Perhaps you have heard the word “sushi” so many times and even tasted it before. Are you sure you have known all the secreats about this traditional Japanese food? >> how to learn japanese >> i love you in japanese >> japanese sayings sushi Street Food Put simply, sushi is raw fish served on rice seasoned lightly with vinegar. It’s in the variety of flavours and textures – like tangy, creamyuni (sea urchin roe) and plump, juicy, ama-ebi (sweet shrimp) – that things get interesting. And the first unknown thing about sushi, despite sushi’s lofty image, it has a humble origin: street food. sushi3 ways to order Usually, there are 3 ways to order sushi: o-kinami, o-konomi, o-makase. O-kinami: A precept menu with several sushi on the plate. O-konomi: Arrange the sushi want to eat. O-makase: This is specific for you. You are usually asked about if there are something you don’t like. The proper way to eat way to eat sushi There is still an unknown thing about sushi that I want to give you now- the right way to eat sushi. First, pour soy sauce into a small dish. Make sure you don’t use too much. Pick up the sushi with three fingers: thumb, index and middle. Turn the sushi upside-down and dip the fish side into the soy sauce. Make sure you don’t use too much. Eat sushi in one bite with fish side down. Wipe your fingers with a white towel called “o-shibori” Oshibori Another way to eat sushi Perhaps the proper way could be too difficult for you to follow. Don’t worry! Now, I will give you the second way to eat it. With the index and middle fingers, put sushi over onto its side. Then, pick up the sushi with 2 fingers. Dip the fish side into the soy sauce. Again, eat the sushi in one bite with fish side down. wasabiWasabi Wasabi (sawa-wasabi) is originated in Japan, and traditionally it has been used as a natural herb. Now, wasabi is one of a primary condiments for Japanese dishes, especially for soba noodle, sashimi and of course for sushi. If you want more, you can ask for more wasabi. If you don’t want wasabi, it’s OK and just comment: “Wasabi nuki onegaishimasu”. Some more things about sushi Gari Gari: Gari is a fine to coarse granular flour of varying texture made from cassava tubers (also called cassava roots) which are cleaned after harvesting, grated, water and starch squeezed out of it, left to ferment and then fried either in palm oil or without palm oil and serves as a major staple food in West Africa. It is also called garri or gali in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa. You should eat it after eating one type of sushi and before trying another. Chopstick: If you don’t want to eat sushi by hand, you competely do by chopsticks. Athought eating by hand is more encouraged. With some little things I have shared, hope you will have wonderful trial with the most famous Japanese traditional food. Reference: kinjirushi.co, purewow.com.
