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Eat This
Cream Cheese
and Tobiko,
Please
Ukrainian sushi may look familiar, but one bite reveals a genre all its own.
Cream cheese replaces rice in some rolls, baked cheese tops others and
smoked fish stands in for raw. This hearty, comfort-forward take on Japanese
cuisine emerged in post-Soviet Ukraine in the mid-2000s and has followed
war refugees abroad. In Edmonton, you’ll find it at places like Ester and
Sushi Me SD, where rolls come melty, crunchy and unabashedly rich. Expect
cream cheese, torched salmon crowned in golden crusts and unagi-drizzled
bites that favour indulgence over tradition.
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