FYI : How Well Do You Know Your Sushi?
Nowadays, whenever we go out for meals, Japanese food is usually one of the prefered choice (by hubby and Eu). This is partly due to the fact that we in Brunei have an excellent value for money Japanese restaurants which serve huge portion of our favourite dish, the salmon sashimi at a price that is incomparable anywhere else.
In fact, since hubby regularly dine at Excapade, our number one Japanese restaurant, he’s become very articulate about the kind of dishes and their names! Not me though as my knowledge of Japanese food does not go far beyond sashimi!
So it’s good that there are helpful online guides like the The Sushi FAQ which answers those basic questions that you never really got round to asking anyone.
Questions like how healthy it is to eat raw fish or even the potential risks of eating them. All very good questions to ask yet who do you actually ask to know answer?
Besides those health issues, this site also delved into a short history of sushi and I was interested to know that sushi actually originated from a Chinese method of preserving fish which found its way to Japan since fish is the staple food there.
If you are not that familiar with all those Japanese dish names in the menu, then it’s good to learn so you won’t keep asking the waitress to explain “what does this sushi contains?” or even “what’s the difference between ramen and udon” (I’ve done this!). Find out what are hamachi or sashimi or even California rolls (this is something I myself have to find out).
But most of all, if you’re a beginner in Japanese food, it’s helpful to know things like etiquette of eating sushi, what sushi to try for the first timer, learning about all the other things that comes with a sushi or the calories and nutritional information. For the advanced sushi aficionados, you could even try making your own sushi at home or even get to know other sushi fans to talk about sushi, of course!
Hubby and his fellow Japanese food fan friends would be grateful to know about this site!
