Mackerel temaki rollA mackerel temaki roll is, according to Ms Serif, 'the most powerful and healthiest choice on a sushi menu.' Shaped like an ice-cream cone, it combines raw fish and sushi rice - wrapped in a paper-thin sheet of dried seaweed, known as nori. The unhealthiest sushi and sashimi dishesSwordfish sashimiSwordfish can contain high levels of mercuryServed without rice, sashimi is simply small, neatly-cut, chunks of raw fish. It doesn't have the same omega-3 benefits as raw fish.' But a dragon roll is a long way from the nutritious simplicity of traditional Japanese sushi based on just rice and raw fish: it's much more processed.'

Source: Daily Mail January 22, 2026 13:45 UTC