Maki rolls have a portion of fish or vegetables wrapped with rice ... so chefs are trained specifically in how to prepare eel for sushi. Eel has a sweeter, stronger flavor than other seafood.

Sushi is typically made with raw fish, often the same kind of raw fish as sashimi (tuna, salmon, eel, etc.), with vinegared rice involved in some way. In nigiri, the fish is laid elegantly atop a ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: This is the most expensive fish in Japan. In January 2018, a kilogram of these baby eels cost around $35,000. That's more than bluefin tuna ...

Japan consumes 70 per cent of the world’s eel catch, known as unagi, in sushi and other rice dishes. There is also a growing demand for the fish in China and Hong Kong, while it is also used in ...