Sushi lovers think of sea urchin roe as the Japanese delicacy called uni, a coral-colored, spongy-velvety, sexy-tasting maritime fluff perched atop a puck of seasoned rice. Few Americans realize ...

The next challenge is finding a way to use it. Traditionally, sea urchin roe is eaten simply. In Japan, it is mounded on sushi rice; around the Mediterranean, on a slice of bread with a squeeze of ...

Tanoshi Sushi Sake Bar never meant to take reservations ... such as the “Triple X” — a decadent bite featuring sea urchin, roe and a raw quail yolk — at the relatively reasonable price ...

What it is: Uni, or sea urchin, is a small creature with a spiny shell. It is the orange roe within the urchin that is edible and ... While the Japanese typically eat uni raw as sashimi or over sushi ...

It has an all-you-can-eat deal daily on maguro (tuna) nigiri sushi for ¥6,999. The course comes with ten dishes, including a small uni (sea urchin roe) and ikura (salmon caviar) bowl, a nigiri ...

This writer’s go-to at the sushi bar has long been uni, the egg-yolk-colored mass that I always thought was sea-urchin roe, but is described in “Changing the Menu” as the spiny creature’s ...

Sushi prices start at a very reasonable ¥70 with other items like scallops and prawns for ¥250 and premium items like uni (sea urchin roe) for ¥650. Tuna enthusiasts will appreciate the three ...

Two colorful sushi cakes are labeled as signature dishes, including one layered with tuna, kohada (gizzard shad), roe, sea urchin, sea bream, and scallops. One of the heartier main dishes uses ...

Another favorite that I didn’t discover until living overseas but is harvested along the Maine coast is sea urchin ... are sometimes mistakenly called “roe,” but they are actually the ...