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The sushi made with persimmon leaves tastes very good, and the glutinous rice inside has a fresh fragrance of persimmon. Generally, a set meal has five sushis, which is basically enough to fill you up. It is a quite creative way of making it.

After watching the deer and visiting the National Museum, I suddenly felt hungry, so I started looking for food. It is said that Nara's persimmon leaf sushi is very famous. The result of discussion was that we must try it, so we saw the sign of persimmon sushi at the door and ran straight in. Three people ordered three different sets of meals, I ordered seafood rice, one ordered persimmon leaf sushi set, and the other ordered cold noodles and sushi set. Haha, I think mine is the best. The legendary persimmon leaf sushi is really not good. The salmon in it is marinated and refrigerated, which is not to our taste. The cold noodles are also good, icy and cool, very refreshing.

The persimmon leaves smell a little bit sour, with a hint of tobacco and some mugwort. Although the mackerel inside has been pickled, it doesn't feel very fresh when eaten. I glanced at the Japanese next to me and saw that they ate the persimmon leaves together. There was a purple-red one in the persimmon leaf sushi. It smelled sweet and sour. I tasted it and it was pickled basil leaves. The sweet and sour taste covered up the last bit of fishy smell of the mackerel, and instead blended perfectly with the chewiness of the fish. The whole box of persimmon leaf sushi was so delicious, no wonder there was only one.

Walk a few dozen meters to the right of Kintetsu Nara Station and you will arrive at Higashimukai Nakamachi. The first store at the entrance is this Persimmon Leaf Sushi Restaurant. This is a special delicacy only in Nara. Everyone has seen sushi a lot, but the difference of this one is that the sushi is wrapped in a layer of persimmon leaves. The back of the store is the dining area, where you can sit down and order food. The area outside the store is mainly for takeout. In fact, the taste is not much different from ordinary sushi, and the persimmon leaves don't have any special taste.

It's a pretty good choice. There are several "persimmon leaf sushi" shops in Nara. I guess any sushi wrapped in persimmon leaves can be called "persimmon leaf sushi"... It's different from the regular sushi with rice, seaweed, and fillings... You should give it a try.