Sushi pizza

Sushi pizza is an unusual spin on sushi that is popular throughout Canada, especially in Toronto. It consists of a fried rice patty topped with salmon, tuna, or crab, avocado slices, spicy mayonnaise, and soy-wasabi sauce. It is believed that the dish was invented by a Japanese chef Kaoru Ohsada in a restaurant named Nami.

Originally, he made the dish by frying sushi rice, topping it with salmon, and garnishing it with tobiko fish roe and chopped onions. Today, sushi pizza is often accompanied by soy sauce or pickled ginger on the side. This food trend has also crossed national borders, so you can occasionally find it in poké restaurants in the United States.

Toronto, Canada

WHERE TO EAT The best Sushi pizza in the world (according to food experts)

Alice Phan and 8 other food critics.

“Doshi”, a sushi in the form of a doughnut. What was spectacular is that the bottom bun is deep-fried, giving a crunchy and sticky savoury flavour (like banh chung chien for my the Vietnamese food eaters)! It was very difficult to eat, but the mess came with any other novelty sushi, you better be seated when consuming it!"

Sandi Le and 3 other food critics.

"I really liked the deep fried patty; it was super crispy. Although the sprinkling of the roe atop of the sushi pizza was a little bit of an overkill. Needlessness to say; it was still a great tasting sushi pizza."

Dee De Los Santos-Cheung and 6 other food critics.

"I love the thought of fusion and anything deep fried is amazing in my books. The proportion of toppings to the rice was perfect – as it sat there, the rice did not get soggy from them."

Joanne Kates and 3 other food critics.

"The deep-fried rice is warm and crispy against the cool smoothness of huge pieces of surprisingly good quality salmon on top. Japanese mayo, tobiko and green onions tie the dish together. This is comfort food Toronto style, oh joy!"

Gal Nicole and 4 other food critics.

"It's built on a bed of rice (fried, so it's crunchy), with some spicy mayo, imitation crab, and then some salmon and tuna! It's delicious!"

Lonely Planet and 1 other food critic.

"You can't go wrong with the Omakase (a mix of sashimi, sushi and maki), a lobster salad (with grapefruit, avocado and mango) and the delicious 'sushi pizza'."

Michael Kwan and 1 other food critic.

"It’s one of the tallest sushi pizzas I’ve seen, making it a bit of a challenge to figure out how best to eat it. The crunchy rice provided a nice textural element and the spicy mayo was a nice touch."