An Aussie woman was called a “coloniser” for opening a NY shop selling Australian sushi. But Adam Liaw says it’s very much a thing – and anyone who disagrees simply hasn’t done their homework.
this is the biggest reach I’ve seen since…well a bunch of mayo criminals reached australia
this entire thing just feels like settlers being butthurt that they a) have none of the history/tradition of the old world and b) unlike america, don’t even have any recently found pop culture relevance to offset the former
There’s plenty of Aboriginal and even some trivial white Australian culture, claiming a certain shape of sushi is not that (not even Americans do this, and the few that do “Detroit pizza” are rightfully made fun of and bullied)
Australian sushi is a thick hand roll made from half a standard sheet of nori. Its shape is distinct from Japanese temaki hand rolls, which are often cone-shaped, as well as from futomaki thick rolls, which are similar in shape but usually served sliced.
so it’s literally just unsliced sushi lol. It’s not even like some characteristic ingredient, like with California Rolls and Philadelphia rolls using avocado/cream cheese (which are def not Japanese)
And that’s literally what we call it (or “hand rolls”). Until this article, I’ve never seen the term “Australian Sushi”. I can see how you’d market it that way in New York though, to make them novel/stand out.
The guy writing the article is moderately famous in Australia as a Japanese-Australian TV personality.
I think I remember Nina Oyama saying something similar, but in a “hey this is amusingly uniquely Australian, I’m Japanese and have been to America” not “this is cultural appropriation” way.
there’s a type of brainworm unique to many anglos where they have to be as special and different as possible when there’s LITERALLY NOTHING THERE
"hmmm…I could try learning about or even promoting idk one of the cultures of Africa or India or China (or indigenous Australian, American etc cultures) with thousands of years of tradition that literally nobody outside of those continents even knows exists, but nah I’m going to take sushi and call it Australian because I’m a special snowflake and I’m jealous that the other anglo settlers across the pacific have more clout "
dude that’s just sushi
this is the biggest reach I’ve seen since…well a bunch of mayo criminals reached australia
this entire thing just feels like settlers being butthurt that they a) have none of the history/tradition of the old world and b) unlike america, don’t even have any recently found pop culture relevance to offset the former
There’s plenty of Aboriginal and even some trivial white Australian culture, claiming a certain shape of sushi is not that (not even Americans do this, and the few that do “Detroit pizza” are rightfully made fun of and bullied)
so it’s literally just unsliced sushi lol. It’s not even like some characteristic ingredient, like with California Rolls and Philadelphia rolls using avocado/cream cheese (which are def not Japanese)
Its also very clearly Japanese immigrants modifying their home dishes with local ingredients. Its Japanese-Australian food, not Australian food.
Chicken Tikka Masala is BRI ISH
in 500 years of colonial trade, NOBODY in the entire Indian subcontinent has EVER put tomatoes into a Chicken curry! NEVER!
And that’s literally what we call it (or “hand rolls”). Until this article, I’ve never seen the term “Australian Sushi”. I can see how you’d market it that way in New York though, to make them novel/stand out.
The guy writing the article is moderately famous in Australia as a Japanese-Australian TV personality.
fwiw Adam Liaw has Malaysian-Chinese heritage not Japanese
I think I remember Nina Oyama saying something similar, but in a “hey this is amusingly uniquely Australian, I’m Japanese and have been to America” not “this is cultural appropriation” way.
there’s a type of brainworm unique to many anglos where they have to be as special and different as possible when there’s LITERALLY NOTHING THERE
"hmmm…I could try learning about or even promoting idk one of the cultures of Africa or India or China (or indigenous Australian, American etc cultures) with thousands of years of tradition that literally nobody outside of those continents even knows exists, but nah I’m going to take sushi and call it Australian because I’m a special snowflake and I’m jealous that the other anglo settlers across the pacific have more clout "
Alas we failed to import sufficient numbers of slaves to steal culture off