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Did you know these "faux pas" items and "suggested etiquette" re: eating sushi
Posted on 4/14/16 at 1:36 pm
Posted on 4/14/16 at 1:36 pm
Any legitimacy to the individual points within? ...not so much about eating it "wrong", but just in general. LINK
1. Eating Miso as an appetizer before the sushi -- Just like the French serve salad after the main course, when eating sushi in Japan, miso soup is served afterwards. Traditionally a small bowl of warm miso soup post-meal is a way to settle the stomach. It's also a way to make you look superior to others. So if you want all of the cool kids to like you, ask your server to bring your soup last.
2. Rubbing your chopsticks together -- You know you want to. You can't help yourself. Damnit, you are compelled to rub those chopsticks together. Well, you shouldn't. "It's very, very bad manners," said Yoya Takahashi, executive chef at Hamasaku. "It's like if you rub your knife and fork together." So if your dinner date does this at a sushi restaurant, well, go ahead and still have sex with them; just don't go out to eat with them anymore.
3. Using chopsticks when eating Nigiri -- Nigiri is sliced sushi over a bed of pressed rice. And though you may be a boss at using chopsticks and really want to show off that skill set, it is traditional to use your hands when eating nigiri. Save the chopsticks for when you eat sashimi, which is the sliced fish without the rice. Or, better yet, save the chopsticks for when you eat a cheeseburger and really eff with people's minds.
4. Dipping sushi into soy sauce with the rice-side down -- Don't you hate it when you dip your sushi into your soy and little bits of rice fall into your saucer? That's because you aren't supposed to dip it rice-side down. Flip that fish. Dip it fish-side down.
5. Eating ginger with your sushi -- Ginger is a palate cleanser. So the correct way to eat sushi is not to eat it with your fish, but to use it to refresh your mouth in-between bites. It's like the exact opposite of listening to a Ginger Spice solo album.
6. Using too much soy sauce -- Plain and simple, if you overdo it on the soy sauce, you are kind of missing the point of eating sushi. You are supposed to taste the fish. So instead of slam dunking your tuna into your saucer of soy, just use enough to complement the taste.
7. Making a soy + wasabi quagmire -- Making a sludgy slurry of wasabi and soy not only ruins the soy sauce, it ruins the wasabi, so you are essentially committing two food crimes in one. Besides, the sushi chef has already provided you with the appropriate amount of wasabi underneath the piece of fish before pressing it into the sushi rice. Now, a lot of people combine their wasabi with their soy sauce, so it's not something that is totally wrong, but it certainly ain't right. So if you wanna be next level with your sushi game, keep 'em separated.
8. Eating sushi in more than 1 bite -- It would be really great if you could eat your sushi in one bite as it is traditionally done. But if you just can't swing it in more than one bite, do not put the sushi back on the plate, rather keep holding it, finish what is in your mouth and then eat the second bite. And if you can't eat your sushi in more than two bites,then you don't deserve sushi. Go home and pull your personal thing together.
9. Taking photos of your sushi for Instragram -- Yes, sushi is crazy beautiful, and yes, gramming is an addiction, but for once, just once, leave your phone in your pocket when you eat sushi. Many sushi joints even have "no cell phone" signs posted just to remind you that it's more about the food than the photo. Seriously, not every moment needs to be captured. Parents, that applies to you too.
10. Sitting at the sushi bar and NOT ordering sushi -- If you actually sit at the sushi bar, order sushi. That's why it's called a "sushi bar." Ordering ramen or udon or yakitori or tempura (damn, Japanese food is tasty) at the bar is considered disrespectful to the sushi chef. And you know what happens if you disrespect a sushi chef? Nothing really. It's just a guy making expensive food that is sometimes hard to pronounce. Horsemeat substitutions come to mind.
1. Eating Miso as an appetizer before the sushi -- Just like the French serve salad after the main course, when eating sushi in Japan, miso soup is served afterwards. Traditionally a small bowl of warm miso soup post-meal is a way to settle the stomach. It's also a way to make you look superior to others. So if you want all of the cool kids to like you, ask your server to bring your soup last.
2. Rubbing your chopsticks together -- You know you want to. You can't help yourself. Damnit, you are compelled to rub those chopsticks together. Well, you shouldn't. "It's very, very bad manners," said Yoya Takahashi, executive chef at Hamasaku. "It's like if you rub your knife and fork together." So if your dinner date does this at a sushi restaurant, well, go ahead and still have sex with them; just don't go out to eat with them anymore.
3. Using chopsticks when eating Nigiri -- Nigiri is sliced sushi over a bed of pressed rice. And though you may be a boss at using chopsticks and really want to show off that skill set, it is traditional to use your hands when eating nigiri. Save the chopsticks for when you eat sashimi, which is the sliced fish without the rice. Or, better yet, save the chopsticks for when you eat a cheeseburger and really eff with people's minds.
4. Dipping sushi into soy sauce with the rice-side down -- Don't you hate it when you dip your sushi into your soy and little bits of rice fall into your saucer? That's because you aren't supposed to dip it rice-side down. Flip that fish. Dip it fish-side down.
5. Eating ginger with your sushi -- Ginger is a palate cleanser. So the correct way to eat sushi is not to eat it with your fish, but to use it to refresh your mouth in-between bites. It's like the exact opposite of listening to a Ginger Spice solo album.
6. Using too much soy sauce -- Plain and simple, if you overdo it on the soy sauce, you are kind of missing the point of eating sushi. You are supposed to taste the fish. So instead of slam dunking your tuna into your saucer of soy, just use enough to complement the taste.
7. Making a soy + wasabi quagmire -- Making a sludgy slurry of wasabi and soy not only ruins the soy sauce, it ruins the wasabi, so you are essentially committing two food crimes in one. Besides, the sushi chef has already provided you with the appropriate amount of wasabi underneath the piece of fish before pressing it into the sushi rice. Now, a lot of people combine their wasabi with their soy sauce, so it's not something that is totally wrong, but it certainly ain't right. So if you wanna be next level with your sushi game, keep 'em separated.
8. Eating sushi in more than 1 bite -- It would be really great if you could eat your sushi in one bite as it is traditionally done. But if you just can't swing it in more than one bite, do not put the sushi back on the plate, rather keep holding it, finish what is in your mouth and then eat the second bite. And if you can't eat your sushi in more than two bites,then you don't deserve sushi. Go home and pull your personal thing together.
9. Taking photos of your sushi for Instragram -- Yes, sushi is crazy beautiful, and yes, gramming is an addiction, but for once, just once, leave your phone in your pocket when you eat sushi. Many sushi joints even have "no cell phone" signs posted just to remind you that it's more about the food than the photo. Seriously, not every moment needs to be captured. Parents, that applies to you too.
10. Sitting at the sushi bar and NOT ordering sushi -- If you actually sit at the sushi bar, order sushi. That's why it's called a "sushi bar." Ordering ramen or udon or yakitori or tempura (damn, Japanese food is tasty) at the bar is considered disrespectful to the sushi chef. And you know what happens if you disrespect a sushi chef? Nothing really. It's just a guy making expensive food that is sometimes hard to pronounce. Horsemeat substitutions come to mind.
This post was edited on 4/14/16 at 1:45 pm
Posted on 4/14/16 at 1:40 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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Using chopsticks when eating Nigiri -- Nigiri is sliced sushi over a bed of pressed rice. And though you may be a boss at using chopsticks and really want to show off that skill set, it is traditional to use your hands when eating nigiri. Save the chopsticks for when you eat sashimi, which is the sliced fish without the rice. Or, better yet, save the chopsticks for when you eat a cheeseburger and really eff with people's minds.
People look at me like I'm nuts when I eat nigiri with my hands.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 1:42 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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Besides, the sushi chef has already provided you with the appropriate amount of wasabi underneath the piece of fish before pressing it into the sushi rice.
I have found that this is not always the case. Some chefs do not apply the wasabi. I think the higher quality places do, though.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 1:44 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
That's some good info
But my knife and fork don't have wood splinters.
But doesn't that contradict #3?
I love the wasabi soy quagmire.
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2. Rubbing your chopsticks together --..."It's like if you rub your knife and fork together.
But my knife and fork don't have wood splinters.
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. Dipping sushi into soy sauce with the rice-side down -- Flip that fish. Dip it fish-side down.
But doesn't that contradict #3?
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Making a soy + wasabi quagmire -
I love the wasabi soy quagmire.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 1:45 pm to LNCHBOX
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People look at me like I'm nuts when I eat nigiri with my hands.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 1:45 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
These 'rules' are legit as in we've all seen them but I doubt any sushi chefs in the states care about them.
Off topic, does anyone know the story of Koz at Shogun? Is he in Japan now?
Off topic, does anyone know the story of Koz at Shogun? Is he in Japan now?
Posted on 4/14/16 at 1:56 pm to Deactived
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anyone know the story of Koz at Shogun?
Haven't been in a while. How long has he been gone? He and I have shot mucho sake and chugged mucho beers.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 2:02 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
These are spot on. As Jones mentioned, the etiquette is relaxed here in the States. I've never heard of miso AFTER the meal though. My Japanese friends are adamant about it coming out with the sushi to be enjoyed along side, and I request the same. Not before, and please no spoon. It's meant to be drank like hot tea.
The oshibori concept has been completely lost in Baton Rouge. This hot towel is meant as a greeting, to warm and cleanse your hands, not as a wet nap at the end of the meal.
The oshibori concept has been completely lost in Baton Rouge. This hot towel is meant as a greeting, to warm and cleanse your hands, not as a wet nap at the end of the meal.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 2:03 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
quote:Has this guy eaten rolls in the US? They're obscenely too big.
if you can't eat your sushi in more than two bites,then you don't deserve sushi
Posted on 4/14/16 at 2:14 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Sounds like all of the exact ways the see-and-be-seen sushi restaurant loving crowd eats their sushi here in America. Only thing missing is the slathering in mayonnaise sauce.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 2:35 pm to Tigertown in ATL
quote:Yup. 7&8 are dumb.
I love the wasabi soy quagmire.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 2:40 pm to TheWiz
Few months/weeks I think. My uncle, who regularly sits at his section of the bar, told me he thinks he got into some disagreement with management and was shown the door. Mentioned he might have been in Japan. Maybe helping his dad or with his family.
He didnt know for sure so it could be bad info he was given, but Koz is gone.
Sucks because that guy was regarded as one of the best in the city, if not the best
He didnt know for sure so it could be bad info he was given, but Koz is gone.
Sucks because that guy was regarded as one of the best in the city, if not the best
Posted on 4/14/16 at 2:41 pm to AlxTgr
quote:
Yup. 7&8 are dumb.
Agree. You don't even get real wasabi at 90% of sushi joints. Sorry, but I don't think I'm "ruining" my dyed horseradish.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 2:44 pm to LouisianaLady
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You don't even get real wasabi at 90% of sushi joints
I didn't know this. I'm guessing I may have never had the real stuff.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 2:45 pm to LouisianaLady
Yup.
Unless Chef Oi is serving you, lift up the fish next time you order nigiri in BR. My money says there's nothing under there.
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the sushi chef has already provided you with the appropriate amount of wasabi underneath the piece of fish before pressing it into the sushi rice
Unless Chef Oi is serving you, lift up the fish next time you order nigiri in BR. My money says there's nothing under there.
Posted on 4/14/16 at 3:02 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
quote:I used to think that this was an American thing to do. But I saw Japanese (in Japan) doing it and also my Japanese Uncle's parents doing it.
7. Making a soy + wasabi quagmire
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