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#6 Ebi (Shrimp)

Ebi means shrimp in Japanese. It is simple but nice. Shrimp can be served raw or cooked in nigiri sushi. The cooked ones are more chewy in texture and the raw ones taste a bit more watery (should not be be too slimy if the shrimp is fresh enough or big enough). Bigger shrimp has a better texture and usually is me pricey. As some people are not very used to eating meat raw, it might be a good idea to eat these crustacean cooked because they might contain quite a lot of bacterias if uncooked. A...