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sushi restaurant
A table-service restaurant specializing in sushi, combining ingredients with rice, often raw or wrapped in seaweed.
A sushi restaurant is an eatery with table service specializing in artfully prepared arrangements of ingredients served with cold rice, often prepared raw and/or wrapped in rolls or in a layer of seaweed. Sushi is traditionally Japanese, but other regional variations exist.
Raw ingredients and seaweed wrapping are common rather than mandatory. The rice-based sushi preparation is the specialization.
Japanese tradition is the usual origin, while regional variations are expressly included. A general seafood restaurant remains distinct from a sushi specialist.
