hey Veeky Forums, i've never had sushi, but i'm going to a sushi place in a few days with some friends. i've been reading up on sushi etiquette and I learned about all the basics like eat it in one bite, do not mix soy sauce w/wasabi, ginger is for palate cleaning and not a condiment, etc etc...
but my question is about soy sauce and sushi rolls. i learned that when you eat sushi that's just topping on top of rice, you always dip it into soy sauce topping side down, and never the rice.
but if it's sushi roll, do i dip it on the nori side or the "exposed" side?
any other tips for a 1st time sushi eater would be appreciated
no one is going to give two fucks, But nori side is preferable. its the soaking of rice in soy sauce that's unwanted.
Lucas Morales
>a few days
Not enough time to learn the etiquette. It takes months, if not years, to master sushi dining.
Just cancel. Pretend to have the flu. Spare yourself the shame and embarrassment.
Henry Carter
The dude making the sushi gives zero fucks about etiquette. That poor soul has to deal with drunk fucks all day doing it "wrong". Your friends also wont give a damn.
All you need to practice is chop sticks if you are going with those but you can eat with your hands just fine.
Jeremiah Richardson
>its the soaking of rice in soy sauce that's unwanted. but rice with soy sauce tastes great
James Brown
>do not mix soy sauce w/wasabi Why not??
Lucas Clark
Traditionally, wasabi is supposed to come with the sushi itself. Piece by piece. I've never seen it done like this, but it's originally supposed to be served as the proper amount of wasabi as intended by the chef.
Juan Sanchez
Not him, but the place I go to puts a little hill of green goodness on the side of the plate. What I do from there is free game.
Xavier Bailey
I just mix in some wasabi in with some soy suace because its a medium ground between too much skull blasting heat (just wasabi) and no heat.
Jose Jackson
This is the way most places serve it and part of our Americanization of sushi I guess. I like to mix my wasabi with my soy sauce personally, but I'm pretty sure each piece is supposed to have individuals dabs of wasabi as intended by the chef. Whatever though.
Lucas Jones
>each piece is supposed to have individuals dabs of wasabi I think it tastes better this way, but its so easy to accidentally over wasabi it up, and then your skull explodes for 30 seconds, so i pick the safer middle ground course. If the chef had already set it up with the right amount, that would be cool, but I dont have a chef, the only sushi I eat nowadays is from whole Foods ;_;
Hudson Sanders
There's a pretty dope spot near my place that does $1 nigiri and $2.50 rolls during happy hour. I don't mind paying for food that I feel like would be too tedious to make myself.
Parker Sanders
wrong, they mix wasabi withsoy sauce in japan aswell, if it's not a fancy restaurant
Christopher Rogers
youre gonna do great
Jonathan Myers
>manners are determined by what tastes better no
Landon Hughes
mixing wasabi and soy sauce isn't bad manners in most of the world, only in weeaboo and anime nations
Sebastian Cox
Can confirm this. Anyone who says otherwise is a weeaboo fantasist, it’s perfectly acceptable.
Carson Nelson
It is like this. I've been to several local sushi bars in Tokyo and you always get sushi with a little bit of wasabi between the fish and rice. Talking about nigiri of course.
Isaiah Scott
Rice looses stickiness if you soak it in soy sauce. That's why.
Asher Parker
So what?
Jayden Price
Sushi falls apart between your chopsticks. Also taste of rice is worthy itself, soy sauce is only to "spice" it up.
Cameron Ward
You don’t eat sushi with chopsticks, you fucking moron.
Anthony James
>do not mix your wasabi with soy sauce literally everyone does this, including the japanese or if you want to be a spergy redditor that listens to Anthony Bourdain, watch and follow this video youtube.com/watch?v=0r3e2x0gdJg
