Do's and Don'ts - Wasabi and Soy Sauce

Wasabi and Soy Sauce

 Most people enjoy their sushi with a little bit of sauce and spice. I admit that I can rarely eat a roll or sushi without it, unless it is a raw piece of extremely high grade sushi from a notable restaurant (like Hiko's - refer to last post). If you do enjoy this delicious combination, then you're in the right place - if not, then if you ever decide to try it, you will be able to know what to do and what not to do.

Do's - Wasabi and Soy Sauce

Mixing 

When given the little small, tiny bowl used for soy sauce, the process begins with the pouring of the actual soy. If you don't like spicy foods at all, then just skip this and go ahead and pour the soy sauce right in. But if you enjoy foods that make you hurt in good ways, then you should start by pour a tiny amount of soy sauce. Just enough to lightly cover the bottom - very light. Then once the wasabi comes, you can begin to mix in as much as you'd like. 

The sauce will begin to get pasty, but that's okay, because when you're done mixing the wasabi, you can now fill up the bowl with more soy sauce so the paste mixes in much more smoother. Check for the color of the soy sauce - the lighter it gets, the hotter it will be, so adjust the level of hotness by the color. 

Dunking

Now that you have your wasabi-soy sauce mixture ready, you can now begin eating! But fair warning, if you dunk your piece of sushi too far deep into the mixture bowl, then the rice will absorb more that you think and you'll be left crying worse than hearing the news that your in-laws are coming to town. Me personally, I enjoy shedding those tears. It's a good type of hurt. But if you aren't comfortable crying at the dinner table, lightly graze the top of the bowl and you should be good.

Wasabi

Don'ts - Wasabi and Soy Sauce

Mixing

The mixing of the wasabi and soy sauce can be done in a more difficult way than explained. One thing you shouldn't do if you're mixing the two, just just do what many people do, and pour the soy sauce all in and place the wasabi in a big puddle of soy sauce - the soy sauce will not mix well if yoy do this.

Dunking

There really is no bad way of dipping your sushi into the mixture of wasabi and soy sauce. This just depends on how salty/spicy you like your sushi. But mostly everyone doesn't like a piece of sushi drenched in soy sauce, so try not to dunk your piece all the way in.

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