However, thanks to innovative sushi restaurants and chefs, America has seen a superb increase in the availability of sushi and it can even be found pre-packaged in grocery stores. Like other foreign dishes, sushi widely appeals to those looking for a culinary experience that is new but still recognizable as appetizing to eat. A dish appreciated by the Japanese for half a century, sushi has become an international cuisine, appreciated for its simplicity, its taste and its dietary benefits. In addition to the nutritional values, the different toppings and flavors used by the chefs have contributed to the modernization effect supported by the Japanese today. Sushi created a prototype for modernizing foreign dishes and paved the way for other Japanese and international cuisines, such as noodles, curry and