Tiger Roll

Shrimp tempura inside, cooked shrimp lined up on top like tiger stripes, eel sauce over. A shrimp-lover's take on the dragon roll — fully cooked.

Style: specialty
Typical ingredients: shrimp tempura, shrimp (on top), avocado, cucumber, eel sauce, rice, nori
Calories: ~450 per 8-piece roll (varies by shop)
Raw fish?: No — no raw fish
Vegetarian: No
Origin: American sushi bars

Double shrimp

The tiger roll doubles down on shrimp: tempura shrimp inside for crunch, and slices of cooked shrimp arranged across the top in stripes (the “tiger”), usually glazed with eel sauce. Some shops add avocado scales, blurring the line with the dragon roll.

Cooked and rich

No raw fish here — it’s a cooked, sauce-glazed crowd-pleaser at roughly 450 calories per roll, the tempura and sauce doing most of that work.

Neta inside

海老 ebi

Ebi

Ebi is the butterflied, cooked shrimp draped over nigiri — sweet, firm and snappy, and one of the most beginner-friendly things on the menu.

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Dragon Roll

A showpiece: eel and cucumber inside, fanned avocado 'scales' on top, sweet eel sauce over. Lots of drama, and — despite the looks — no raw fish.

Shrimp Tempura Roll

Crunchy battered shrimp, avocado and cucumber, usually with sweet eel sauce — cooked, crowd-pleasing, and one of the more calorie-heavy rolls on the menu.