America is known for bastardizing foreign cuisine and making it our own. (I’m not judging, by the way. Chinese General Tso’s chicken that glows electric orange is freaking good, as is avocado in my sushi.)
So what happens when you go to the homeland of these cuisines to sample the original and you have no idea how to do it properly because you are so used to your shrimp tempura roll topped with avocado, or your lobster sweet potato roll? Fortunately, Lonely Planet came out with this helpful little article on how to order sushi in Japan.
Happy sushing!
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November 8, 2011 at 11:35 am
Holly
When we went to Japan, at the first sushi restaurant we visited (the first of many) we made the mistake of ordering WAAAAY too much. The pieces of tuna nigiri were at least 3x bigger than we were used to in the United States. We didn’t finish it all. The sushi chefs laughed at us.
Also every time we entered or left a sushi restaurant the entire staff yelled Hi! and Bye! at us (at least I think that’s what they were saying… that or So long crazy American tourists!)