What are good types of sushi?!

First - the one your talking about is Cucumber roll
you might like the avocado roll as well

My favourites are

California roll - crab, mayo, avocado
Phaldelphia roll - Salmon, cream cheese
Volcano roll - crab, scalopp, spicy mayo and cucumber
Shrimp tempura roll - shrimp, tempura batter and nori

cucumber is called 'kappa' in japanese. i don't know the name of the one with cream cheese, but in general, i dislike any of the ones with cream cheese. it just seems... odd. ymmv.

the easiest sushis will be vegetarian (daikon, a yellow radish; cucumber; avocado, etc), tamago (egg, usually slightly sweet), ebi (cooked shrimp), kani (cooked crab), california roll (avocado, crab, a bit of seaweed).

next level up would be unagi (barbecued eel). it's cooked, but kind of exotic sounding. it's in a sweet, smokey sauce.

easiest raw sushis would be (imo) maguro (tuna) and sake (salmon). both are very lightly flavored, not fishy at all. what you're paying attention to is the texture, taste, and appearance.

from there, the sky is the limit. i don't particularly care for mackerel (too oily and sometimes fishy) or uni (sea urchin).

try a variety and see what you like. have fun!

I recommond starting with makizushi and then working up to nigirizushi with things like maguro (tuna), shake (salmon) and ebi (shrimp). I enjoy my sushi with a little wasabi and soy sauce and like to have some pickled ginger to cleanse the palate after each sushi.

If you are looking for some new suggestions and something challenging then try squid (ika), eel (anago and unagi), octopus (tako), salmon roe (ikura), sea urchin (uni) and crab (kani).

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I'm not to sure which ones the cream cheese on but the best one to try first is chicken teriyaki cause its not to fishy it only has seaweed to give it the marine taste and also if you want to start on fish than i recommend the California because thats not to out there

good luck hope you like it :)

try the crunch roll or any other rolls are good. for sushi, try the salmon, salmon eggs, or the tamago. ask the chef to recommend a dish.

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For a first timer I'd suggest California Roll.

I'm not sure what sushi roll has just cream cheese and cucumber in it.... but I can recommend some other very tame sushi rolls that you can try.

First up - the California roll. This is the standard newbie roll, it has sushi rice, nori (seaweed paper), a crab mixture (sometimes real crab, otherwise fake crab), with cucumber and avacado. It is really delicious and is a good roll to start off with. I also highly recommend a crunchy roll - because its basically a california roll covered in little crunchy bits.

Moving up, I'd recommend that you try a roll called the Rainbow Roll. It is basically a california roll that has fish around the outside. It usually has avacado, salmon, and tuna on top, plus sometimes shrimp, hamachi, or sea bass, or perhaps some other kind of fish.

Once you get to that level, I recommend trying some sort of nigiri. Nigiri is just a pad of rice with a piece of raw fish on top (or it can be shrimp). Salmon nigiri is my favorite, but other people like tuna, toro (fatty tuna), ebi (shrimp), ama ebi (sweet shrimp - this one is raw), or unagi (bbq eel).

I recommend trying a BUNCH of different rolls with some friends to try and narrow down which ones you like. Do -NOT- go to an all you can eat buffet place, even if its specific for sushi like Todai. The quality is just not very good, and for someone starting out you want to have FRESH sushi to have a good experience. Oh, and absolutely NEVER buy those little prepackaged sushi roll combos from a place in the mall or at a supermarket. They're horrible quality. The only exception is if you're lucky enough to live in an area that has a very asian oriented district, sometimes they have specialty supermarkets that have decent sushi.

The first time I had sushi I was about 20 years old, and a Japanese friend of mine took me out to a very nice sushi restaurant in downtown Seattle called Wasabi Bistro. They've got fantastic food. We shared a few simple rolls like a california roll, maybe a philadelphia roll or something, and then we got some nigiri. I thought the flavors were great, but the texture threw me off. About 3 months later I had a craving for it again, and was more adventurous and ate about 15 pieces of nigiri! Now I eat sushi at least once a month and try all sorts of different rolls, fish, etc. There just isn't any better way to eat fish than raw. :)

If you live in Seattle or San Diego I can give you a lot of recommendations as to where to get sushi for your first time. :)

Good luck!

I'm not an expert but I guess raw sushi rocks...