How to Eat Sushi 1. Clean your hands by using an oshibori (hot towel). 2. Put soy sauce for dipping in the small dish. 3. Mix a bit of wasabi (green Japanese horseradish) with the soy sauce if you want. 4. When you eat nigiri (hand pressed sushi), pick up one piece of sushi between your thumb and middle finger, putting your index finger on top. 5. Dip the end of the fish side into the soy sauce. 6. Bring the sushi to your mouth and bite in half. 7. Before your next bite, again dip the fish side in the soy sauce. 8. When you eat maki (rolled sushi), place the whole piece in your mouth if you can as maki falls apart easily when you bite. Tips 1. Don't use too much soy sauce in the dish as it kills the fish taste. 2. Don't dip the entire piece in the soy sauce as the rice will fall apart easily. 3. Try eating a piece of the pink ginger between different pieces of sushi as it will help cleanse the pallette.

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