In what order do you eat a plate of sushi like this?

"Eeny, meeny, miny, moe"

I'd go from right



into the trash and then into the dump.

Pro tip: if you're eating raw seafood overseas, eat what you like first.

I once gulped down some nasty sea slugs to get them off my plate, and the host promptly ordered me more thinking they were my favorite.

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The chimichurri on the mackerel was good as well

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I don't think that's chimuchurri .... it's raw wasabi stem, that is grated and pickled far superior to the powdered stuff.
That shite will light you up and very hot. Often sold under the Kizami brand at Asian food markets.
A little goes a long way, this is all you need to compliment any nigiri.
I'd eat the mackerel first since it's my least favorite of the items pictured.

Top to bottom. Leaving the tuna with sriracha for last as sort of the palate cleanser.

According to what I've been taught, you eat the lighter (leaner) flavor food first and finish with the heavier (fatty) flavor last. White fish first followed by silver skin fish, then red fish, and finish with shellfish.

For your plate, I would start with the ika (squid) which is the lightest (leanest) in flavor, followed by what you called snapper, which actually looks like the hamachi belly to me (would make total sense if you ordered omakase because hamachi has very little belly meat but it tastes like butter), and then the saba (mackerel).

Next maguro (tuna) and then sake (salmon) as a matter of preference.

Finally finishing with the tako (octopus) and hotate (scallop).

I'm really confused by what looks like blueberry compote on the hamachi belly. I've seen sweet garnish on sushi before, but blueberry seems out of place and not something I would enjoy. I would have scraped it off too, just like you, leaving a trace amount so I could try to understand it.

This thread is good at exposing the faux sushi eaters here. Just order a plate of gyoza and some tempura and be happy.