Cultural appropriation vs cultural appreciation. Where is the line? I think immigrants can change traditional recipes they had in their home country over time. My dad emigrated from Asia to Australia when young and he couldn’t get his favourite dishes so he cobbled together a fusion to make do. That’s how a lot of these new things come about. Now we have so much Asian cuisine from everywhere usually sold by people who seem to have Asian heritage. Unless I visit those countries I’m not to know that the recipe is not authentic.
We have a great food and beverage scene, as in we have people come from everywhere bringing their talents and flavours to the table and the dish!! We amp things up a bit! Our coffee scene is just amazing! Good coffee is everywhere ☕️
Had a Japanese co-worker once (in Australia), and he vehemently refused to eat "fake sushi," as he called it. Wonderful guy, joined us for drinks, but he always called sushi here "fake" that is, until he lost a workplace bet, and I dared him to have a single bite of it. Not being a bish, he agreed... his eyes from from "disgusted" to "Oh shiiiiiit!" After finishing the bite, he said, and I quote, "Oh sh*t, that better than I thought. " Cut to him, having it every day until he went home 6 months later... 😂 Taka, if you're out there, you're still thought about! 🙃
Australia being in asia , but colonised by England has such a wide ranging cultural background that you can get any kind of food here . We couldnt really care less if something isnt traditional , as long as its good. This Aussie lady never clamed it was traditional Japanese Sushi , its supposed to be a fusion and its pretty good in most Aussie places that serve this kind of food. Im glad they caught on to the person making the complaints , but it goes to show how quick people are to condemn a business without checking out who made the complaints and why.
These rolls weren't invented in Australia, they're also eaten in Japan. However the idea was transported to Australia and popularised to such an extent that they're now seen as a healthy fast food. Depending on the ingredients of course. It's very common for kids to eat sushi rolls. The same outlets will also sell makizushi, the sliced version and nigiri, sashimi etc. But the point of the rolls is you don't need chopsticks, they're easy to eat on the go.
It kicked off as a corporate healthy lunch for those with little time, relatively cheap. Funnily enough more of them are now owned by Koreans. In fact a lot of Japanese restaurants are Korean owned and there are tigeawa
Been eating this Australian sushi for many, many years. Didn’t realise it was an Australian concept. I’m also now understanding what the crazy ‘issue’ was with the lady opening the Australian sushi place in New York. Crazy!
Sushi in Australia is like burgers in America. There’s a few major companies with stores in all the shopping malls across the country like McDonald’s and Burger King.
Australia and Asia have a great relationship. We are close geographically and the most popular foods here have an Asian twist/flair. I don’t think it’s appropriation as much as admiration. And we just call it sushi lol
As an Aussie most of us don’t even know it this is an Australian only thing 😂 just thought it was like a “fast food” easy snack version of your normal sushi.
Local shop here used to do way.out combos, like beef and blue cheese; lamb apricot and wasabi, and honey soy marinated sweet potato. I miss that place. Oh, and kangaroo with bush herbs. Staples are teriyaki beef and chicken, sweet chili chicken, honey chicken, Peking duck, prawn avocado, crispy chicken
That Puerto Rican chef story boiled my piss... How the hell can you claim that as appropriation? As a malaysian born Australian, fusion is not an issue and actually encouraged from what i can tell. But in America, it feels like you have to walk on eggshells as not to enrage anybody. At the end of the day, it's just food man.
It’s one way certain shops sell it (especially in shopping centres). If you go to a restaurant they’ll serve it cut into portions. If you think about it. It’s a good way to keep the sushi fresh until you take it home, you can cut the serves to your liking.
lol we eat sushi all time in Australia as my daughter ask everyday. Basically just seaweed with jasmine rice with rice wine vinegar with diff flavours. Cheap one I do is tuna with mayonnaise cucumber avocado lol
Aussie here, you can also get raw fish variants of Australian sushi handrolls as well, like raw salmon and you can sometimes get raw tuna, i've even had a white fish handroll, though I've only ever seen it the once. Adam Liaw wrote an article about that kerfuffle in new york a while back
The game Joe was referring to was Ghost of Tsushima and the white guy was playing a flute while the gameplay was being shown to an audience - the game is also amazing, I think Joe would love it.
There's a white guy in Ghost of Tsushima?I 😂 You're probably thinking of a different samurai game. Nioh or Sekiro. Most likely you're thinking of Nioh if you're thinking of a white guy.
He’s not on the game. He played for a trailer. People flipped out cause he’s white despite being one of the few people alive recognised by the Japanese as being a master of that instrument.
I wish they had more of those here. I don't eat seafood so whenever I get invited to get sushi , I get stuck eating appetizers that I never get full on.
@@taoist32 there's a specific spot they like going to. But they just have gyoza and these small miso soups. Most of the time we go to Japanese spots they almost never get sushi
Australia has proper fancy Japanese restaurants too! A lot of sushi places offer Australian style sushi as well as nigiri, aburi, sashimi, maki etc, and donburi / udon dishes. Sushi rolls are so good as a snack, they’re filling and healthy and cheaper than other options. They also serve them at school canteens. It’s very much ingrained in Australian culture. My go to is (raw) salmon and avocado. Funnily enough they will serve raw salmon rolls at most places but not raw tuna, all the tuna rolls are cooked / tinned tuna. That being said they mix that tuna with mayo and some mirin and sugar before spooning it onto the rolls and it’s sooo good.
This type of sushi is so common in Australia you can even buy it in 7/11's and petrol stations. Had no idea it was an Australian only thing, you learn something new everyday!
Sushi Hand Rolls… about $2.50 Aussie which is $1.60 US each. About 10cm long (4inches). My favourite is raw salmon with avocado and a little Japanese mayo. My kids like the fried chicken or Katsu chicken. Sometimes they just have carrot, cucumber and avocado. Designed to be able to eat on the go. Kids have them in their school lunch. My kids would eat this over McDonalds or KFC any day.
As he said, it's a kind of fusion so that people are introduced to the dish so that, if and when they visit the country of origin, they're not as surprised
Just to be clear, in Australia sushi grab and go, sushi trains and Japanese restaurants are mostly run by Japanese people but also a lot of Koreans. Never white people. Idk how to feel about the white lady opening Aussie sushi over seas.
Why does in matter if it's a white person, as apposed to a Korean person running the sushi store in place of a Japanese person? The sushi store near me is Chinese run. Your comment seems a bit problematic because you're effectively generalizing all East Asians together. If it's okay for a Korean or Chinese person to serve Japanese based cuisine, it should be okay for anyone else as well, including white people.
What’s wrong with a white lady opening a sushi restaurant overseas? Food shouldn’t be gatekept, it’s actually flattering that this lady took her spin on the cuisine and decided to share it with the world.
Yep, this is my lunch every time I'm on site for work in the city. Sushi Hub at 600 Bourke. Its also my 10 year old son's favourites afterschool snack. So if I'm out and out during lunch time, I'll grab him a few rolls for when he gets home His 2 faves are cooked tuna with avocado and panko prawn.
At sushi places in Australia we have the "Authentic" stuff next to the fried meat rolls, and Much as i love sashimi i cant lie i love tucking into some Tin Tuna and avocado sushi rolls and so do a lot of asian students
i worked in a sushi shop for 5-6 years im Aussie. i used to make between 1-3k rolls a day. we got the same cali rolls and philly rolls , my fave is crub chicken avo and kyupi mayo. used to make what ever i wanted. my boss was Japanese also pree sure she made some good cash
When I would take my kids to the movies it was tradition for us to eat at the sushi station next door before we went to the cinema. We would fill up on delicious food and then buy a gross slushy to eat in the movie. It was a staple to do this for our family.
One of the most common chains of this "Australian Sushi" in shopping malls (at least in Melbourne) is literally called "Sushi Sushi". My local mall (plaza) has an independent that is completely staffed by Japanese staff*, but its all still Australian style sushi 🤣 *OK I don't actually know if they are Japanese or of another region in Asia Pacific, I hope you get what I mean here. I bet the local hiring process is just highly discriminatory.
Getting all bent up about cultural appropriation over food is definitely a very American thing, and is completely hypocritical because most of the complaints come from people that have nothing to do with the culture in question. Most cultures around the world are very happy to share their cultural culinary delights, teach others how to make it, and when they move to another country they'll adjust it to better suit the tastes of the people they'll be sharing it with. People outside of the USA aren't going to get their knickers in a knot over the ethnicity of the person selling a food, they'll only get upset if the seller claims that something is a genuine cultural style when it has been changed too much to be true. No Aussie sushi outlet will ever claim that it's genuine Japanese sushi, or even Japanese style sushi. Outback Steakhouse is the ultimate cultural misappropriation as it has nothing to do with Australia, never did, and what is sold there is nothing like Australian food, but their theme and marketing allows people to think that it is. Same goes for many "Mexican" food franchises in the USA, it's not Mexican food by a long shot but many Americans think it is because they've never been to Mexico and learned otherwise. That's what people get uppity about. No one cares that NY pizza is nothing like what is made in Italy, but people are going to get upset if someone tries to make a claim that their NY style pizza is Italian style pizza just because it's made and sold by someone with Italian heritage named Antonio.
I had a feeling our sushi wasn't very 'authentically Japanese' not sure if it was the melted cheese or the goat cheese that gave it away but I knew it was suss. Either way I love every type of sushi as long as it's fresh. My favourite part about Australia is how multi-cultural we are, means we get a wide variety of super yummy cuisines from different countries/cultures.
people in australia dont call it australian sushi, its just sushi etc. on top of that ive never ever heard an australian claim it is better than the legitimate japanese style of sushi, its just another style of simple take away food here
well said. Its just Americans assuming things like usual...
It's obviously different to Japanese sushi which is why it's being referred to as Australian sushi. My Japanese friend who lives in Australia refers to it like this also.
Hi fellow Australian here,
This is correct and the popular one is called sushi hub they have traditional sushi there also and is usually owned by Japanese people also.
Our weather plays a huge part in what and how we eat. Although we have an abundance of fresh seafood, the trouble arises getting it into you before the heat and the flies can change your mind.
Also, there's always room in aussie 'cuisine' for another food that you can just grab and eat cold. Just like in the depths of winter when the temperature gets way down to 18C, there's nothing like a good hot bit of food to warm you up. But for the rest of the year, cold=good.
Great vid, first one I've watched of yours. You all seem to have great chemistry. Looking forward to more.
edit: thanks to this vid I now know of the existence of woo young woo kimbap. =D
Australians never call ethnic food "Australian xxx" we just call it the food it is.
Like kebab, we just call it kebab, its not Australian Kebab
No one makes a fuss about “cultural appropriation” in Australia. Koreans sell Japanese food, Bangladeshis and Pakistanis sell Indian food, Syrians selling Lebanese food, Afghanis selling Iranian food…if it’s good, it’s good.
Because it's a bullshit concept that only compete woke morons believe in.
Yes. I saw a Asian run Italian restaurant yesterday.
Asians selling Fish and Chips bahaha
@@ioswater Greeks do it, and i have seen Asians sell it too. 🙂
And every single 'French Bread Shop' is run by Vietnamese
As an Australian I'm getting to see that multiculturalism is viewed so differently from an American perspective, to the point of being offended without the historical facts. I love our sushi but we all know it's very different to Japanese sushi, it's just convenient "to-go" type snack. Probably why the original Japanese dude observed the pace of our culture and created a solution. Simple.
No one in Australia complains about the ethnicity of the owner of a Sushi shop or that it is authentic. I work for one of these places in Australia (Sushi Hub - shameless plug) and it is managed by Koreans and uses a lot of asian student labour. They do have some more authentic dishes, none of which I know the name of, which have raw salmon and are not in the roll. They always send me away from working there (I am a contractor that fixes their equipment) with masses of food and I have come to love it. It seems Americans are too touchy about food and who is making it whereas Australians jump into the fusion and only appreciate the taste and quality.
the bougie/authentic sit down places are more likely to be run by japanese people. but we have a relatively small japanese population - especially outside inner melbourne & sydney - so nowhere near enough to run the thousands of pop up takeaway hand roll spots across the country. ofc the authentic places are better but i don't care if a korean or chinese person is making my sushi when it's a few dollars.
Sushi hub is my favourite 🤤 I’ve found that from different locations, they’re totally consistent in taste and everything- they have my full trust 😂
Bacause that's what Aussies do
Yeah as an American I can confirm Australians are way more open to just enjoying stuff; just way more open-minded in general 😀.
Appropriation calling out Australians is hilarious as Australia is the most successful multi cultural country in the world. We have asians that have fish and chips shops and meat pie bakeries and you never hear the words appropriation etc. Americans seem very preoccupied with race.
I lived in Queensland and the local fish and chip shop owner was a Vietnamese guy. He was cool af!
@@tonygriffin3464 our vietnamese fish and chips guy is running for local mayor
Legit we don’t care who sells what food, we just care that it’s good
The best French style bakeries are run by Vietnamese people in Australia....
@@paulrodsted3905 yes they are and you can also get a pork roll
Legit thought that was normal as an Australian
I'm Aussie, but going to different countries, every country has their own style of Sushi, catering to the locals taste. But Aussie sushi is next level.
no same
Me too! LOL
It was awesome when i went to Japan and it opened my eyes to how Sushi really is. What we have in Oz is just the watered down and cheap takeaway version to be honest, which is fine. It's a quick eat during work lunch break and fills up just right to the point where i'm not gonna be in the dunnie all arvo ay
@@ems1488we do have more Asian culture then anywhere else in the world
You know a type of food is Australian when the comment section is full of confused Aussies not knowing that their niche food isn’t universal, haha. Love Australian food!
As a New Zealander who has been travelling around Europe for the past year, this video finally made me realise why I couldn’t find good cheap sushi… genuinely thought it was like that everywhere
i didnt know this style of sushi wasnt common in other counties. its super normal in australia
Same, I thought this was the norm
do you have one with a strip of unagi (eel)? having that in a roll, with 1 strip of tamago (egg) wrapped in rice and seaweed would just be freaking bomb
@@extrasoap4881 Yes we do, but in separate rolls. Theres unagi sushi roll and a tamago sushi roll rather than both together. The sushi rolls are quite thin so theres only enough room for one thing in the middle thats wrapped with rice and seaweed.
@@rainisdry i see! thanks for explaining, it's so cool. guess if i were over there i'd take one bite of each lol. they're super yummy together!
@@extrasoap4881I've hardly ever seen eel
WHAT!? I though this was normal, didn't know it was just in Australia. Lol.
My Japanese friends losetheir bloody mind whenever they come here and see it haha
Hahahahaha same
Now it makes me wonder what other food is "Only in Australia."
@@SuperBenno7 How about Halal Snack Pack?
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A lot of the Aussie stores are owned and run by Koreans actually !! In fact a lot of the Japanese restaurants in Aus are Korean owned too 🤣Our town has 3 Japanese restaurants and 3 sushi shops all Korean owned - I keep asking them to open a damn Korean restaurant, would love a Korean restaurant !
Hahah I noticed this as well!! I'd walk in and they'd yell irasshaimase then continue their conversation in Korean 😅. Probably cos gimbap wasn't as well known or marketable as sushi - it's gaining traction though, I see a lot of gimbap places in Melbourne now!
I have 2 sushi shops in my rural town, the small one is kinda garbage, but the bigger one is lit. I go there all the time, and the Korean manager is really nice (the smaller store doesn't have good customer service). And everything they make is so good!
from a business perspective its extremely profitable, quick and afordable to make, very little ingredients, and sells like crazy. Everyone loves sushi. Theres a little sushi food truck (trailer) in my small town, and it's always sold out at smoko.
used to be the case (ie Koreans owning sushi joints) here in Sydney but the chinese know how to sniff out a dollar
The big franchises like Hero Sushi pretty sure its owned by Chinese
I come from Melbourne Australia which is one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world .We speak 150 languages and dialects .Food plays a major role in the life of this city and as a result we experience food from every part of the planet. For us its not about cultural appropriation but about a shared joy of food and those who we share it with .
Americans seem way too precious and don’t seem to understand the difference between cultural appreciation and cultural appropriation let alone understand fusion cuisine. Imagine if you can only eat the food that your country created, how ridiculous. You can only play the sport that your country created. You can only listen to the music your country created. Honestly unless it’s of special social, spiritual, ritual or cultural significance why not let others learn about and enjoy something and share their twist on it?
@@SF-eo6xflol all true
Just to be clear, there are more of these stores than McDonald’s, and this type of sushi is on every school lunch menu
I hope they’re not serving kids raw fish from the school canteen! Yikes! I’ve never heard of sushi on a school menu. It goes off so quickly if you don’t handle it perfectly, been there, done that, got very, very sick! Now I insist on freshly made sushi and they don’t mind.
@@Jeni10 it's 100% cooked. canned tuna or teriyaki chicken are the most common items if not the only sushi items in school canteens iirc
I'm Australian, we don't call it Australian sushi we just call it sushi. It's Americans who are obsessed with race and being offended who have called it Australian sushi.
That's the thing y'all don't know the actual version so it's named where it was made which is why it's called that. Not because of some race thing
Did not know uncut sushi was an Aussie thing. It is confined to the franchise-type restaurants though, probably considered "fast food". It's just convenient when you're on the move. They place it in a paper bag, and you just eat as you go. Sustainable too, it's not in a plastic container.
depends if you buy 3 rolls or more, then they normally put it in a plastic container.
they pretty much always sell it it plastic containers what are you talking about
most places i go sell it in paper bags. biggest two chains put it in paper bags unless you buy 3+at a time. and i'm gonna assume most people buy one or two at a time@@BBB_photography_adventures
@@BBB_photography_adventures Nah man Sushi Hub at least will give you a paper bag that hold 2 - 3 rolls and they chuck your sauce and wasabi in there, I'm in NSW tho so maybe they still using plastic in other places
I'm in QLD, never seen a sushi hub & they're always in plastic no matter the company.
You got to any Aussie shopping centre and you will see like 7 sushi roll shops in the middle of walkways.
Super popular to stroll around the shops and munch down a giant sushi roll
I know aussie kids who beg to go to sushi train befor McDonald's requests ... its so normal this has made me laugh blush with aussie pride for our multiculturalism and its benefits. Beautiful.
that sushi train trap. Your wallet has learnt lessons LOL
I'd much rather sushi than shitty McDonald's
But remember kids, diversity isnt our strength.
I wish haha. Sushi trains would be a luxury for me, too expensive
@@ryuamigo8694 where I'm from its cheaper to go to the pub for a steak chips and salad than to fill up on Macca's
Most of the aussie sushi stores are owned and operated by koreans or chinese btw
@smdnsnnd7254I know of one and it is sooooooo good. And yes, they make sushi rolls and it is sooooooo much better. Well worth the extra 50 cents per roll vs your crappier chain store stuff.
@smdnsnnd7254 All i know in Sydney, is that crow's nest is full of authentic Japanese places. But again, it's Crow's nest and kind of pricey.
There’s plenty of authentic Japanese restaurants in Australia, you just have to go to an actual restaurant. What they’re showing is the fast food version of it - it’s the equivalent of wondering why Pizza Hut aren’t all run by Italians.
Yeah plenty of authentic Japanese restaurants in Sydney and Melbourne. The Korean and Chinese are smashing out heaps of the takeaway sushi. My absolute favourite Japanese takeaway is in Prahran market. It’s a little kiosk that does the best pork belly rolls and bowls on the planet.
In west Sydney its either Chinese or filipino especially in the blacktown areas@smdnsnnd7254
They're not called "Australian sushi" here. They're just sushi rolls.
Puerto Rican dude called an Australian a coloniser because she made Japanese food. We just forgetting the whole first half of the 20th century?
Americans calling anybody out on being colonisers when they are currently the head of a neo-colonial empire is kinda rich.
It's funny. As an Australian I always thought that the sushi rolls being sold here were "Californian Rolls", as they seemed the same as what I've heard Californian rolls being described. I didn't realise there was a difference between the two. But then again we also have things like "Dim Sims" and "Chiko Rolls" which are either Asian influenced or created by Asian-Australians here themselves, but not actually Asian dishes themselves, that I guess it's not all that surprising either.
Chiko Roll was influenced by Asian food but was created by an Anglo Aussie
@@sirsillybilly that's pretty much what they said, "influenced OR created by".
California rolls are also a specific type of sushi roll I think it's got crab and caviar and stuff it was real good from what I remember
@@sirsillybillyyeah same as Australian dim sims
Think the chicko roll originated in Bendigo @@sirsillybilly
02:45 "Is it exposed to the elements? All covered in dust?" !!!! WTF We have refrigeration in Australia.
Lol. He thinks Australia is like Mad Max. 🤣
Australian sushi:
1. Convenient: Just 1 piece of roll, no cutting
2. Healthy: ingredients just: seaweed, rice and protein
3. Clean: each roll is individually wrapped
4. Cheap: each roll cost less than $3
5. Filling: two or three of these are enough for a day
6. Variations: lots of filling options to choose from
Seriously it should be food staple for the whole world.
Do you mean $3 US because here in Canberra the basic tuna roll costs $4.50 these days.
Definitely not all are $3. Most are above $3.
Fillings outside Japan are mostly deep fried or canned food like canned tuna which costs $1 for the whole can. You might find raw tuna or salmon if you are lucky and that’s about it.
My aunt used to make sushi for stores like these, they were definitely not healthy 😭 the rice had ALOT of sugar mixed into it
A good 80% of Japanese "sushi" and Japanese'esque restaurants are Korean in Australia so it's pretty much kimbap. Just like our Bakeries are majority run and owned by Vietnamese. Everything becomes localised just like having Sushi burrito and Birra Ramen in the US
One of my favourite sushi places is Korean owned and I love it there. The food is wonderful, the atmosphere is great and the employees are funny and easygoing.
Sushi Hub is definitely only takeaway sushi but plenty of good quality Japanese restaurants available all over Australia.
the thing is we dont call it australia sushi lmao we just call it sushi haha. it only became "australian sushi" when someone tried to cancel that lady.
It's like pizza, pasta, croissants, matcha, açai - every country puts a twist to it, but inspired by traditional cuisines
Food is food, as long as it tastes good and is well presented there’s nothing wrong with it. People trying to be pretentious tells me they’re shitty entitled people.
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In Australia we don’t call it “Australian sushi” 😂😂 we just call it sushi rolls. There’s tons of these joints but they’ve gotten more and more expensive because of inflation unfortunately. We even have sushi chefs in supermarkets too
Woolies sushi slaps honestly one of the best on the go sushi spots
@@jackorami2557 especially when there's a sushi joint right outside the woolies that's more expensive haha
As an Australian Filipino, we claim Ryan, 1 because he’s Filipino and 2 because he’s with Smac. Sushi in Australia is exactly as he said, great snack 🤌
You can’t get cooked sushi in America?! Haha whaaat,
I’m from Australia and we have like tempura prawn, teriyaki chicken, soft shell crab, tempura vegetables but it’s essentially super cheap and grab to go. Great for uni students!
We also have proper sushi places as well and sashimi! This is just a cheap option but the more you know!
It’s not essentially super cheap, infact it’s the complete opposite, essentially super expensive
@@billybandana8 $3 a roll, it's cheap af compared to our other lunch options
@@popartpistol rolls for $3? I haven’t seen that since 2010, you from Perth? In syd the average price is $4.50 which is certainly not cheap
@@billybandana8 I'm in Syd, North Shore area, rolls are $3-$3.50 at my local. But even $4.50 is still significantly cheaper than a sandwich, noodles, curry etc.
@@popartpistol care to name the place selling them for $3 because I haven’t seen that in years. I guess it’s cheap if you eat 1 or 2 but that’s a small snack not a meal
here in Australia kids will normally ask for this sushi rather than MacDonalds
My 10 year old loves this as his after school snack
Oh, yeah! My 16 year old nephew always asks for this after his basketball game. As the 'cool uncle', I always get it.
Other than the occasional Hungry Jack's, he doesn't like fast food, so yeah Aussie kids legit love this food!
Australian here and we don't claim it as Australian sushi, it just sushi LOL
In Japan's convenience stores they have what we have but it's separated? The seaweed sheet is wrapped in plastic to keep the sushi sheet fresh from the rice and then you put it together, so I always assumed handrolls were normal everywhere >
Yeah American have to put label and race on everything
@@phunk8607 Mate, it's just a description.
@@phunk8607 can't be mad cause it's true 🤣 ts isn't actual sushi it's the Australian version of it
There is alot of great Asian food in Australia.
the weird thing is, i ate the exact same type of sushi all over Japan..... maybe American sushi is the weird way? lmao.
right? Aren't they just hand rolls? I mean I guess the crumbed chicken and avocado ones aren't a traditional flavour but other than that I thought they were pretty normal
Her shop name is call Sushi Counter at NY . I used to live in Australia and those are my favourite lunch . Cheap , healthy and fast !
I think things are changing in australia now with the american influence, but for the most part, aussies don't worry so much who cooks what. If the food is good, its good. There's no need to do a deep dive into the heritage of the owners & chefs. But if a culturally different restaurant is run by people from that culture, it's a bit of a big deal & we'll say "yeah the chef is korean/french" Whatever, so its BETTER & more exciting (unless the food is bad, then they'll go broke), but we don't fuss about who makes the food in general. We love choice & yumminess & dont politicise our food
Exactly. We'd never eat fish and chips if we worried about what nationality the chef was, most are Asian here now.
@@kayekaye4251 true!
@kayekaye4251 my current favourite fish and chips place is owned by a nice and funny Indian woman 😂
When we have guests or a party here in Melbourne Australia - we buy a heap of sushi rolls and cut them up for platters. First thing to get eaten every time. We love eating all kinds of Asian foods. It’s Aussie way of life.
As an Australian it never occurred to me that these places are unique to us. By the way ive never seen a non asian working in one.
The sushi are half of a full size roll and we just take bites from it, after dripping some soy sauce on it from the little fish shape thing with a red stopper, cost is around $3.5aud
Where abouts in Austraila do you live? They're $4.50 in Melbourne but you can get them for $3.50 from the less popular shops
@rainisdry im in Melbourne too 😁 i like to check out the stores at Highpoint especially when its discounted on the way out near closing time 😁
Sydney prices are also around 3.50-4.50
You get the same in Japan too. Except it is a lot cheaper.
I still remember when they were around $2.00 a roll. Now that they're more mainstream, even the nigiri and specialty types are at least $3.50 minimum. Take Sushi Jiro for example 😂
That image is one style of Australian sushi and sashimi. We do have raw fish. It’s not all rolls. Fun fact sushi for lunch is very popular with tradies.
In Australia these 'fast food' style sushi places are popping up everywhere. 30 years ago sushi was almost unknown here, but now it's a popular snack.
As for authenticity and whether a country's twist on a traditional dish is 'real' sushi, I just say go with what you like. I know purists won't acknowledge half of what's sold in Australia as 'real' sushi. I even had a former Japanese teacher say he wouldn't eat at any sushi bar in Australia that didn't have all Japanese staff. That's just strange to me. It's like saying only native born Italians can make good pizza. It's nonsense.
Aussies are mad about Sushi… I didn’t know it was different to authentic. Great conversation guys!
i was at a shopping complex and asked my 11 yr old grand daughter what she wanted to eat and she chose sushi, its a common snack and available everywhere, i like the veg ones, bit of grated carrot, cucumber etc..
Sushi is like the Japanese version of a sandwich, as Aussies we like sandwiches, we also like sushi, the rice and seaweed become your bread and you fill it with whatever you want. Chicken and avocado are awesome.
Cultural appropriation vs cultural appreciation. Where is the line? I think immigrants can change traditional recipes they had in their home country over time. My dad emigrated from Asia to Australia when young and he couldn’t get his favourite dishes so he cobbled together a fusion to make do. That’s how a lot of these new things come about. Now we have so much Asian cuisine from everywhere usually sold by people who seem to have Asian heritage. Unless I visit those countries I’m not to know that the recipe is not authentic.
We have a great food and beverage scene, as in we have people come from everywhere bringing their talents and flavours to the table and the dish!! We amp things up a bit! Our coffee scene is just amazing! Good coffee is everywhere ☕️
Had a Japanese co-worker once (in Australia), and he vehemently refused to eat "fake sushi," as he called it. Wonderful guy, joined us for drinks, but he always called sushi here "fake" that is, until he lost a workplace bet, and I dared him to have a single bite of it. Not being a bish, he agreed... his eyes from from "disgusted" to "Oh shiiiiiit!" After finishing the bite, he said, and I quote, "Oh sh*t, that better than I thought. " Cut to him, having it every day until he went home 6 months later... 😂 Taka, if you're out there, you're still thought about! 🙃
Australia being in asia , but colonised by England has such a wide ranging cultural background that you can get any kind of food here . We couldnt really care less if something isnt traditional , as long as its good.
This Aussie lady never clamed it was traditional Japanese Sushi , its supposed to be a fusion and its pretty good in most Aussie places that serve this kind of food. Im glad they caught on to the person making the complaints , but it goes to show how quick people are to condemn a business without checking out who made the complaints and why.
These rolls weren't invented in Australia, they're also eaten in Japan. However the idea was transported to Australia and popularised to such an extent that they're now seen as a healthy fast food. Depending on the ingredients of course. It's very common for kids to eat sushi rolls. The same outlets will also sell makizushi, the sliced version and nigiri, sashimi etc. But the point of the rolls is you don't need chopsticks, they're easy to eat on the go.
It kicked off as a corporate healthy lunch for those with little time, relatively cheap. Funnily enough more of them are now owned by Koreans. In fact a lot of Japanese restaurants are Korean owned and there are tigeawa
AUSSIE SUSHI IS ELITE AND SO CHEAP! i miss it so much lol
They're easy enough to make.
Been eating this Australian sushi for many, many years. Didn’t realise it was an Australian concept. I’m also now understanding what the crazy ‘issue’ was with the lady opening the Australian sushi place in New York. Crazy!
What crazy issue?
@@pooheadlou did you watch the video?
The handroll is an Australian concept.
Sushi in Australia is like burgers in America. There’s a few major companies with stores in all the shopping malls across the country like McDonald’s and Burger King.
Aussie food scene is all about celebrating food from around the world. There is No such thing as food appropriation, no one owns a recipe
Australia and Asia have a great relationship. We are close geographically and the most popular foods here have an Asian twist/flair. I don’t think it’s appropriation as much as admiration. And we just call it sushi lol
As an Aussie most of us don’t even know it this is an Australian only thing 😂 just thought it was like a “fast food” easy snack version of your normal sushi.
That was my go-to snack in Australia. 2 rolls can fill your tummy for the whole day.
Exactly. It’s the closest to elven Lembas bread from LOTR
The vinegar they put in the rice makes it a very healthy food compared to plain rice
I love how he pronounced Melbourne properly.
Has anyone else watched so much Jknews that they’re running out of videos to watch? No just me?😫
Right there with ya
I watch so much I'm waiting for the daily drop- Been like that for a few years. I've been around since the Tiff and Gina and Tommy days.
Local shop here used to do way.out combos, like beef and blue cheese; lamb apricot and wasabi, and honey soy marinated sweet potato. I miss that place. Oh, and kangaroo with bush herbs. Staples are teriyaki beef and chicken, sweet chili chicken, honey chicken, Peking duck, prawn avocado, crispy chicken
That Puerto Rican chef story boiled my piss... How the hell can you claim that as appropriation? As a malaysian born Australian, fusion is not an issue and actually encouraged from what i can tell. But in America, it feels like you have to walk on eggshells as not to enrage anybody. At the end of the day, it's just food man.
It’s one way certain shops sell it (especially in shopping centres).
If you go to a restaurant they’ll serve it cut into portions.
If you think about it. It’s a good way to keep the sushi fresh until you take it home, you can cut the serves to your liking.
I used to eat them a lot back in melbourne. I know they weren’t the most authentic japanese sushi, but they were convenient and cheap.
lol we eat sushi all time in Australia as my daughter ask everyday. Basically just seaweed with jasmine rice with rice wine vinegar with diff flavours. Cheap one I do is tuna with mayonnaise cucumber avocado lol
So fun seeing Dumb with the crew. He has the best laugh and smile.
I actually missed the sushi we have in Australia while I was travelling Japan lol it just kinda hits different
Me too! Me and my sister were at the sushi train in japan and were like "I could go for some tempura chicken sushi rn"
We Aussies embrace multiculturalism . Anyone can cook any style as long as its good , we dont care what nationality the cook is .
We call it in Sydney “train station sushi” because it’s in lots of train stations
Aussie here, you can also get raw fish variants of Australian sushi handrolls as well, like raw salmon and you can sometimes get raw tuna, i've even had a white fish handroll, though I've only ever seen it the once. Adam Liaw wrote an article about that kerfuffle in new york a while back
I had no idea this was an ‘only in Australia’ thing. I love ‘em.
They are everywhere, not just Australia
@@KJ-yises then why all the fuss? I don't get it!
This could be another Joe Business adventure
The game Joe was referring to was Ghost of Tsushima and the white guy was playing a flute while the gameplay was being shown to an audience - the game is also amazing, I think Joe would love it.
there is no white guy in GOT !!!
The white guy that played the flute was a live performance while the trailer of the game was playing. Not in the game.@@loveaintfree1409
There's a white guy in Ghost of Tsushima?I 😂 You're probably thinking of a different samurai game. Nioh or Sekiro. Most likely you're thinking of Nioh if you're thinking of a white guy.
He’s not on the game. He played for a trailer. People flipped out cause he’s white despite being one of the few people alive recognised by the Japanese as being a master of that instrument.
I wish they had more of those here. I don't eat seafood so whenever I get invited to get sushi , I get stuck eating appetizers that I never get full on.
You can go to any Japanese restaurant for sushi. So, ask your friends to go to a full restaurant instead of a sushi bar.
@@taoist32 there's a specific spot they like going to. But they just have gyoza and these small miso soups. Most of the time we go to Japanese spots they almost never get sushi
There’s non-seafood rolls too tho..
unlike south East Asia wet markets Australia has electricity an refrigeration
The "Asian Burrito" love that idea! they should open a sushi place and call it that!
WHen i went to Japan the varieties of sushi were ABSOLUTELY BOSSSSSSS! Love my Aussie Sush though!
wtf is " Australian sushi" Its just sushi..Japanese here living in Aussie for 13 years.
I live in a country town and we have two sushi restaurants,one is a sushi train.
Australia has proper fancy Japanese restaurants too! A lot of sushi places offer Australian style sushi as well as nigiri, aburi, sashimi, maki etc, and donburi / udon dishes.
Sushi rolls are so good as a snack, they’re filling and healthy and cheaper than other options. They also serve them at school canteens. It’s very much ingrained in Australian culture. My go to is (raw) salmon and avocado. Funnily enough they will serve raw salmon rolls at most places but not raw tuna, all the tuna rolls are cooked / tinned tuna. That being said they mix that tuna with mayo and some mirin and sugar before spooning it onto the rolls and it’s sooo good.
Peruvian/Japanese food fusion is chef’s kiss 🤌🏼
This isn't around the world....? 😮
Aussie food mate. Aussie sushi, same with dim sim, sweet and sour pork and chiko rolls
This type of sushi is so common in Australia you can even buy it in 7/11's and petrol stations. Had no idea it was an Australian only thing, you learn something new everyday!
Aus still has traditional sushi as well.
Sushi Hand Rolls… about $2.50 Aussie which is $1.60 US each. About 10cm long (4inches). My favourite is raw salmon with avocado and a little Japanese mayo. My kids like the fried chicken or Katsu chicken. Sometimes they just have carrot, cucumber and avocado. Designed to be able to eat on the go. Kids have them in their school lunch. My kids would eat this over McDonalds or KFC any day.
As he said, it's a kind of fusion so that people are introduced to the dish so that, if and when they visit the country of origin, they're not as surprised
It’s common to see kids walking next to mums, or in strollers, just munching on one of our Sushi.
Hi, from Australia 🇦🇺.
Just to be clear, in Australia sushi grab and go, sushi trains and Japanese restaurants are mostly run by Japanese people but also a lot of Koreans. Never white people. Idk how to feel about the white lady opening Aussie sushi over seas.
Are you japanese?
Why does in matter if it's a white person, as apposed to a Korean person running the sushi store in place of a Japanese person? The sushi store near me is Chinese run. Your comment seems a bit problematic because you're effectively generalizing all East Asians together. If it's okay for a Korean or Chinese person to serve Japanese based cuisine, it should be okay for anyone else as well, including white people.
@@bandohjfusion4885agreed. It’s just food. It’s learned, not some genetic inheritance of people from some broad region or other.
What’s wrong with a white lady opening a sushi restaurant overseas? Food shouldn’t be gatekept, it’s actually flattering that this lady took her spin on the cuisine and decided to share it with the world.
Yep, this is my lunch every time I'm on site for work in the city. Sushi Hub at 600 Bourke.
Its also my 10 year old son's favourites afterschool snack. So if I'm out and out during lunch time, I'll grab him a few rolls for when he gets home
His 2 faves are cooked tuna with avocado and panko prawn.
At sushi places in Australia we have the "Authentic" stuff next to the fried meat rolls, and Much as i love sashimi i cant lie i love tucking into some Tin Tuna and avocado sushi rolls and so do a lot of asian students
i worked in a sushi shop for 5-6 years im Aussie. i used to make between 1-3k rolls a day. we got the same cali rolls and philly rolls , my fave is crub chicken avo and kyupi mayo. used to make what ever i wanted. my boss was Japanese also pree sure she made some good cash
As an Aussie who hasn't yet traveled outside my own country I honestly just thought this was normal I'm glad it a positive rather than a negative
90% of these sushi stores in Australia are run and owned by Koreans 😂
When I would take my kids to the movies it was tradition for us to eat at the sushi station next door before we went to the cinema. We would fill up on delicious food and then buy a gross slushy to eat in the movie. It was a staple to do this for our family.
One of the most common chains of this "Australian Sushi" in shopping malls (at least in Melbourne) is literally called "Sushi Sushi". My local mall (plaza) has an independent that is completely staffed by Japanese staff*, but its all still Australian style sushi 🤣
*OK I don't actually know if they are Japanese or of another region in Asia Pacific, I hope you get what I mean here. I bet the local hiring process is just highly discriminatory.
Aussie here... most sushi shops I've been to have a California roll... but I've never heard of a phillidelphia one... googling it now
Getting all bent up about cultural appropriation over food is definitely a very American thing, and is completely hypocritical because most of the complaints come from people that have nothing to do with the culture in question. Most cultures around the world are very happy to share their cultural culinary delights, teach others how to make it, and when they move to another country they'll adjust it to better suit the tastes of the people they'll be sharing it with. People outside of the USA aren't going to get their knickers in a knot over the ethnicity of the person selling a food, they'll only get upset if the seller claims that something is a genuine cultural style when it has been changed too much to be true. No Aussie sushi outlet will ever claim that it's genuine Japanese sushi, or even Japanese style sushi. Outback Steakhouse is the ultimate cultural misappropriation as it has nothing to do with Australia, never did, and what is sold there is nothing like Australian food, but their theme and marketing allows people to think that it is. Same goes for many "Mexican" food franchises in the USA, it's not Mexican food by a long shot but many Americans think it is because they've never been to Mexico and learned otherwise. That's what people get uppity about. No one cares that NY pizza is nothing like what is made in Italy, but people are going to get upset if someone tries to make a claim that their NY style pizza is Italian style pizza just because it's made and sold by someone with Italian heritage named Antonio.
Reminds me of uncut kimbap. My mom used to make me this all the time. Easy to eat meal on the go.
I had a feeling our sushi wasn't very 'authentically Japanese' not sure if it was the melted cheese or the goat cheese that gave it away but I knew it was suss. Either way I love every type of sushi as long as it's fresh. My favourite part about Australia is how multi-cultural we are, means we get a wide variety of super yummy cuisines from different countries/cultures.