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  • I got promoted one year to slicing the makisushi, but got sent back to the minors after it was judged that I sliced the tekkamaki and kappamaki at too steep of an angle, and compressed the rice while slicing the futomaki.

    Restrictions on food? 2003

  • Too bad run-of-the-mill tekkamaki subbed for the promised ume shiso roll, which would have been a more interesting element.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • I'm not sure what it normally comes with -- we asked for any shellfish to be replaced with something else (neither my husband or I are big on raw shellfish), what we got was, from top left, ikura (salmon roe), tobiko (flying fish roe), tamago-yaki (thick omelet), tekkamaki and kappamaki

    Blue Lotus 2009

  • It was all good, but my favourites were the chuutoro and tekkamaki.

    Blue Lotus 2009

  • Which is strange, because while they are both made of tuna they are on opposite ends of the fanciness and price scale: chuu-toro is a luxury while tekkamaki is one of the humblest types of sushi there is.

    Blue Lotus 2009

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