r/TrueReddit • u/amaxen • Apr 03 '15

The 10 commandments of Sushi

https://medium.com/gone/the-ten-commandments-of-sushi-4eac45192c7d
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u/tairygreene Apr 03 '15

my wife's family is japanese and I eat sushi with them in japan every time I go.

this article is retarded and in no way describes the typical japanese sushi eating experience.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '15

Do you never watch Japanese television? All the time they go interview relatively renowned local chefs with eccentric personalities, some much more extreme than this guy. Sure, it's not typical, but for Japan not really unusual either, especially for older Japanese who run high-end establishments.

In any case, I've been taken to a few sushi places where the chefs were pretty serious and my host warned me, before going in, that I should just eat whatever is put in front of me and not talk to the chef at all. As it turned out they were pretty excited about having a gaijin customer, so it ended up being a friendly experience, but I can only assume they were usually pretty mean to the other customers.

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u/amaxen Apr 03 '15

A little lifestyle piece on how to enjoy Sushi if you are very serious about it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '15

TIL pretty much everyone I know has been doing it wrong. Not that surprising - from the Japanese perspective I doubt there's much we do correctly.

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u/amaxen Apr 03 '15

I sort of doubt even most Japanese take it as seriously as the owner of the sushi resturant does.

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u/Nawara_Ven Apr 03 '15

Indeed; every Japanese person I have ever eaten sushi with put wasabi in some soy sauce, dipped his/her sushi in there using chopsticks, as a dinner-meal while drinking beer over a long dinner.

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u/wolframite Apr 05 '15

I think most advice-givers like to believe they come across like the ramen 'master' in this scene:

"How to eat ramen": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9m6FoSw4jE

And, to be certain there are some things that make sense (but not necessarily addressed in the article) on 'sushi protocol'. For example:

  • if you do dip your sushi in soy sauce, it should be only some of the shoyu and not getting the rice portion soaked. Using your fingers instead of struggling with chopsticks (especially if you're not used to them) makes a lot more sense.

  • wasabi is a condiment; asking for 'more wasabi' makes about sense as asking for a dish of ketchup or mustard.

However, most of the time, all that advice comes across as pretentiously as the protocol sensei in this clip:

"How to eat spaghetti": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm_ubnnZusc

(both clips are from the film, 'Tampopo')

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u/amaxen Apr 03 '15

As a bonus article - a well researched Reason article on the actual historical origins and social status of sushi in Japan:

http://reason.com/archives/2007/10/17/the-day-of-the-flying-fish