See the 12 California Regions. For Tourism and Travel Purposes, the state is divided into 12 regions that conveniently represent geographic bounds of either counties or natural features such as deserts, mountains and bays.
Sushi is the most popular Japanese dish known worldwide. Sushi is mainly cooked rice with vinegar combined with other ingredients, usually raw fish or other seafood. Sushi is mainly made up of two parts, shari and neta. Shari is the cooked rice with vinegar, while neta refers to the various other ingredients.There are many types of sushi; nigiri-zushi (hand shaped sushi), oshi-zushi (pressed sushi), maki-zushi (rolled sushi) and chirashi-zushi (scattered sushi).Sushi, literally translated means sour tasting, this is mainly because of the vinegar rice and fermented fish, which was originally used to make sushi. Oshizushi â pressed sushi in the shape of a square. 2  Ingredients are topped with rice which is pressed together with the help of a wooden mold. 3  Makizushi â neta (fish and other ingredients) rolled in shari and nori (seaweed) with the help of a bamboo mat (makisu).
Sushi chefs take great pride in their skill at preparing fish, mollusks and other sea creatures. Seafood is usually the central focus of any piece of sushi, be it nigiri, maki or chirashi sushi. Every fish has a unique flavor, and many have specialty dishes and sauces that they are famous for.resh salmon is called âshakeâ (shae-shÃ¤) ka and is one of the most common types of sushi fish found in The United. States it is usually served raw as, sashimi on top of vinegar rice as nigiri or in a maki. roll