vegetarian sushi research for a Star Trek fic

[edenfalling]

Question: If Spock and Uhura get takeout sushi in future San Francisco, what might be a reasonable restaurant name, and what are the names and ingredients of some good vegetarian sushi options? I ask because I am nearly sushi-illiterate and also averse to raw vegetables, so I have no idea what would taste good.

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[willowgreen.livejournal.com]

Some basic vegetarian sushi are:

Kappa maki (cucumber roll)
Tamago (sweet omelet on rice)
Inari (sweet rice inside a fried tofu pocket)

Here's a list of vegetarian sushi from a restaurant in Denver:
VEGETARIAN SUSHI & ROLLS
Shinko Maki / Pickled Daikon Radish Roll 5.25
Kappa / Cucumber Roll 5.25
Avocado with Sun dried Tomato Roll 6.00
Avocado Roll 5.50
Ume Shiso / Plum Paste & Cucumber 5.25
Kanpyo / Dried Gourd Strip Roll 5.25
Shiitake Mushroom Roll 5.25
Asparagus Roll 5.25
Tofu Tempura Roll 6.00
Salad Roll

Sushi restaurants often get very creative with their rolls and mix up all kinds of traditional and nontraditional ingredients--for example, California roll is crab, avocado, and cucumber. New York Roll has smoked salmon and cream cheese. A caterpillar roll has a variety of fish inside, avocado on the outside, and pea sprouts on the "head" to make it look like a caterpillar. A restaurant that emphasized vegetarian sushi might go for similarly wild combinations minus the fish.

Sushi restaurants in the Bay Area tend to have either traditional Japanese names (some local restaurants are Fuki Sushi, Hanamaru, Ozumo, Sanraku, Saizo) or [Blank] Sushi, e.g. Bay Sushi, Chocolate Sushi, Blowfish Sushi (Sushi to Die For), Sushi Groove.

Would Spock and Uhura be sushi experts, or novices? Or would they be one of each?

--Willowgreen, whose daughter got the role of "communications officer" on her recent NASA field trip, which was more of a thrill for her mother than herself.

[edenfalling]

Very interesting -- thank you! Creativity is good. (And belated congrats to your daughter!)