Plastic garnish that is always placed in the sushi for presentation but is not edible.
Some fancier places use a Shiso leaf as a garnish. Slightly minty. This plastic thing just mimics the green appearance. It also keeps the fish from contacting vinegar from the pickled ginger on the plate.
Little chewy but overall delicious, I typically ask for a pile of this as my main course. Great pallet cleanser too as you get to remove all taste buds in a scraping motion. Kinda has the texture of plastic, but I assure you it’s not. /s
It’s the head of a dragon.
Plastic garnish used to separate the wasabi/ginger from the rolls in a tray
In addition to serving as a food divider, these sorts of non-edible garnishes in Japanese food were originally used for the purported spoilage preventing effects of the plants themselves, but nowadays with refrigeration, they’ve become simple traditional decorations beyond their dividing function.
Useless plastic garbage.
A pineapple dragon
Grass for your Easter basket
Flavor leaf
Fiber
Shrubbery
Shenron’s head
It’s called baran. This is the Baran Ebi(shrimp shape). There’s also Baran Yama(Mountain shape) and Baran Gou(Grass,). I’m sure there’s others but those are most common. They just divide the sushi in a to go box and keep ginger and wasabi in their place as well.
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Plastic garnish
please do not eat this…im sure people have tried
Plastic garnish that is always placed in the sushi for presentation but is not edible.
Some fancier places use a Shiso leaf as a garnish. Slightly minty. This plastic thing just mimics the green appearance. It also keeps the fish from contacting vinegar from the pickled ginger on the plate.
Fake shiso leaf
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/566219/real-purpose-behind-plastic-grass-in-your-take-out-sushi-box
Decoration that you can’t eat
Little chewy but overall delicious, I typically ask for a pile of this as my main course. Great pallet cleanser too as you get to remove all taste buds in a scraping motion. Kinda has the texture of plastic, but I assure you it’s not. /s
It’s the head of a dragon.
Plastic garnish used to separate the wasabi/ginger from the rolls in a tray
A crime against the ocean
Definitely a brown recluse.
Shit, wrong sub.
So these are called *baran* in Japanese. This one’s made of plastic, but it’s imitating [a more traditional decoration](https://r.gnavi.co.jp/g-interview/entry/yajirobe/4587) made of cut [*Aspidistra elatior*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspidistra_elatior) leaves, which are called *baran* 葉蘭.
This particular shape is called the *ebi-gata* because it’s supposed to resemble a [Japanese spiny lobster](https://static.amanaimages.com/imgroom/rf_preview640/11017/11017000928.jpg) (*ise-ebi* 伊勢海老), which is often used as an auspicious symbol. [They’re also cut into lots of other shapes as well](http://www.asahi-so.co.jp/baran/).
In addition to serving as a food divider, these sorts of non-edible garnishes in Japanese food were originally used for the purported spoilage preventing effects of the plants themselves, but nowadays with refrigeration, they’ve become simple traditional decorations beyond their dividing function.
Useless plastic garbage.
A pineapple dragon
Grass for your Easter basket
Flavor leaf
Fiber
Shrubbery
Shenron’s head
It’s called baran. This is the Baran Ebi(shrimp shape). There’s also Baran Yama(Mountain shape) and Baran Gou(Grass,). I’m sure there’s others but those are most common. They just divide the sushi in a to go box and keep ginger and wasabi in their place as well.
Green
Not edible art
Green plastic cut in the silhouette of a dragon.
Baran, plastic garnish
Sushi grass