onigiri お握り
Triangle-shaped rice balls that are neither balls nor triangles.
Minimize the mess: Onigiri bought at a コンビニ konbini have numbers on the plastic wrapper. Follow them or suffer the consequences.
Common fillings:
- ツナマヨ tuna-mayo: the gateway onigiri
- 梅 ume: (pickled plum for brave souls)
- 鮭 sake: (salmon, not the drink)
- 明太子 mentaiko: (spicy fish roe)
- おかか okaka: (bonito flakes for the traditionalist)