2torial #0606: Learn2 Eat Sushi (Continued) Understand menu items Most sushi bars have diagrams or picture charts for non-Japanese speaking customers, but it's great to be able to communicate exactly what you want to the chef instead of gesticulating wildly and mumbling "tuna--white--that, yes." Here are a few basic sushi menu staples. Menus always vary, but these can almost always be found. For those of you that are health conscious (and who isn't?) it's reassuring to know that all these items have low caloric counts. We'll give you approximations (per piece or a sixth of a roll) where possible. Nigiri: This slightly more expensive sushi is essentially a rice pad with raw fish on top. Types of fish include salmon (soft pink color), tuna (dark pink/red color), fatty tuna (looks like salmon but has large lines of white fat running through it), halibut (white with silver edges), and mackerel (white). Caloric content can vary wildly. One of the fattiest is the roasted eel (one of the few in which the fish is traditionally served hot). California roll: This sushi bar basic contains vegetables including fresh avocado, cucumber, or carrot, with a little crab meat or tuna. All this is wrapped in a thin sheet of seaweed and then packed against rice. 20 calories. Kappa maki, tekka maki, and oshinko maki: These are all small single-item rolls wrapped in thin seaweed and packed in rice. Kappa is cucumber, tekka is tuna, and oshinko is pickled ginger. These are small and sweet, and usually served in quantities of six or more. 15 calories. Maguro and toro: Tuna and fatty tuna. Mostly packed as nigiri, it can be served a number of ways, like art usually is. Regular tuna is a dark red-pink, but fatty tuna looks almost like salmon, and has wide, white lines of fat through it. 25 calories. Step 2