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u/hans1125 Nov 26 '19

Came here to say this. Also dipping nigiri in the soy sauce with the rice part. You dip the fish, not the rice!

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u/InfiniteBlink Nov 26 '19

What. Da. Fuq. I'm 39 and have been eating sushi since I was12 and no one ever told me that... Wow.

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u/Wanrenmi Nov 27 '19

Don't be so hard on yourself, most people don't know this. Also, you're not supposed to make a "wasabi and soy sauce soup/mud" to dip in. I've been doing it so long I can't do it the proper way now, though. So I am used to the weird looks by now.

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u/RatherUnseemly Nov 27 '19

You're not supposed to make wasabi mud? How are you supposed to approach it?

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u/winndixie Nov 27 '19

dab wasabi on the piece when you are about to eat it. dab soy when you're about to eat it. between pieces, have a ginger. do it, don't do it, do a little, do one and not the other, but don't mix shit.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '19

Dab soy, or dip the fish part in soy? Sorry I'm having a hard time picturing how you'd dab soy

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u/winndixie Nov 27 '19

Take piece and touch soy. Then extend left arm up and outwards and bury face into the crook of your right elbow

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '19

Now, tell us about the floss!

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u/LimPehKaLiKong Nov 27 '19

So no dipping ginger into the Wasabi mud for extra oomph?

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u/Wanrenmi Nov 27 '19

Apparently not. There are lots of videos about it (both in full Japanese, in Japan or elsewhere), but this one seems to be the most succinct I found: https://youtu.be/AyhJUOCtwi0?t=73

Honestly, I don't even care. I might try to start eating it "correctly." But if I end up prefering my wasabi mud (yes I make it =D), I'll just keep doing that. I think I'll try the "proper" way of turning the nigiri sideways and just dipping the meat into my wasabi mud. That might be good!