Shrimp Nigiri

At Sukiyabashi Jiro Honten, Tokyo · Nigiri

Botan ebi or ama ebi depending on season. Jiro's shrimp preparation — lightly blanched, never raw — is the counter-argument to the raw-everything school of sushi.

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    Fatty tuna from the tuna's belly. Cut immediately before service, pressed onto vinegared rice at precisely the right temperature. The most technically demanding piece at the counter.