Everything Bagels and Lox-inspired Onigirazu Sushi Sandwiches
I love sushi, but I think the main reason I love it so much is because I love salmon. Whenever I've ordered sushi, I always choose the salmon maki, salmon nigiri, or sometimes even salmon sashimi when I feel like skipping the rice. And I also love bagels and lox for this same reason, i.e., the smoked salmon. Growing up near New York City, and then later living and working in the city, I got to enjoy my fair share of superb sushi and also incredible bagels, slathered in cream cheese and topped with either smoked or cured salmon. So, I recently had the epiphany to fuse sushi with bagels and lox! However, instead of rolling up this bagels-and-lox-inspired sushi to make a classic maki, I decided to go with a relatively newish presentation called onigirazu. This sushi shape first appeared in a Japanese comic in the 1990s. Often described as a sushi sandwich, onigirazu took off in Japan, becoming a fast-food/street-food/vending-machine version of sushi since it was so easy to tra
