Learn simple steps for eating sushi the right way.
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 5
Here's How:
- Clean your hands by using an oshibori (hot towel).
- Put soy sauce for dipping in the small dish.
- Mix a bit of wasabi (Japanese horse radish) with the soy sauce if you want. Since wasabi is already placed in each sushi piece, you don't need to do this.
- When you eat nigiri-zushi (hand-pressed sushi), pick up one sushi piece between your thumb and middle finger, putting the index finger on top.
- Dip the end of the neta (ingredients/fish slices side) into the soy sauce.(not the rice part)
- Bring the sushi to your mouth and bite in half.
- Before your next bite, again dip the neta side in the soy sauce.
- When you eat maki-zushi(rolled sushi), place the whole piece in your mouth if you can. Maki-zushi falls apart easily when you bite.
Tips:
- Don't put too much soy sauce in the small dish. It's better to add as you need it.
- Don't dip a whole sushi piece into the soy sauce. The rice part tends to fall apart.
- Try to eat pieces of pickled ginger between different kinds of sushi. It helps to clean your mouth and enhance the flavors.
