Category Eat & Drink

You’ve eaten it more times than you can count. That orange coating on a California roll. The tiny beads sitting on top of a spicy tuna piece. The bright cluster inside a sauce that made you wonder what was in…

You’ve seen them. Tiny orange beads sitting on top of a sushi roll, coating the outside of a California roll, or clustered in a little mound on a piece of nigiri. Those are masago eggs. And they’ve probably been on…

You’ve seen it a hundred times. Tiny orange beads coating the outside of a California roll. A bright cluster sitting on top of a spicy tuna piece. A small pile of orange eggs that you probably assumed was decoration. It’s…

Here’s a question most sushi menus won’t answer for you. That orange stuff on your roll – is it tobiko or masago? Odds are you don’t know. Neither does the person sitting across from you. And depending on which restaurant…

You’ve eaten masago sushi. Almost certainly. Multiple times. You just didn’t know that’s what it was called. Those tiny orange beads coating the outside of a California roll. The bright cluster sitting on top of a spicy tuna cone. The…

You’ve decided to make something with masago at home. Good call. Now comes the part nobody tells you about: where do you actually find it? It’s not in the condiment aisle. It’s not next to the soy sauce. Most mainstream…

Most nigiri follows a predictable script. A thin slice of fish draped over hand-pressed rice. Salmon. Tuna. Maybe yellowtail. Clean, minimal, done. Masago nigiri breaks the template. There’s no fish slice on top. No pink or red flesh catching the…

Most people order sashimi and picture clean slices of raw fish on a wooden board. Salmon. Tuna. Maybe yellowtail if they’re feeling confident. Masago sashimi is none of those things. It doesn’t arrive as a thin slice of fish. It…

You’ve ordered it. Or watched someone else order it. Or seen it on every cocktail menu at every bar you’ve walked into since roughly 2012. The green tea shot is one of those drinks that sounds like it should taste…

Here’s the full article with external links, internal links and FAQs added: You’ve eaten it. Probably more than you realize. Those tiny orange beads coating the outside of a California roll, speckling a spicy tuna cone, or sitting in a…