Temaki

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A type of sushi in the form of a cone. uncountable

    "Two years ago, the chefs Taka Sakaeda and Jihan Lee, with their partner, the operations director Lisa Limb, established a branch of this restaurant in the West Village, an elegantly spare, pale space specializing in temaki, the open hand rolls."

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handrollhandroll

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"Two years ago, the chefs Taka Sakaeda and Jihan Lee, with their partner, the operations director Lisa Limb, established a branch of this restaurant in the West Village, an elegantly spare, pale space specializing in temaki, the open hand rolls."

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 手巻 (temaki).

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