It really is. There is a growing genre of fusion cuisine buzzing around the mid NA continent that is basically sushi hardware with Mexican food software. Lots of fried dishes, as much flavor in each bite as they can fit (counter to typical sushi philosophy, but highly effective in practice), and a whole lot of staple ingredients of the area (think tons of onions, dairy, peppers, and spices etc).

Sushi that is confrontationaly tasty is basically the whole idea, and it is easily some of the best experimental cuisine I've tried in a long, long time. Can't recommend it enough tbh

When I first started cooking I used to burn the rice all the time and I had to throw it all away. Then one day I had dinner at a Persian restaurant and they brought me some of the charred rice (called "tahdig") as a special treat. It was a real eye-opener (tongue-opener?) because that shit is incredibly delicious. They regretted serving it to me because I started begging for it every time I went, which is apparently a rather rude thing to do.

Korean dol sat bibim bap is similar. It's a dish served in a massively hot stone bowl with the rice on the bottom, and the longer you let it sit there before mixing everything together, the more the rice chars and the better it tastes. It's almost crazy how much charred rice is not a thing in world cuisines when it's actually incredibly delicious.

I did this once. I didn't realize it was sushi though.

I was outnof town, training for work. My meals were paid. I decided "That tuna is $20, but I am not paying it so why not.

It was raw.

So I cooked it in the hotel room.

EDIT: Another fun food mishap from that trip, I ordered some expensive pasta from a place I had not been to evet, same logic, "Its $25 but ita not my money.". This was back in 2010 BTW.

I went and picked it up to take back to the hotel. Its a Family Style restaraunt. It was $25 pasta because its meant for like, 4-5 people.