Wasabi and wasabi

[Miking]

Wasabi packing cube backpack and it's culinary eponym, pretty good match!

[helen_uk]

Ha ha, a good match indeed!

[Fat Crip]

Two of my favourite things... I love nigiri with soy sauce and wasabi :D

[Miking]

It is so hard to find somewhere outside of Japan that serves real wasabi rather than the seiyō wasabi (dyed horse radish, normally sold in powdered form )
It's probably for the best westerners seem to have a different style of eating sushi, mixing wasabi with soy sauce sometimes in comical proportions! (I'm not big fan of feeling like my earwax is melting and my nose is bleeding) then dipping the rice side of the nigiri into the soy sauce/wasabi mixture using chopsticks.
Whereas from my observations, in Japan the sushi chef places the wasabi between the fish and rice, (real wasabi loses its potency when exposed to air) and the patrons often eat with their hands with the rice rolled much looser, flipping the nigiri over and dipping only the fish side into the soy sauce without wasabi mixed in, or with takeout doing the same thing with chopsticks but with more tightly rolled rice.
Having tried both ways I think the Japanese have it right. (Who would have thought?! Right?) You get the full flavor of the fish right on your tongue, the rice melts in your mouth, everything isn't overpowered by the soy sauce and the wasabi compliments everything and provides the perfect kick to finish it all off.
Sorry for any midnight sushi cravings that just caused.... :p

[Lime]

It is so hard to find somewhere outside of Japan that serves real wasabi rather than the seiyō wasabi (dyed horse radish, normally sold in powdered form )
It's probably for the best westerners seem to have a different style of eating sushi, mixing wasabi with soy sauce sometimes in comical proportions! (I'm not big fan of feeling like my earwax is melting and my nose is bleeding) then dipping the rice side of the nigiri into the soy sauce/wasabi mixture using chopsticks.
Whereas from my observations, in Japan the sushi chef places the wasabi between the fish and rice, (real wasabi loses its potency when exposed to air) and the patrons often eat with their hands with the rice rolled much looser, flipping the nigiri over and dipping only the fish side into the soy sauce without wasabi mixed in, or with takeout doing the same thing with chopsticks but with more tightly rolled rice.
Having tried both ways I think the Japanese have it right. (Who would have thought?! Right?) You get the full flavor of the fish right on your tongue, the rice melts in your mouth, everything isn't overpowered by the soy sauce and the wasabi compliments everything and provides the perfect kick to finish it all off.
Sorry for any midnight sushi cravings that just caused.... :p

Sounds like they have it down to an art

[BrianI]

Sorry for any midnight sushi cravings that just caused.... :p

Yea, right. I'll be sending you my bill.

[Miking]

Yea, right. I'll be sending you my bill.

Can I invoice you for the Black/black/wasabi smart Alec with modular pockets and gatekeeper straps cravings your forum posts have caused? Cause we might just have a deal! ;)

[BrianI]

Can I invoice you for the Black/black/wasabi smart Alec with modular pockets and gatekeeper straps cravings your forum posts have caused? Cause we might just have a deal! ;)

It would be wrong of me to eat a SA+ worth of sushi. So wrong. ;)

[Miking]

It would be wrong of me to eat a SA+ worth of sushi. So wrong. ;)

Just go to Masa in NYC, $450/person not including drinks or tip, booked a month in advance and you don't even get to pick what you eat!