Unagi Nigiri

Unagi (ranched freshwater eel) was not a traditional sushi item until about three decades ago. Anago (wild saltwater eel) had been used for authentic sushi. Even today, if you go to nicer sushi bars in Japan they don’t have unagi, but always serve anago. Unagi is ranched, meaning the wild baby eels are caught and then grown to market size, and, as such, are sourced more easily than wild anago. Because it is ranched, it is much oilier than anago (ranched fish moves less than wild fish and, a