has anyone ever tried sushi or any other type of japanese food?

Question

i really want to try it but i want to see if anyone has any recommendations....going to a japanese restaurant in a couple of hours!!!

Answer 1

The Japanese have a very highly developed cuisine owing to their amazing palattes. They have a deep sense for taste and are very particular about their food. This is especially true for sushi, and there is a remarkable difference between sushi in America and Japanese sushi.

For the sushi eating beginner, there are many different kinds of sushi depending on the type of fish or special ingredient used. Typical ingredients include:
*salmon (known as sake in Japanese, not the rice wine drink though!)
*tuna (maguro)
*eel (unagi)
*mackerel (saba)
*fish roe
*the list is exhaustive......the main ingredients of sushi are rice (short-grained rice mixed with salt and rice vinegar) and a special seaweed called nori.

There are also types of sushi based on how they are prepared. The main ones are nigiri-zushi, or hand rolled, and maki-zushi, or rolled with a bamboo mat. Nigiri-zushi tends to have just a strip of nori wrapped around the middle while maki-zushi is completely wrapped in nori. There is also a variation of maki-zushi with the rice on the outside and the nori on the inside, called uramaki, or inside-out rolls. Yet another type is inari-zushi, which is just sushi stuffed in fried tofu-bags.

To eat sushi, I suggest starting out with uramaki or nigiri-zushi and adjusting yourself to the texture of raw fish. Then go for maki-zushi and adjust to the texture of nori. The hardest part is getting used to the chewiness of sushi. To eat nigiri-zushi, you can pick it up with your hand so that the index finger is pointing along the long-ways cut of the sushi and the rest of your fingers hold the rice, dip into soy sause and stick into your mouth. To eat maki-zushi, use chopsticks and dip the maki-zushi into soy sause and eat whole. For added zest, you may want to fully mix in a tiny bit of wasabi (the green paste) with your soy sauce. I highly recommend not eating wasabi by itself because it is extremely spicy! And before eating, don't forget to say "Itazakimasu!"

Answer 2

So many wrong answers... Sushi is actually a small ball of vinegared rice that is wrapped or topped with either raw fish, egg omelet, roe (fish eggs) or other delicacies. Sashimi is raw fish by itself, which I and most sushi conniseurs prefer, 1. b/c it's more expensive, and 2. a true lover of sushi knows that it's the sweet flavor of the fish that's prized NOT the rice which we consider a cheap filler.
Anyway, Japanese food is like most asian foods and it revolves around rice, chicken and fish that is usually grilled, vegatable side dishes which are usually pickled. Sushi is NOT the only thing that is japanese. They also have shabu-shabu which is thin slices of beef or chicken and vegatables that are boiled on a hot pot at the table. Yakitori which are skewers that are usually griled right in front of you. There is also teppan style food like Benihana's where the chef cooks the food as part of the entertainment on a large griddle right in front of you...
There's also Curry which is big in japanese cooking as well as Udon, soft noodles in a soy based soup. Soba or buckwheat noodles served cold and dipped into somen or a soysauce bonito broth before eating. Katsu or deep fried pork or chicken is also usually served with the Udon and Soba.
Teriyaki is also very common, and most sushi places serve some sort of teriyaki, which is a soy based sweet sauce that the meat is marinated in before grilled.
If you are scared to try sushi or sashimi, try the red snapper or albacore tuna first. It's a white fish, which has a sweet flavor and is really mild. Sometimes the tuna belly and the salmon is too fishy and oily for the sushi virgins. Just don't stir too much of the wasabi into the soy sauce because it's horseradish and it's STRONG!!! Just use a little and add more to taste, because it's tear enducing. Good luck!

Answer 3

I love Sushi...with wasabi (that's the green hot stuff). You'll have a little dish next to the plate, put soy sauce in that and add a little bit of the wasabi, mix it well then dip the piece of sushi in it. Take the whole thing in one bite if you can.

Go to reputable place, raw fish can be risky to eat. If the place doesn't look clean, or the sushi is sitting out in the open (they have to keep it on ice till they serve it) go someplace else. Or if it smells REALLY fishy.

Start with shrimp or vegetable (California rolls). My favorites are yellow fin tuna and spicy tuna rolls!

Answer 4

Sushi is good, but if you don't want to jump right in then have california rolls. They are not prepared with fish. Sushi is fishy and a little bland. I usually go heavy on the soy sauce. You'll have some pasty, colorful dip. CAUTION! This may be hot, so taste a little. Also, tempura is battered and fried fish and vegetables. Very good.Wash it all down with some Saki.

Answer 5

That is really great food! Its not a filler unlike Chinese food.

Sushi is high quality raw fish, so getting sick is outa the question.
Try the Spicy Tuna at a sushi bar with some Sake or Saporro beer to wash it down.

Answer 6

Don't worry, you'll probably like it a lot, you have to try the sushi (of course), if you don't like the flavor from eating it plain, you can always spice it up a little with soy sauce and wasabi, be careful with the wasabi, it's japanese horseradish (very strong), you might also like a sashimi platter which has thinly sliced fish, scallops and octopus. Another suggestion might be for you to try the goten, these are rice balls with either plums or fish inside

Answer 7

I prefer the yellow fin tuna sushi. It has the consistancy of cooked meat. California rolls are very good also. Most are made with seaweed and rice. Yummy. I use a couple of pinches of wasabi sauce and mix it with soy sauce and then dip my sushi in it. very good. be careful though, wasabi is extremely hot!!!!! A little goes a long way.

Answer 8

I love it a whole bunch of my friends go and we order a boat and it is loaded with goodies and we order other stuff and share it. Do not eat with your finger because it is consider rude. I bought chop sticks and practiced eating with them and it was easy i like to eat with them alot at home. I like to eat my sushi with soy sauce and wasabi but use the wasabi spareingly. In fact while i was on answers i was eating a snack it is roasted wasabi coated green peas they are really spicy but good. Enjoy. if it is a really good sushi resturant it will not be fishy or bland when fish smells or taste fishy it is old not fresh fish. it should smell and taste like the ocean. I know this because my main food source is sea food.

Answer 9

I think I would avoid sushi in Egypt. Something about the intensity of the sun and the carelessness of the people just doesn't suit raw fish. Maybe you can get some non-raw-fish varieties: cucumber, cooked egg, cooked eel, avocado, ... How about yakisoba? That's good. Fried noodles with a bit of veggies and meat, in a special sauce. I can see Egypt doing that well.

Answer 10

Not all sushi is raw fish. There are plenty that are just vegetables. Some, like the smoked eel and shrimp, are cooked. It's all good stuff!
Some other good Japanese foods are miso soup, udon, tempura, and more sushi:-P