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sushero

n. a Spanish-speaking or Hispanic sushi chef. Subjects: ,
Citations: 1997 Cony De Lantal El Norte (México D.F., México) (Mar. 7) “Rebanadas / Sigue teniendo angel…(Buena Mesa)”: Para variar, hay un nuevo sushi en la Del Valle. Se llama Kamikaze y ofrece, según su anuncio, ser un concepto diferente.…En este nuevo lugarcito te encuentras a los meseros y susheros que alguna vez pertenecieron a todos los demás establecimientos del giro. 1998 [Ricardo Sanchez Coellar] @ Guadalajara, Mexico Usenet: es.alt.anuncios.trabajo.demandas (Nov. 4) “Administracion de Empresas”: Abril1996—junio1996…sushero…restaurant japones banzai. 2001 Diana Eichner, Daniel Frydman Revista Travesías (México) “Los mejores lugares para comer y dormir en Miami”: Nuestra recomendación es acercarse a la barra y preguntar a los “susheros” qué hay de nuevo y de diferente, y qué es lo más fresco del día. 2006 Oscar Avila, Antonio Olivo Chicago Tribune (Nov. 26) “A foot in the kitchen door”: A Mexican runs the sushi counter at Midori, the anchor of an Asian strip on the Northwest Side, molding seaweed, rice and fish with effortless speed. Mexican sushi chefs have become so commonplace that they now have their own Spanish name: sushero. 2007 [Feña] Sushi Knights (Jan. 11) “penalizacion exesiva”: Saludos a todos felicitaciones a todos los “susheros” que por cierto a mi me quedan de miedo. 2007 Claire Levenson Resident (New York City) (Apr. 10) “How Do You Say ‘Sushi’ In Spanish?”: In Chicago, there are so many Mexican sushi chefs that a new word was created to describe them: “sushero.” In Los Angeles last fall at the seventh annual Japanese food festival in Little Tokyo, a Salvadoran chef won the sushi competition. A Mexican came third. *2007 [animeking] @ Fort Collins, Colorado OK Cupid (Apr. 12): .I eat at my best friends dad’s restraunt “the little siagon cafe” and for sushi I reguraly go to “susheros” and top it off with some saki!

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