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What is the proper way to eat Sushi?

golgiaparatus

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stosh said:
I'm having some california rolls for lunch and I've heard that you are suppose to mix the wasabi in the soy sauce and eat a slice of ginger between each piece of sushi. Is this true?
The wassabbi in the soy is an american thing... as a matter of fact, as far as I know they dont use much soy sauce on sushi in Japan. The Ginger is a pattette cleanser. Eat a piece of sushi... eat a piece of ginger, then eat another different piece of sushi.

BTW california rolls are really not even sushi. There's no fish in them, just some chilled boiled crab.
 

stosh

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Jul 20, 2001
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golgiaparatus said:
The wassabbi in the soy is an american thing... as a matter of fact, as far as I know they dont use much soy sauce on sushi in Japan. The Ginger is a pattette cleanser. Eat a piece of sushi... eat a piece of ginger, then eat another different piece of sushi.

BTW california rolls are really not even sushi. There's no fish in them, just some chilled boiled crab.
Yeah I know it's not and I've tried some other kinds but I prefer the avacado in California roll.
 
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JRB

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dh girlie said:
I was addressing another issue (see above post) and did not see that lob until now...

holy crap...wtf was THAT all about...first he has no balls and happily admits it and sets himself up for abuse about it...now he's claiming a week with his gay uncle and it might be rubbing off? You know I'm wondering if he throws out those subliminal "oh please abuse me statements" and sits in front of his monitor rubbin his ween when we rip on him...I know he gets off on it.

Breakfast Club = not so funny

This thing about his ween = PRICELESS
 

Roasted

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N8 said:
They use soy.
Yeah I was gonna say that too. The first time I went I asked the head chef how to eat them as in Ontario there was no sushi...crap I barely knew what it was. I still can't eat the pieces (forget the name but the bed of rice with raw fish on top...blech)...
 

MikeD

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N8 said:
I mean think about it... raw seafood... most of it is not too bad when cooked but raw...
Cooked seafood generally makes me want to puke, but I can eat sushi for hours.

Cooked fish smells fishy and has that horrible flaky texture...fresh raw fish is buttery-soft and smells good, if at all. I don't like ungai, the cooked freshwater eel, or a lot of the raw mollusks or sea urchin...masago (smelt eggs) are lots of fun, though...they pop in your mouth when you chew them.

I guess I have to admit a new fondness for fish tacos, though, as long as they're deepfried and come from Ortega's around the corner....mmmmmm... Other than that, I kinda hate seafood. I forced myself to eat a boiled lobster last month, just to try it out and see if I was over my childhood dislike...and it still looked and tasted like a giant underwater cockroach. Ugh.

Oh, yeah, and I prefer to eat sushi with my hands, unless it's got something messy on the outside.

MD
 

MikeD

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Bah, she's got a swimsuit on. It costs like $50,000 for the 'proper' dinner, I'm told.
 

DVNT

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MikeD said:
Bah, she's got a swimsuit on. It costs like $50,000 for the 'proper' dinner, I'm told.
I love it when things get "americanized".

i know, it was a pain trying to find a pic. The plastic wrap is lame, the girls that really do it right in Japan have to SHAVE everything and scub their skin with bleach.
 

MikeD

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I'm actually going to forego a comment on that; I think it speaks for itself in many ways.
 

laura

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N8 said:
I think most people only eat Sushi because they think it makes them cool.

I mean think about it... raw seafood... most of it is not too bad when cooked but raw...

*GAK*

I don't mind some sushi items but for the most part it just plain tastes like poo.

Sake is good anytime and should not be used exclusivily to remove the horrid after after taste of sushi.

i know thats why i eat it, too be cool. thats also why i ride bikes.

if you think raw seafood is gross, let us for a minute examine ground beef. VOMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

MikeD

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golgiaparatus said:
BTW california rolls are really not even sushi. There's no fish in them, just some chilled boiled crab.
Sushi's got nothing to do with raw fish, necessarily...it's defined by the vinegared rice that's used.

If you're going to be all proper about it, that is.

MD
 

Dog Welder

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I heared once from a Japanese friend that in some up scale sushi restrants with some Zen Master Chefs...its considered an insult to add wasabi to your soy sauce. its cuz they should have put the perfect amount of wasabi in the sushi already...so that if you put wasabi in its like you're saying "you suck!"...words not flowing well....6 hours sleep in 72hrs not good.
 

disasterarea

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I'm with Dog Welder on the no wasabi in your soy thing though the insult bit is new to me. OK maybe not surprising considering it's to do with a chef's ego. The reason I've been told to keep them separate, and not pre-mixed, is so you can taste them individually i.e. pick up a sushi with your fingers, add a wee dollop of wasabi (or not) to your sushi and then a dunk in the soy before eating, wash down with hot/cold o-sake. That's as far as I know for the fishy sushi, as for the raw beef, I've only tried it w/o the rice and it has a much sweeter taste than when eaten cooked.
 

MikeD

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dante said:
for those red-meat eaters, they sometimes have beef sushi as well (raw red meat). :thumb:
Raw meat is an Italian appetizer, too...carpaccio...mmmmmmm. Paper thin slices of raw beef with lemon juice and parmesan.

MD
 

fonseca

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Brian HCM#1 said:
Thats called Carpaccio, its VERY good!!!!!
It melts in your mouth... :drool:

I'll still take an order of Toro sashimi any day though. That and and some salmon avocado rolls and I'm in heaven. Just thinking about it makes me salivate...