Onigiri – filled rice balls wrapped in seaweed – are rising in popularity. In Japan, people queue for hours to buy them, and restaurants struggle to keep up with demand. One shop has a big ...

Onigiri Bongo has served the humble onigiri, or rice ball, for 60 years. The current owner is the widow of the original owner, whom she married after discovering the restaurant as a newcomer to Tokyo.

1 cup brown sushi rice; 1½ tbsp (30ml) mirin rice wine sauce; ½ tsp wasabi paste made (see Note) ¼ cup light mayonnaise; 210 g can red salmon, drained; 2.5 g nori, crushed in small flakes; 2 ...

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Roll your red sushi rice into a ball and place on top of the plain rice. Wrap the cling film around both balls and roll together in the cling film to create a ball shape. Leave to set.