Is it bad etiquette to mix your wasabi into your soy sauce?!
Those of you who eat sushi, is it considered bad etiquette in Japanese culture to mix the two together like a "wasabi soup" prior to dipping your roll!? I have heard that it is not the correct way to eat sushi and I was curious if anyone could tell me if that is true!. What is the correct etiquette in eating sushi!?
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Answers:
Some rules to remember:
Never pass food to someone using chopsticks!. This act parallels passing cremated bones of a deceased relative at a Japanese funeral!. If you must share food, pass them the plate so that they can pick from it instead!.
If you take food from a shared plate (such as in the above situation), use the reverse ends of your chopsticks rather than the ends which go in your mouth!.
Never bite into a piece of food and then replace the other half on your plate!. Once you have picked something up you should eat all of it!.
When not using your chopsticks, you should place them in front of you, parallel to the edge of the sushi bar, with the narrow ends in the provided hashi oki; never place them directly on the bar!.
Never leave rice after a meal!. Leaving any kind of food is considered rude, but leaving rice is especially so!.
Never smoke in a sushi bar, it obscures the delicate flavours of the fish for everyone else!. Ashtrays will likely be provided in many sushi bars (especially in Europe and America) but to use them is dismissive of the efforts of the chef!.
Never expect the chef to handle money, another employee will settle the bill for you!. People who handle the food never touch the money!.
Do not ask for knives!. This would imply that the food is so tough it can't be properly eaten without them!.
Don't make wasabi soup with your soy sauce! Sushi Chef's cringe at this spectacle that Americans often make!. Wasabi paralyzes your palette and will hide the subtle flavors that fish has when eaten raw!.
Most westerners eat sushi by dipping it rice-side-down into the soy, and let the soy soak up into the rice!. Then they wonder why the sushi disintegrates on its way from the soy to their mouth, leaving little black flecks of soy-stained rice all over the bar and their clothing!. Japanese people rarely have this problem, because they know that the purpose of the soy is not to flavour the rice, but the fish!. As such, the sushi should be dipped rice-side-up in the soy and then carried to the mouth!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Never pass food to someone using chopsticks!. This act parallels passing cremated bones of a deceased relative at a Japanese funeral!. If you must share food, pass them the plate so that they can pick from it instead!.
If you take food from a shared plate (such as in the above situation), use the reverse ends of your chopsticks rather than the ends which go in your mouth!.
Never bite into a piece of food and then replace the other half on your plate!. Once you have picked something up you should eat all of it!.
When not using your chopsticks, you should place them in front of you, parallel to the edge of the sushi bar, with the narrow ends in the provided hashi oki; never place them directly on the bar!.
Never leave rice after a meal!. Leaving any kind of food is considered rude, but leaving rice is especially so!.
Never smoke in a sushi bar, it obscures the delicate flavours of the fish for everyone else!. Ashtrays will likely be provided in many sushi bars (especially in Europe and America) but to use them is dismissive of the efforts of the chef!.
Never expect the chef to handle money, another employee will settle the bill for you!. People who handle the food never touch the money!.
Do not ask for knives!. This would imply that the food is so tough it can't be properly eaten without them!.
Don't make wasabi soup with your soy sauce! Sushi Chef's cringe at this spectacle that Americans often make!. Wasabi paralyzes your palette and will hide the subtle flavors that fish has when eaten raw!.
Most westerners eat sushi by dipping it rice-side-down into the soy, and let the soy soak up into the rice!. Then they wonder why the sushi disintegrates on its way from the soy to their mouth, leaving little black flecks of soy-stained rice all over the bar and their clothing!. Japanese people rarely have this problem, because they know that the purpose of the soy is not to flavour the rice, but the fish!. As such, the sushi should be dipped rice-side-up in the soy and then carried to the mouth!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
The "professionals" (who oddly enough are usually westerners who have never been to Japan) have told me that soy sauce dilutes the spice of wasabi and only one or the other should be used!. Most of my friends mix them together though!. I skip both the soy and wasabi and plop pickled ginger on top, I'm a rebel lol!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
True, it is not the proper way to eat sushi!. But if we are going there, then you should not be using wasabi or soy at all!. A REAL sushi chef prepares his sushi so that it does not require anything at all!. In fact, some chefs actually get offended if extras are added to their dishes!.
If you are eating in America at a casual sushi joint, mix away my friend!. Just make sure that you're not at the bar!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
If you are eating in America at a casual sushi joint, mix away my friend!. Just make sure that you're not at the bar!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
traditionally, you should not dissolve wasabi in to soy sauce!.
you should put it on fish,then dip FISH SIDE on soy just a little!.
but in reality, especially if you are eating at casual sushi restaurant!.
no one really care how you eat it!.
unless if you are at high end sushi place & eating front of Japanese sushi chef!.
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you should put it on fish,then dip FISH SIDE on soy just a little!.
but in reality, especially if you are eating at casual sushi restaurant!.
no one really care how you eat it!.
unless if you are at high end sushi place & eating front of Japanese sushi chef!.
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Actually, yes!. The correct way of eating sushi is you take one roll and dip it in the soy sauce and than you dip another in the wasabi!. Mixing the two is bad karma!. That is what my husband was taught when they visited Japan in the Navy!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
It is ok to put some wasabi in your soy sauce but don't make a big deal of it!.
That is: don't mix in a little soy sauce with a little wasabi and gradually form a smooth sauce (as if you were making a "roo")!. That is frowned upon!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
That is: don't mix in a little soy sauce with a little wasabi and gradually form a smooth sauce (as if you were making a "roo")!. That is frowned upon!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I feel like if you paid for it, it becomes yours, and you are entitled to enjoy it any way you like!. Dont worry about stepping on anyones toes for "doing it wrong" as long as your not at someones house offending them, I wouldnt worry!. I eat my sushi the same way! Www@FoodAQ@Com
No it is not!. I learned to eat sushi properly both from my Japanese/American uncle and from living in Japan!. Many mix the two, even a majority do!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Maybe but I have a friend who does when eating sushi also and it is divine!. What the hell, you aren't eating in Japan are you!? You paid for your meal, just go on and enjoy it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I lived in Japan for 3 years and always mixed my wasabi into the soy!. It's goooooooooodddddd!. And, by the way, I learned it from the Japanese, who always mixed their wasabi with their soy!.
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To be honest I am not sure!.!. But I do know my father who's always eaten sushi allllways mixes the two and I always assumed thats what you were supposed to do!.
I dont believe it to be bad ettiquetteWww@FoodAQ@Com
I dont believe it to be bad ettiquetteWww@FoodAQ@Com
I don't know but that's what my husband always does!. (He is half Japanese but 4th generation American, so all I can say is none of his family has corrected him on it yet!.!.!.)Www@FoodAQ@Com
I don't know if it's is or not, but that's the way I like to do it !.!.!.so I do !Www@FoodAQ@Com
This is one I do not know!. sorryWww@FoodAQ@Com