AVOCADO ROLL

Six pieces of maki built around avocado at its ripest — the kind that gives way without a fight.

• Avocado, sliced thick and fanned across the rice.
• Sesame, toasted until it turns nutty and crisp.
• Pickled vegetables, cut fine for a sharp, clean crunch.
• Shichimi togarashi dip, citrus-bright with a slow chilli hum.

This is maki in its simplest form: nori, seasoned rice, and avocado doing the heavy lifting, rolled tight so each piece holds together on the chopsticks. The sesame goes on last for texture, and the pickles cut through the avocado's creaminess. Dip each piece lightly in the shichimi togarashi — it's warmer than it looks. Contains: sesame.