Wasabi

[Shaun]

Tried Sushi for the first time tonight, and some of that Wasabi stuff too .... wwhhhoooooaaaa it's got a kick!

 

[cookiemonster]

Tastes even better with saki.

 

[cheadle hulme]

Horseradish Japonica. I love Sushi, but tend to get carried away and forget which are expensive plates....end up with a rather large bill.

 

[Aperitif]

Wasabi?
It's when you go through to the next round as you don't have a team to play against.

 

[Wolf04]

Never thought wasabi had the kick I'd been told about, then a colleague who had been to Japan suggested mixing it into some soy sauce then dip the sushi into it... WOW.

 

[montage]

wasabi that green stuff?

The stuff which forces you to put the toilet roll in the fridge before you go to bed?

 

[Keith Oates]

Wasabi is a favorite of mine. The vapours that come down the nose when you eat it is really good.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Globalti]

A customer insisted on taking me for sushi in Lagos, Nigeria. I was quite worried; I could see myself lying in a hospital bed with some ghastly disease while the consultant stood there saying: "You ate sushi? In Nigeria? A tropical country with appalling hygiene?"

Luckily I survived.

 

[Kirstie]

I can eat sushi till it comes out of my ears - I love it! I'd really like to be able to make it too, but I doubt I could get the right quality fish locally... there's a whole etiquette to eating it - FM gave me lessons!

 

[Shaun]

... there's a whole etiquette to eating it ...

Hmmmm .... did I do the wrong thing just shoveling it down then?

 

[Kirstie]

I do the same! Apparently, you're supposed to peel the fishy layer off the top with your chopsticks, and then dip it in the soy/wasabi mixture. Then you place it back on top of the rice, and eat the whole thing in one big chomp.

Normally you'd also have a bowl of miso soup with it and you drink straight from the bowl, resting your chopsticks across the top of the bowl at the same time. The trick is to hold the bowl around the side with the palm of your hand and fingers, and keep the chopsticks in place on the top with your thumb. Also try not to poke yourself in the eye!

 

[Shaun]

... also try not to poke yourself in the eye!

 

[ColinJ]

Someone that I used to work with was sent to Japan on business. One evening his Japanese hosts took him out for a meal and the interpreter was explaining how wonderfully fresh the fish was there.

My mate was led to a tank of fish and asked to choose one. He thought that the fish would be taken to the kitchen to be prepared for him, so he went back to his table and waited. A few seconds later, a waiter appeared with the fish in a net and a large block of wood under his arm. He placed the wood on the table, lifted the fish out of the net and placed it on the wood, and with a sudden movement of his right arm, plucked a large knife from his belt and stabbed it through the fish, pinning it to the board...

The guest looked on in horror as the fish wriggled about. The interpreter proudly announced that this was indeed VERY fresh fish, and he could have the honour of taking the first slice!

Cultural differences, eh?

 

[TVC]

Sadly, the sushi in this country is a rip off and poor quality. When we were in Sydney last year we ate it every day, super fresh and about a third of the price here.

Wasabi is of course a food of the Gods, mix it down with mayo on a burger, or to dip your chips - fantastic.

 

[Bigtwin]

Sadly, the sushi in this country is a rip off and poor quality. When we were in Sydney last year we ate it every day, super fresh and about a third of the price here.

Wasabi is of course a food of the Gods, mix it down with mayo on a burger, or to dip your chips - fantastic.

There is a very good sushi restaurant in Leather Lane, about 1/2 way up on the LHS on a corner as you walk away from High Holborn (i.e. North).

Here it is actually: http://www.goodforlunch.com/reviews/6233/tajimi-tei