{"id":47523,"date":"2022-03-15T16:23:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T15:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/?page_id=47523"},"modified":"2024-10-08T09:43:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T07:43:36","slug":"sushi-essen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/sushi\/sushi-essen\/","title":{"rendered":"How to eat sushi? All about sushi etiquette"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"47523\" class=\"elementor elementor-47523\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d6a20d0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d6a20d0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63d1e1f\" data-id=\"63d1e1f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c61a19 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c61a19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/sushi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sushi<\/a> to eat is popular and seems no special art - and yet there are a few tips that will identify you as a connoisseur, make the meal more comfortable and, in addition, increase the pleasure.\u00a0<\/p><p>After all, Japan is the land of rules - and the more you know, the better you can enjoy sushi like in Japan.<\/p><p>It must be said in advance, however, that this is not the case:\u00a0<\/p><p>Of course, Japan doesn't just have a thousand rules about how to do things - when it comes to food, the rules also vary according to the style of the region and the quality of the restaurant.\u00a0<\/p><p>So in one restaurant it may be sacrilege to dip the nigiri sushi (always fish side up!!) in soy sauce, in another it may be ok.\u00a0<\/p><p>We try to give you the best overview so that you don't act like a clueless barbarian, especially in a Japanese restaurant in Germany.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f48e81 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f48e81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The most important basic rules:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>Be careful with the chopsticks<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Sushi and sashimi not in soy sauce <i>bath<\/i><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Use additional spiciness from wasabi gradually and deliberately<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Ginger is not a salad garnish<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Get involved with the taste &amp; culture of artfully made sushi and enjoy!<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f637680 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f637680\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e1fbb1\" data-id=\"2e1fbb1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b459eea title-h2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b459eea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How and with what to eat sushi?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4930525 title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4930525\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is it okay to eat sushi with your fingers?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abf81aa text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"abf81aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In fact, eating sushi with your bare hands is not only allowed, but often the best way to get the perfect taste.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>This is quite common in high-end sushi bars in Japan, and you can always see Japanese sushi chefs doing it when they taste sushi. It brings the most immediate taste experience to the delicate little bites. After all, the fingers are often the best instrument for gently taking the graceful sushi and nimbly eating it. After all, the rice ball under the fish should not be pressed like a log, but on the contrary as airy and fluffy as just possible for a rice ball.<\/p><p>Of course, it is clear: the hands must be clean, the environment well-groomed and appropriate for this. And no, this does not mean that the Japanese eat everything else possible with their hands. Japanese culture places great emphasis on purity and cleanliness - and on the use of (clean) chopsticks.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf0b024 title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bf0b024\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to eat sushi with chopsticks?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f1b655 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f1b655\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Eating sushi with matching chopsticks is the next best thing to eating with your clean hands; and often the best, depending, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/sushi\/sushi-sorten\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What kind of sushi<\/a> one eats.<\/p><p>Uramaki or some exalted sushi creations may not be at all suitable to be touched directly with the hands.<\/p><p>But the elegant use of chopsticks requires knowledge of some rules and a little background knowledge of Japanese customs.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>The chopsticks are placed either next to or - in some restaurants - below the plate, often on a small bench or on the napkin. (By the way, you can also tell by the way the chopsticks are placed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/washoku\/gute-japanische-restaurants-sushi-restaurants-erkennen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recognize if it is a real Japanese restaurant<\/a>)<\/p><p>The lower rod is placed in the crook of the thumb and the upper rod is guided movably with the index and middle fingers.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Try not to crush the sushi with the chopsticks, but gently lift them up the sides as parallel to the plate as possible.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Good sushi has a lot of air between the rice grains, which makes the flavor more delicate, but also makes the sushi more fragile.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc3c77b elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"bc3c77b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvd3d3LnN1c2hpeWEuZGVcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcL3N1c2hpXC9zdXNoaS1pbmZvZ3JhZmlrZW5cLzIyMDMxNV8wMV9zdGFlYmNoZW4tYW53ZW5kdW5nX3JlaXMucG5nIiwidHlwZSI6ImltYWdlIiwidGl0bGUiOiIyMjAzMTVfMDFfU3RhZWJjaGVuLUFud2VuZHVuZ19SZWlzIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sushi\/sushi-infografiken\/220315_01_staebchen-anwendung_reis-768x512.png);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"220315_01_Staebchen-Anwendung_Reis\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSmall scheme for using chopsticks\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e69d24 title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e69d24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What not to do with chopsticks<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac20f06 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac20f06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Do not rub the chopsticks together loudly at the beginning. This is a loud audible signal to everyone that the chopsticks you are getting are defective.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>And in a good Japanese restaurant you should always get good chopsticks, ideally even made of splinter-free bamboo. So it would be an affront and also not good manners if you let the chopsticks clink loudly together in a better restaurant.<\/p><p>Please avoid pointing the chopsticks at another person.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>It is also considered an absolute no-go to leave the chopsticks in the rice, because this immediately reminds the Japanese of a custom from the ancestor cult. Often, the Japanese also place a bowl of rice for their ancestors, who should not starve.<\/p><p>When rice or another diffuse mass (e.g., seaweed salad, spinach, etc.) is taken from a common plate or bowl, one politely turns the chopsticks over and helps oneself with the wide end that is not brought to the mouth.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>For the same reason, to avoid contact with your own eating utensils, never pass food with your chopsticks.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>If the chopsticks are not needed, place them on the pad next to the plate.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>If you put them next to each other on the plate, you signal - just like with cutlery in our country - that you have finished eating and that it is time to clear the table.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>So you see, there is a \"chopstick sign language\".<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e50f7a title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0e50f7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sushi please do not bite<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f859ef text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f859ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sushi is eaten in one bite. The self-image of any experienced (Japanese) sushi chef is that the bites come in the right size and are perfect for one bite.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>If you come across rolls that you want to bite off, you're either in the wrong restaurant - or you've chosen a futomaki whose characteristic is its particular size.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>And they can be very tasty, too. In that case, don't put the bitten roll back on the plate, but keep it elegantly in your hand (with the chopsticks, if necessary) until you take the next bite. Just like a small snack.<\/p><p>The same is true for temaki, which of course is also meant to be held in the hand and eaten piece by piece. But of course, the Japanese have all sorts of different rules or behavioral recommendations for all sorts of different varieties and occasions....<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccc6ecf title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ccc6ecf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Do not eat sushi toppings individually<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-604ad46 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"604ad46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nowadays, it actually goes without saying, but just to be on the safe side, don't take the fish off the nigiri sushi and eat it one at a time!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>This, even the well-known Jiro says, is the greatest insult imaginable to the sushi master, because, after all, he took a lot of trouble to combine rice and fish perfectly. This is not just a formal thing: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/sushi\/historie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with sushi fish and rice belong together historically<\/a>. With good mildly soured rice, the sushi really tastes good. If you want only fish, order <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/washoku\/sashimi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sashimi<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b8cbb9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b8cbb9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5cfd5e0\" data-id=\"5cfd5e0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c50bd13 title-h2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c50bd13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Slurping, smacking and noises?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-339da39 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"339da39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As far as noise is concerned, Japan has more or less the same table manners as we do. That is, it is <i>not smacked, slurped or even burped<\/i>.\u00a0<\/p><p>We know that our customers would never get the idea, we just say it to be on the safe side. Because there are definitely Asian cultures where loud smacking is quite normal - in Japan and in a Japanese sushi restaurant, please avoid it.<\/p><p>As an aside, yes, the hot Japanese noodle soups ramen or udon are popular to slurp, but not to make noise, but to soak up the hot soup along with some air.\u00a0<\/p><p>And since miso soup, which is often ordered or served with sushi in Germany, is not supposed to be as hot as the legendary noodle soups, it's better not to slurp it down.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0e43472 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0e43472\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a1d05b\" data-id=\"1a1d05b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3b3e90 title-h2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b3b3e90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Which sauces &amp; condiments to use with sushi?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2e5fa8 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2e5fa8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nowadays, sushi can be found all over the world in the most diverse styles and the craziest combinations.\u00a0<\/p><p>If you want to enjoy real Japanese sushi authentic, it does not hurt to know the context of sushi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/washoku\/chomiryo\/shoyu-japanische-sojasauce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soy sauce<\/a>, wasabi and ginger to understand.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0b5f83 title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c0b5f83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Japan &amp; the West: different worlds of taste<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-486a8eb text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"486a8eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-1d94043 ); letter-spacing: 0.3px; background-color: var( --e-global-color-e8e2c28 );\">In Western cuisine, we are used to the fact that the flavor of food comes from seasoning and sauces - many typical German, American, French, Italian dishes are not even conceivable without intensively flavor-forming sauces.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p><p>In Japanese cuisine, on the other hand, flavor comes from cutting and the expert, often careful but experienced handling of the carefully selected raw material. A sauce is used only to bring out, to accentuate the natural flavor of an ingredient -.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>not to give the dish its flavor.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf65ccd title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cf65ccd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Good sushi tastes by itself, not the sauce<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98e0116 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98e0116\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-1d94043 ); letter-spacing: 0.3px; background-color: var( --e-global-color-e8e2c28 );\">Of course, there are also intensive sauces in Japan such as teriyaki or tonkatsu - but a gourmet should not think of alienating fine sushi with such intensive sauces - it's the pure that counts. Otherwise, one could also eat tofu instead of elaborately filleted fresh fish.<\/span><\/p><p>And - to avoid endless discussions and misunderstandings - in Germany the sushi usually comes to the table already with ginger and additional wasabi on the plate, where usually also a soy sauce is already ready.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-1d94043 ); letter-spacing: 0.3px; background-color: var( --e-global-color-e8e2c28 );\">However, ginger, wasabi and soy sauce must also be used expertly, i.e. in moderation. Because none of these simple additions should mask the taste of the carefully prepared sushi.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-208937d title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"208937d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is it allowed to spice up sushi with wasabi?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cd9a00 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cd9a00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Japanese cuisine is all about the natural flavors of different ingredients, subtly coordinated.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>The sushi master usually already works a little wasabi into the sushi - depending on the type of sushi and ingredients used, a little more or a little less. For some types of sushi, such as uramaki or with cream cheese, no wasabi is added (intentionally).<\/p><p>Now we \"non-Japanese\" are partly used to somewhat stronger flavors. To make this individual adjustment possible, each guest receives some wasabi and his own small bowl for soy sauce.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Of course, a sushi master will be happy if they attentively listen to his taste tuning and do not drown out everything with spiciness from the start.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-1d94043 ); letter-spacing: 0.3px; background-color: var( --e-global-color-e8e2c28 );\">Stir wasabi into the sauce, but then makes a gradual individual tuning almost impossible. Try to taste the different ingredients as you were put together, to capture the seasoning of the rice.<\/span><\/p><p>If possible, practice stirring wasabi into the soy sauce only at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/washoku\/sashimi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sashimi<\/a>. And if the sushi is not properly seasoned or tastes terribly boring without extra wasabi, just try another restaurant.<\/p><p>Small pro-tip: we like to try the cucumber roll (kappamaki) to check the quality of a new restaurant.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09d161f title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"09d161f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How much soy sauce with sushi?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72faca2 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72faca2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the perfectly seasoned, finely shiny rice, the chef demonstrates much of his skill.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>That's why even a connoisseur will never put the rice in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/washoku\/chomiryo\/shoyu-japanische-sojasauce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soy sauce<\/a> drown, but only dip the fish or vegetables a little in the soy sauce.<\/p><p>To marinate sushi rolls in soy sauce for a short time, for example, is unbearable for the Japanese - it only makes the sushi completely salty.<\/p><p>When you eat gunkan, it is recommended to take a ginger leaf, dip it in soy sauce, and use it to gently spread the soy sauce on the topping of the gunkan. So you act in style and avoid disasters in soy \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ac9cc6 title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0ac9cc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ginger to neutralize the taste<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b450d8 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b450d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pickled ginger (gari) simply belongs for many sushi fans. It serves in masses to \"neutralize\" the taste buds between the different sushi. Many a time, ginger can also be used to elegantly spread some soy sauce over difficult to eat sushi like gunkan.<\/p><p>However, you should not think of the ginger as some sort of side salad. And certainly never get the idea to simply put the ginger on the sushi as a kind of additional topping.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c361e5 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c361e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Health Tip:<\/strong><\/p><p>Use soy sauce, ginger and wasabi paste sparingly - as the Japanese do. Pay attention to this, <strong>which<\/strong> Soy sauce used in a restaurant - high quality organic soy sauce. <strong>from a traditional manufacturing process<\/strong> or industrially produced NoName goods?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a5e947 title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0a5e947\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to season sashimi<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94637ab text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94637ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/washoku\/sashimi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sashimi<\/a> is not sushi, but it should still be briefly mentioned here:<\/p><p>If there is no ginger with the sashimi, then everything is ok: Sashimi is not served with pickled ginger, but with finely sliced radish. By the way, from how thinly this radish is cut, you can also tell the qualification of the cooks.<\/p><p>Many people in the West then mix wasabi with soy sauce before dipping sashimi. However, some of the essential flavors of wasabi dissolve in the process.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>To enjoy sashimi properly, put a little wasabi on the fish, dip the fish very briefly in the soy sauce in another place, and then enjoy it directly. The fattier the fish, the more wasabi it will tolerate (e.g. tuna, salmon, mackerel). However, wasabi and soy sauce should only ever be a light flavorful addition, never some sort of marinade.<\/p><p><strong>Please request <i>none<\/i> Teriyaki or chili sauce for sashimi<\/strong>, this only destroys the flavor that the chef has brought out in the raw fish by artfully cutting it. In this way, you also give the Japanese restaurant the feeling that they are trying to achieve the highest quality for you for nothing.<\/p><p>By the way, it is also best to avoid restaurants whose sashimi selection is usually offered in combination with all kinds of intense sauces: this only covers up the fact that the raw material of moderate quality has probably been prepared for some time and the chefs are not very experienced.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c724ac1 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c724ac1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>More on the exciting topic of sashimi:<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/washoku\/sashimi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sashimi - raw fish without rice<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/washoku\/sashimi\/muenchen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sashimi in Munich<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c341106 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c341106\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-da1327d\" data-id=\"da1327d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75c7658 title-h2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75c7658\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The best order to eat sushi<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1f02c2 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1f02c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For sushi lovers, there is a very simple order in which sushi is best enjoyed: from light to fattier - translated to the flesh of the fish: from white to red.<\/p><p>This rule has something to do with both the intensity of taste and the feeling of satiety. In many sushi restaurants, the various types of sushi are already arranged on the plate in the correct order from right to left. However, if the plate has a special visual design, simply choose for yourself.<\/p><p>You start with the light, low-fat fish, with white meat or squid, then you can continue about the \"silver fish\", for example, the mackerel pike, then follows salmon or salmon roe and at the end is consumed fatty fish with red meat.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>So you eat from easily digestible to more satiating, which makes sense not only in terms of taste, but also according to modern nutritional findings.<\/p><p>Such a complete sushi epicurean meal can be rounded off with a piece of tamago, the artfully folded Japanese omelet, which often has a subtle sweetness. By the way, tamago is also often used for this in high-end Japanese sushi bars.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5850f7d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5850f7d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c4e211\" data-id=\"5c4e211\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42aa907 title-h2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"42aa907\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From what or what to eat sushi?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fb8d4b text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fb8d4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Popular in Japan are of course the \"sushi geta\", the wooden boards in the shape of the classic Japanese wooden shoes. Such geta are a funny thing - but you should make sure that they are in good condition and the wood is not already scuffed at the edges and the geta is used up. This also says something about the restaurant.<\/p><p>Ditto for the dishes. Whether you eat sushi on wood, on dishes, or maybe even straight from the counter in a classic sushi counter bar (omakase style) where the chef puts the sushi right in front of you: Everything is actually ok as long as it's clean, hygienic, neat - and not just white.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Because while white dishes are considered the standard in Western, French-inspired gastronomy, pure white dishes throughout are actually unsuitable for Japanese cuisine and especially sushi. The great Japanese writer Junichir\u014d Tanizaki sums it up nicely when he describes:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1f91540 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1f91540\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a57f93\" data-id=\"1a57f93\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0860c5 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0860c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><i>It is often said that Japanese cuisine is not for eating, but for looking at.<\/i><\/strong><\/p><p><strong><i>Whoever sees that freshly cooked, pure white rice, how it lets warm steam rise from under the quickly lifted lid, how it lies piled up in the black vessel and how every single grain shines like a pearl, will, if he is a Japanese, really feel the awe of the rice.<\/i><\/strong><\/p><p><strong><i>Probably in all countries, the coloring of the food should be kept to harmonize with the color of the dinnerware and also the walls of the room. In any case, it is certain that if you eat Japanese food in a bright place on white dishes, your appetite would decrease by half.<\/i><\/strong><\/p><p><i>\"In Praise of Shadow - Outline of a Japanese Aesthetic\" by Junichir\u014d Tanizaki (1886<\/i>\u200a\u2009<i>-1965)<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-208b446 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"208b446\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e2789c\" data-id=\"1e2789c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71096be text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71096be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The tableware used thus also gives you information about the restaurant you are in.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c3f84f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c3f84f8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" id=\"getraenke\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66af3d0\" data-id=\"66af3d0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c44ea6 title-h2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0c44ea6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What drinks with sushi?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d83a2f text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d83a2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A variety of drinks can go with sushi - and they don't all have to be Japanese. Here we give a few general recommendations about typical drinks to go with Japanese sushi.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fff361 title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3fff361\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sushi &amp; Beer<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ca03ce text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ca03ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Some people don't even know it: Japan is a great beer nation, quite a bit comparable to Germany. There are numerous seasonal beer varieties in Japan and beer as a drink is widespread. It is also often served with sushi in sushi bars of all price ranges.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-432304f title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"432304f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sushi &amp; Sake<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2c098e text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d2c098e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>High-quality premium sake is, of course, among the best accompaniments to fine sushi and sashimi that you can choose.<\/p><p>Since sake is made from rice, it goes without saying that it goes perfectly with sushi, which is also made with rice.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0And interestingly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/sushi\/historie\/#reisessig-sake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the invention of rice vinegar<\/a>which gives sushi its delicate flavor, also directly linked to the production of sake.<\/span><\/p><p>It is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.takarashuzo.co.jp\/products\/seasoning\/basicinfo\/001.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scientifically proven that sake helps to round out the umami taste of the fish<\/a> and to underline.<\/p><p>The taste and characteristics of sushi vary depending on the ingredients, and so do the sakes that are recommended to accompany it.<\/p><p>In general, however, it is best to drink a light, dry sake, either slightly chilled or at room temperature, so as not to spoil the delicate flavors of the sushi. A sweet sake should be recommended with sushi with a sweet sauce, such as unagi (eel).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f578e13 title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f578e13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sushi &amp; Wine<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1749f0 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a1749f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Wine is getting more and more attention in Japan these days - there are even wine varieties that are grown in Japan. Because of its acidity, German Riesling in particular is a good partner for sushi. It breaks down the proteins from the white fish quite well.<\/p><p>Red wine, especially if heavily tannic, is not recommended to accompany sushi.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b274ba2 title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b274ba2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sushi &amp; green tea<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e905bad text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e905bad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Green tea is the drink of choice when dining at the most expensive sushi restaurants in Japan. There, you don't get sake, wine or champagne with your sushi - but only a cup of green tea at the end, if you wish. Of course, nothing should distract from the pure pleasure of eating.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>And the green tea, which of course also has a great proximity to the high form of Japanese cuisine, the kaiseki, through the tea ceremony, is the most meditative drink for this. And quite honestly: in a high-end sushi restaurant you don't even have the time to empty a bottle of wine - because there you may gratefully get up and leave a few minutes after the meal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0dfd0b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0dfd0b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec4fbab\" data-id=\"ec4fbab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b962c9 title-h2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b962c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Eating sushi with the right attitude<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2d8c2a text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d2d8c2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Good sushi is a craft, really good sushi is an art form. Most people don't realize how much preparation and how much effort is required to consistently prepare really good sushi from quality ingredients.<\/p><p>Even if little money is spent on food in Germany and there seems to be little awareness of quality - it doesn't hurt to adapt a little to the cultural customs from Japan.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-923e1f2 title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"923e1f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Omotenashi<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88f9f5d text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88f9f5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/bunka\/omotenashi-gastfreundschaft-auf-japanisch\/\">Omotenashi<\/a> is the well-known Japanese form of hospitality.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>A Japanese host, especially also a restaurant or hotel owner, will always try to take care and look after the guest completely with a wide open heart and a lot of attention. Omotenashi also means trying to pay attention to every detail so that the guest has a complete, delightful experience.<\/p><p>For this to succeed, Omotenashi is also a relationship based on mutual respect: the guest respects and appreciates the efforts of the host.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Therefore, especially in genuine Japanese restaurants with Japanese staff or Japanese philosophy, the following applies: do not enter like a German king or emperor, but with a certain respect and Japanese caution, then the staff will be heartily at your service and try to make you feel completely at home.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6695e7c title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6695e7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Please wait to be seated<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6aadf5f text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6aadf5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If the staff is dedicated to the cause with Japanese commitment, they will always try to give you the best possible place and respond to your needs!<\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-1d94043 ); letter-spacing: 0.3px; background-color: var( --e-global-color-e8e2c28 );\">Make it easy for service by not rushing right to the seat you think is best when you visit.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p><p>First, arrive briefly, make eye contact with the staff, and look forward to being taken care of.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Come with the understanding that a good sushi restaurant requires a lot of coordination between the sushi bar\/kitchen and the service - there are different rules here than in a Bavarian restaurant or even in a good Italian restaurant - the ordering process and therefore all the procedures between the sushi bar, the hot kitchen and the guest room are much more complex.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dd55c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9dd55c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"kogai\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sushiya-ci\/kamon\/A-413-sushiya-blog-kamon-500px-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-41008\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sushiya-ci\/kamon\/A-413-sushiya-blog-kamon-500px-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sushiya-ci\/kamon\/A-413-sushiya-blog-kamon-500px-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sushiya-ci\/kamon\/A-413-sushiya-blog-kamon-500px-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sushiya-ci\/kamon\/A-413-sushiya-blog-kamon-500px.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d14721 title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d14721\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"getraenke\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Avoid strong perfumes in the sushi restaurant<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c06ee41 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c06ee41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Of course, mood, ambience, room size is different in every sushi restaurant.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>In Japan, however, people think like this: Sushi wants to be perceived with all senses, the aroma is absorbed by nose, mouth, palate and tongue.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>If this perception for your neighboring table or table mate is covered by a strong perfume tail, then that is a bit inconsiderate.\u00a0<\/p><p>So go to high-end restaurants if then only with very little and very unobtrusive perfume.\u00a0<\/p><p>In Japan there is even a <strong>own word for \"odor nuisance\" in connection with perfumes (\u9999\u5bb3, k\u014dgai).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p>So: stay discreet, with perfume, the volume, your appearance. In short: try to behave a little bit Japanese \ud83d\ude09.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56d9eb9 title-h3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"56d9eb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">More tips<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72a2806 text-edit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72a2806\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can find a few more hints in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/bunka\/besuch-in-einem-japanischen-sushi-restaurant\/\">Article from us about a typical visit to a Japanese (sushi) restaurant<\/a>.<\/p><p>And if you are still missing some information here, or if we have not explained it in a way that is understandable from your point of view, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sushiya.de\/en\/kontakt\/\">feel free to write to us<\/a>!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sushi zu essen ist beliebt und scheint keine besondere Kunst &#8211; und doch gibt es ein paar Tipps, die Sie als Kenner ausweisen, das Essen bequemer machen und noch dazu den Genuss erh\u00f6hen.\u00a0 Schlie\u00dflich ist Japan das Land der Regeln &#8211; und je mehr Sie kennen, desto besser k\u00f6nnen Sie Sushi wie in Japan genie\u00dfen. 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