Help a newbie identify this sushi please! Got it in a seasonal sushi platter. Tasted very different, like densely packed mini cod roe?

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1. Herring roe I believe!

2. Is it good or not never seen this one before

3. That’s kazunoko.

   I’m not one for the texture it provides.

4. It’s kazunoko as someone already said. I usually avoid this one tbh. It’s ok once in a while.

5. it’s the actual roe sac right?

6. Was it crunchy!? I had something like this in small pieces in a sushi bowl in Japan and have been trying to figure out for months.

7. Kazunoko or herring roe.

8. did you get this at sushiro? I think I got the same platter

9. At first I thought it was Sujiko, worst thing I’ve ever eaten. Kazunoko is correct as others have said. Not bad, but not a fan of the texture.

10. Oh thank you OP for creating this post! I finally found the long lost sushi that i always ordered. It is crunchy and kinda pops in your mouth. Been unable to find this anymore. Does anybody know which sushi places serve this? Together with herring meat itself not just the roe on its own.

11. Thank you for posting! I had this years ago and didn’t like to but also didn’t catch the name. Now I know what it is so I don’t order it again.

12. mmmm herring, i love it, it’s cheap at my local sushi restaurant

13. It’s herring roe.
    We often eat on the new year day(1st Jan) with osechi.
    The food is used to pray for the birth of many children.

14. yo dawg, thats just lemon skin on rice, you got swindled!

    jk, its defintely herring roe/kazunoko

15. I normally just buy the salted Kazunoko in the supermarket and snack on it plain (because they normally make it really salty).

16. I think it will be like honey lol.🥰