Going to a sushi restaurant needn’t be daunting. Yo! Sushi tells us how to devour it like a pro.
Try practicing with chopsticks at home- but if you can’t master it, it’s not the worst thing to abandon them and use your fingers.
Pour soya sauce into the saucer provided. Mix in a pea size amount of wasabi (hot horseradish like green paste). Add more according to taste.
Pickled ginger is a palate cleanser, not a garnish. Eat a slice between different types of sushi.
When eating a nigeria rice topped with fish, meat or vegetables) dip the topping side into the soya. Rice soaks up too much soya, which can overpower the other subtle flavours.
Sushi should land in the mouth fish-side down for maximum taste-your tongue warm the fish so you don’t just taste the rice.
Do eat a whole piece in one go-breaking it apart tends to end in a messy collapse.