SOME RULES WHEN EATING SUSHI IN JAPAN, DO YOU KNOW THEM?

Sushi is a dish originating from Southeast Asia.

Although it is a famous dish in Japan, narezushi originates from the vertical region Mekong River. This is a 'fermented fish' dish - a product of natural fermentation to preserve fish. The fish is gutted, salted, stuffed with rice and placed in a wooden barrel. When taken out, the rice is filtered out and people only enjoy the fish (narezushi).

Around the 7th century, narezushi was officially introduced to Japan. Realizing the waste of food and time this method caused, in the 17th century, the Japanese mix vinegar into rice and enjoy it with raw fish. Terminology 'sushi' 寿司 was born in the Edo period (1603-1868) to refer to this special dish.

Blending into the flow of history – Văn hóa Nhật Bản, over time, sushi It has been transformed into many versions such as maki (rice rolls with seaweed, vegetables, seafood, etc.), gunkan (rice wrapped in seaweed, sprinkled with fish eggs, shrimp eggs, etc. on top), nigiri (a slightly long sushi ball, spread with wasabi and covered with a layer of raw fish or other seafood), etc.

Principles of elegant chopstick use

Not simply picking up and eating, the Japanese have similar chopstick usage principles to Vietnam. Stick chopsticks upright into sushi and use chopsticks feed Giving to others are two 'taboo' behaviors because they evoke funeral rituals. To avoid being considered impolite, you should not bite or chew the ends of chopsticks, or use chopsticks to cut food. In particular, you should not rest your chopsticks across your bowl if you have not finished eating. If you want to take food from a shared plate, you should use the larger end to ensure hygiene. At the same time, you should not rub 2 chopsticks together because that means you are doubting the quality of the restaurant's chopsticks.

Dip the fish, not the rice.

So, use your chopsticks to turn the sushi horizontally and lightly dip the fish into the soy sauce. If you accidentally dip too much, do not shake the sushi to reduce the soy sauce, as this is considered rude.

Do not mix soy sauce and wasabi

A common mistake is to mix wasabi with soy sauce. However, this mix will ruin the flavor of both the sauce and the sushi. Instead, dip the sushi in soy sauce, then put the wasabi on the sushi and enjoy.

Pickled ginger is not an appetizer.

Because the pickled ginger is the first dish on the sushi table, many people mistake this for an appetizer. According to sushi chef Naomichi Yasuda, Putting pickled ginger on sushi or dipping ginger in soy sauce is considered rude and disrespectful. In fact, pickled ginger has the effect of cleaning the mouth and neutralizing the taste of each piece of sushi. Thanks to that, we can reduce the feeling of boredom and enjoy many different types of sushi.

Sake is not the ideal drink with sushi.

Although sake is a popular drink in Japan, people here usually do not drink sake when enjoying sushi. Because sake and sushi are both made from rice, sake cannot neutralize the flavor so that diners can fully enjoy the following dishes.

So instead of sake, try sushi with other types of fish. Japanese beer or wine. If you are looking for a non-alcoholic drink, you can enjoy sushi withi green tea agari.

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