The correct way to eat Sushi

[u/RaisinAloneVortex]

[u/ayassin02]

I did not expect the end lmao

[u/noSoRandomGuy → u/ayassin02]

He was more proud of that than all the sushi etiquette knowledge he shared.

[u/HawaiianHank → u/noSoRandomGuy]

haha. Hi. Hello. 😂

[u/espinaustin → u/HawaiianHank]

Japanese version of Heyoo!

[u/CultistNr3 → u/espinaustin]

Thats exactly what that was.

[u/blackmambakl → u/HawaiianHank]

That part was funnier than the joke. This guy had been talking for 5 min and ends with an introduction??🧐

[u/AbbreviationsOdd7728 → u/blackmambakl]

I think he imitated an awkward meeting in the men’s room.

[u/serendipitousevent → u/HawaiianHank]

He really hit everyone with a 'is this thing on?' 😅

[u/Jindabyne1 → u/noSoRandomGuy]

You can tell he uses that joke all the time

[u/Jumiric → u/ayassin02]

Hi, hello 👋🏼

[u/notlongnot → u/Jumiric]

Hi, Hello, I tell jokes

[u/dyssucks → u/notlongnot]

Reminded me of Grey Worm in Game of Thrones

“I soldier all my life, I know joke”

[u/ThinkShower → u/dyssucks]

Reminds me of grey worm in Harmontown: "Dr Ken, Dr Kennnnn"

[u/sheezy520 → u/notlongnot]

“I am not a sushi man, I am a joke teller”

[u/FogBankDeposit → u/notlongnot]

Please eat a piece of ginger to cleanse palette for my next joke.

[u/Honda_Fits_are_cool → u/Jumiric]

That's the Japanese version of HEYO!

[u/Same-Suggestion-1936 → u/Honda_Fits_are_cool]

"I'll be here all week"

[u/Global-News1800 → u/Jumiric]

Oh, hi mark!

[u/Ermahgerd_Rerdert → u/Jumiric]

I'm here all week! Don't forget to tip your waitress on the way out.

[u/Few_Potential_2543 → u/Ermahgerd_Rerdert]

No tip, tip is for the man to give to his woman in the bedroom.

Hi, hello.

[u/Cyrano_Knows → u/ayassin02]

Me neither.

But I have to admit I do shake the soy sauce off my penis after going to the men's room.

[u/pukesonyourshoes → u/Cyrano_Knows]

Nowadays I prefer to do that when still in the men's room, don't want the maitre de getting all upset and calling the cops again

[u/6th_Quadrant → u/Cyrano_Knows]

If you shake it more than three times, that’s playing with yourself.

[u/0akney → u/ayassin02]

The bathroom joke at the end hahaha

[u/Amputechturex → u/0akney]

"Hi, hello"

[u/rlovelock → u/ayassin02]

r/unexpected

[u/Diaperpooass]

What’s the proper way to eat sushi in your car from the gas station at 1am?

[u/-You_Cant_Stop_Me- → u/Diaperpooass]

With a bottle of Mountain Dew while crying I think

[u/Innsmouth_Swimteam → u/-You_Cant_Stop_Me-]

You been spying on in me?

[u/Happy-Telephone9483 → u/Innsmouth_Swimteam]

In? From which end?

[u/Innsmouth_Swimteam → u/Happy-Telephone9483]

Surprisingly, English is my first language. Oy.

[u/FirstDayJedi → u/-You_Cant_Stop_Me-]

What's been baja blasted can't be un-baja blasted.

[u/guardeagle → u/FirstDayJedi]

The Mountain Dew helps cleanse the palate and kill the parasites

[u/j3ven → u/guardeagle]

It will probably kill all the bacteria on your tongue and stomach

[u/maple-n-sadness → u/FirstDayJedi]

You can't unDew what's been Mountain Done

[u/ehhhhprobablynot → u/-You_Cant_Stop_Me-]

Mountain Dew Mad Dog 20/20

[u/OnTheEveOfWar → u/Diaperpooass]

Or on the couch stoned out of your mind? I try and avoid sushi when I’m high because I’ll end up eating $75 worth.

[u/Time-Sudden_Tree → u/OnTheEveOfWar]

Tell me about it. This one time I went to a revolving sushi bar (Kura) while stoned off my ass, and that's exactly what my bill turned out to be. Never go to a place like that while high! Find a good Americanized Chinese buffet like Lin's instead.

[u/PrimaLegion → u/Diaperpooass]

With gas station boner pills, obviously.

[u/Own_Investigator5104 → u/Diaperpooass]

The same way that’s proper to eat anything that you purchased with your own money

[u/bobafootfetish_]

I've been eating sushi like a bloody Savage

[u/holchansg → u/bobafootfetish_]

I have been committing sushi crimes for sure.

[u/hotbox4u → u/bobafootfetish_]

I've been to an old sushi restaurant in Okinawa. I asked the man working there what's the correct way to eat sushi and he said:

'You put sushi in your mouth. You chew. That's the correct way. Everything else, it's just pretending.'

Ever since i just eat sushi the correct way.

[u/MeToldUSo → u/hotbox4u]

True story or not, this is the way. Whilst customs, culture & etiquette are interesting, as long as you are enjoying YOUR food that YOU choose to eat, it does not really matter too much whether you do so according to some supposed customs, culture & etiquette of the food.

If you want to eat pizza with a knife & fork instead of folding it and holding in your hand, then go ahead. Want pineapple on it? Go ahead. Same with sushi and any other food.

[u/ZappBrannigansLaw → u/bobafootfetish_]

I've been eating it like a fat kid eating cake...wait

[u/bobby3eb → u/ZappBrannigansLaw]

I mix it all in a blender, sushi roll and all.

From there i shape it into an oval. Then very carefully flip it on its side.

And then, very carefully, and only with my fingers, place it up my ass.

[u/FormalTotal9684 → u/bobafootfetish_]

I’ve been snorting wasabi

[u/RememberAlfRIP → u/bobafootfetish_]

Worked at fine dining sushi spot. Best and easiest serving job ever. Probably $700 a night. Worked for 4 hours. The sushi chefs and all of the servers partied every night. Most polite people at work and we partied hard.

Part of the job was teaching people how to actually eat sushi. Speaking Japanese. Studying sake. And the home prep was more work than the job itself.

[u/PrisonerV → u/RememberAlfRIP]

I was told most of these videos are full of crap and the Japanese are like us - eat it however you want.

I like to mix wasabi and soy sauce. I eat the ginger like it's going outta style.

[u/Eta_Beta_3-14 → u/PrisonerV]

In most cases yes. However if you go to a fancy sushi place it's expected that you eat sushi in the 'correct' way. It's kind of like how 90% of the population of the US gets confused when you put more than one fork in front of them but if you go to an upscale restaurant the server is going to sneer at you if you use them wrong.

[u/sabamba0 → u/Eta_Beta_3-14]

I just sneer at them back and we end up getting into a sneer-off, which I promptly end by swapping all the knives over to the fork side and vice versa while maintaining eye contact

[u/No-Sign8805 → u/sabamba0]

My man/woman/?. Chaos in the upscale restaurant.

Personally, I don't care how much I pay for a meal. I paid for it. I'll use whichever damn fork I like.

[u/Comfortable_Work4822 → u/No-Sign8805]

you eat outside-in. The outermost utensils is for the fist dish, then the next set of utensils for the next, and so on.

[u/_le_slap → u/Comfortable_Work4822]

The first course involves fisting? Seems early

[u/RememberAlfRIP → u/PrisonerV]

You are absolutely right. I’m not saying there’s a right or wrong way. Same thing with whiskey or whatever “standards” come with the food.

I was just saying it was part of the job description

Just enjoy things how you like, fuck everything else. Unless you’re like a murderer who enjoys killing.

[u/fuzzytradr → u/bobafootfetish_]

I've been eating it like I'm using the men's room

[u/Lyrael9 → u/bobafootfetish_]

Me too and I'm gonna continue until the day I die.

[u/GreenIsGreed → u/bobafootfetish_]

Same. I mix the wasabi into the soy sauce, AND dip the ginger into it. I also eat the ginger last like a little treat rather than between pieces. I'm sure it's appalling for the chef to witness.

[u/mudcrabserpent → u/GreenIsGreed]

I also put wasabi into the soy sauce but also add my ginger to soak in it. Then I put a small piece of soaked ginger on every piece. I should probably commit seppuku.

[u/RoguePlanet2 → u/mudcrabserpent]

I like to put a bit of ginger into my green tea. Not while any of the staff are around to witness, but we never eat at high-end sushi places anyway.

[u/Colonel_Fart-Face → u/GreenIsGreed]

Wasabi + soy sauce is totally valid, lots of Japanese people do that. My Father in law earned 2 Michelin stars in Japan and does it with take out/konbini sushi.

Mixing ginger in is sacrilege though.

[u/Sega-Playstation-64 → u/GreenIsGreed]

Only at a high end place or an omakase.

I'd really suggest watching Matcha Samurai on Instagram. 75% of rules that exist are bullshit outside of very specific circumstances.

[u/Nanery662 → u/GreenIsGreed]

Tbf theres normal sushi vs what this is

Same thing as having a normal cut of meat vs having a5 prime wagyu etc

[u/dragonrite → u/bobafootfetish_]

Gordon ramsey would say "don't tell me how to eat my food."

Says it all the time when contestants try and explain how they want it eaten

[u/daylight1943 → u/dragonrite]

thats probably what he said to the guy who tried to teach him how to make a decent grilled cheese

[u/technoexplorer → u/bobafootfetish_]

To be fair, eating with your hands is thought by many to be old fashioned. Chop sticks are acceptable and modern.

[u/A_Drop_of_Colour → u/technoexplorer]

A lot of these videos show decorum that isn't even followed by most Japanese these days. Is it (older) proper etiquette? Yes. Do most follow it now? No.

[u/Garth_AIgar]

I think I’m allergic to sushi. Every time I eat 80 or 90 of them, I throw up.

[u/ITSJ0N4S → u/Garth_AIgar]

Simply eat >91.

[u/Alibuscus373 → u/ITSJ0N4S]

Sum 41's potential name >91

[u/UncleComfortable → u/Garth_AIgar]

Sad how none of the replies got the Parks and Rec reference.

[u/The_Chosen_Pun_ → u/UncleComfortable]

I got it right away, there are some of us out here just slow to the punch :) Although I think he says "80 sushis"

[u/lordnacho666]

Now I want to know his technique for shaking. That could be really useful for a lot of guys.

[u/K4m30 → u/lordnacho666]

It involves chopsticks. 

[u/lordnacho666 → u/K4m30]

"You just twist like this"

[u/might-be-drunk → u/lordnacho666]

Twist his dick!!!!

[u/DemonicBludyCumShart → u/might-be-drunk]

The ooooool' dick twist

[u/PrinceOfSpades33 → u/lordnacho666]

Say “Hi hello” to the guy next to you, & shake his hand.

[u/Zigglyjiggly → u/lordnacho666]

Hi, hello.

[u/nifty-necromancer → u/lordnacho666]

If you shake it more than twice, you’re playing with it

[u/RaisinAloneVortex]

"Shaking is only for man who are finish in the men's room"

Sushi master.

[u/lord-boognish → u/RaisinAloneVortex]

Hi hello

[u/EarlyXplorerStuds209 → u/lord-boognish]

Hahehe

[u/UseNo75 → u/EarlyXplorerStuds209]

Dude has a sense of humor after all

[u/BoilermakerCM → u/RaisinAloneVortex]

No matter how much you wiggle and dance, the last two drops will land on your pants.

[u/Mode_Appropriate → u/BoilermakerCM]

I remember Howard Stern saying he wraps toilet paper around his breakfast sausage after hes done taking a piss to prevent that. Next time he has to go, unwraps it and starts all over again.

Always thought it be weird if he ever had a spontaneous session with his wife. 'Hold on honey, let me get rid of this piss paper'.

[u/enadiz_reccos → u/Mode_Appropriate]

Maybe when it's spontaneous time he busts through the paper like a churro at a state fair

[u/MrElectricPigeon → u/BoilermakerCM]

He stands and he shakes and he quivers and quakes and he shivers a moment or two. He teases the drops and he squeezes and stops till he's done all that's needed to do.

He looks at his peen and it's seems pretty clean, so he tucks it away with a sigh. And walks with a frown as the pee dribbles down in a warm little flood on his thigh.

Original by u/Poem_for_your_sprog

[u/ForeverJung → u/BoilermakerCM]

Not if you press up right behind your ballsack

[u/steelheaddan → u/ForeverJung]

This is the way. Just taught my son and it was uhhh, awkward trying to explain when he didn’t get it.

[u/Hornet-Putrid → u/steelheaddan]

You gottta give!

[u/EnergeticVamp → u/ForeverJung]

I still dribble even after deploying the GoochPress™

[u/eurobeat0 → u/BoilermakerCM]

You can, you just need to press the urethra just below the scrotum, this pressure pushes the last little bit out of the tip.

Takes practice to apply the right pressure at the right spot, but you are almost squeezing the last bits out like a toothpaste tube.

[u/itsmeitsmethemtg → u/eurobeat0]

Was going to post a version of this but you already got it.

[u/thedudefromsweden → u/RaisinAloneVortex]

What about me? I’m Swedish in the men’s room (and everywhere else).

[u/PeterNippelstein → u/RaisinAloneVortex]

In Japan, he who shake sushi wear spotted pants.

[u/the-time-learner → u/RaisinAloneVortex]

I think this is a very common way of parents teaching manners to their kids.

When I was 15, I had a Japanese teacher that was also a monk in the Buddhist Temple that said the exact same thing to me. At the time he was like 85.

[u/godofpumpkins → u/RaisinAloneVortex]

It's amusing but I don't really get why it matters. I don't want my sushi to drip, so I jiggle it a little bit. Seems like there's no downside other than some dude telling you not to do it.

Same with the ginger in soy sauce. I don't do it but if someone likes it dipped, I don't see the problem.

[u/ButtholeConnoisseur7 → u/godofpumpkins]

Food has a lot of strange, unwritten rules and elitist attitudes about the "right" way to cook or eat something. The French get that reputation a lot, but it shows up elsewhere too.

[u/seanmg]

Wish he commented on wasabi and the right approach to that. I've seen people mix it in with their soy sauce (I do like it this way), but I've also seen that is bad form and only for when you pee while you poo in the mens room. hi hello

[u/Howrus → u/seanmg]

I've seen people mix it in with their soy sauce

When we visited sushi place in Toyosu Fish Market, we were only foreigners there. And for us chef mixed wasabi and soy sauce, then put them on sushi using small brush. He explained that we may not know how to do it, so he will do it for us. That were one of the best sushi that I ate in Tokyo.

[u/realleathersmells → u/Howrus]

Most japanese dont do any of these things in the video either lol. In a traditional setting, you wouldn't mix wasabi directly in your shoyu but just like you saw at Toyosu, nobody really cares if you're just eating kaitenzushi (conveyer belt type spots) or other common places.

[u/SophisticPenguin → u/realleathersmells]

A fancy place will usually tell you how they prefer you to enjoy the dish. For the last sushi I've seen them also say dip so part of the rice gets soy sauce or only the rice

[u/Jason207 → u/SophisticPenguin]

We went to a nice sushi place with a Japanese friend and sat at the chefs counter, he told us what to eat (we could obv say no) and how to eat it.

Best sushi experience of my life. Also the most expensive (but worth it.)

[u/writingpracticeman → u/seanmg]

I remember reading that mixing wasabi/soy sauce was considered poor manners in Japan even though I always used to do it mostly just for convenience. Then I ate sushi with my best friend's dad, a first-generation Japanese immigrant, and watched him house sushi rolls like a maniac while mixing. I no longer gave a shit.

Obviously if an individual chef had individual etiquette considerations that's a different story

[u/Sennten → u/writingpracticeman]

I also assume there are some major difference when eating sushi in a fine dining situation and eating sushi at your own home in a casual situation.

A lot of the proper ways to eat things are not the ways the people who invented and eat the thing usually do it, unsurprisingly - but then there is some stuff, usually seemingly random stuff, even those home chefs and tired parents seem to take seriously.

[u/CascadianSovietGo → u/Sennten]

It is worth noting that fine dining sushi is itself non-traditional. Sushi originated as essentially a quick finger-food for the working class, served at port cities in Japan. Diners ate, wiped their fingers on the curtains (noren), and went back to work. The traditional beverage to drink with sushi, similarly, is the working-class rice beer.

Sushi is an incredible cuisine and the best I've ever had was in a fine-dining restaurant, but "traditional" sushi is blue collar.

[u/NotAHost → u/writingpracticeman]

Yup I went to Japan 13 years ago after watching a video like this… and then just watched the Japanese people in this hole in the wall all mix the wasabi and soy sauce. 

There might be a ‘proper’ way to eat these things and then a way for every day people actually eat it. 

[u/ramrob → u/seanmg]

Traditionally the chef puts the perfect amount of wasabi on the sushi itself and the customer doesn’t mess with it.

[u/I_travel_ze_world → u/ramrob]

Has the chef destroyed their taste buds by drinking hard liquor, smoking cigarettes, and eating carolina reaper peppers everyday? if no then I'd rather wasabi to my own taste

[u/ashgs872tbhjs → u/I_travel_ze_world]

Probably only the first two in Japan

[u/ramrob → u/I_travel_ze_world]

Far out man

[u/mortgagepants → u/I_travel_ze_world]

sushi chef snorts a line of wasabi, takes a shot of soy sauce, and loves cigarettes.

no reapers though, fucks with his ulcer.

[u/blueandthemoon → u/seanmg]

Nothing wrong with mixing wasabi with your soy sauce in general. However if you are at a high end sushi spot the chef often puts a layer of wasabi between the rice and fish (and the fish may also be brushed with soy sauce). If you then add a bunch more wasabi or soy sauce it would be “rude” in the same way that adding hot sauce to a fine dining western dish would be “rude” to the chef. I.e. the chef has crafted the dish intentionally with that ratio of ingredients so to add more spice would be disrespecting his craft. I’m sure many sushi chefs don’t care but at some real high end spots they usually place a single piece in front of you for you to eat immediately—no soy/wasabi required.

[u/plsenjy → u/seanmg]

Hi hello

[u/Azzyally → u/seanmg]

I married into a Japanese family and every single one of them mixes wasabi in their soy sauce. Maybe it isn't the "proper" way but it sure as hell isn't culturally inappropriate.

[u/shackmd → u/seanmg]

The right approach is eating it the way you like it

[u/FriendlyGuitard → u/seanmg]

Depends on the wasabi and the occasion.

If it is true 100% wasabi that has been grinded fresh, it's a waste. It is very fragrant and much less strong than the normal mostly horseradish one. It's impolite in the same fashion than chugging an expensive old whisky in an upscale bar.

Normal sushi restaurant with the normal wasabi (i.e. mostly not wasabi) - do whatever you want with the wasabi.

edit: listen to all those video about "correct way", the same way you listen to the same advise in western cuisine. There is a proper plate and orientation for the bread and a polite way to eat it at the right time of the meal ... if you find yourself either in high society or with a picky upscale chef.

[u/Bernard_PT]

I'd love to see someone shove all 6 pieces in their mouth and chewing while maintaining eye contact with the chef

[u/unholy_plesiosaur → u/Bernard_PT]

Dip it in ketchup first.

[u/KING_ARCH3R → u/unholy_plesiosaur]

You MONSTER!!

[u/OnTheEveOfWar → u/unholy_plesiosaur]

I remember hearing some story from guys at a high end steak house in Argentina and one guy asked for his steak well done. The waiter said “no” and threatened to kick them out when he kept insisting it be well done.

[u/UnluckyCardiologist9 → u/Bernard_PT]

Did you see how sharp those chopsticks were?!!

[u/HighlyOffensive10 → u/UnluckyCardiologist9]

He's apparently a former boxer so I wouldn't fuck with him chop sticks or not.

[u/Cheech47]

Just some context for everyone: This is Chef Naomichi Yasuda. He founded Sushi Yasuda in Midtown Manhattan (but now no longer runs the business), and has his own sushi place in Ginza where you can get an omakase (which is what the guy in the video is doing, you are served individual pieces of sushi based on a preset-ish menu or what you and the chef talk about until your time is up)

Chef Yasuda was VERY good friends with Bourdain, and he used to be a boxer. You can barely see it in the video, but he's got these giant, fuck-off mitts that only come with years of sparring, and yet his dexterity in just absolutely cranking out sushi rolls is something to behold.

Source: I've been to his place in Ginza and did what the guy in the video is doing. Chef Yasuda's got some STORIES, but it should be noted that politely trying to establish some baseline etiquette is pretty common in Japanese culture, especially when dealing directly with tourists.

/edit for spelling

[u/Ufocola → u/Cheech47]

Sadly Yasuda closed his place in Ginza some years back and retired (unless he went and started something new again that I’m unaware of).

I’m glad to have gone to his Ginza restaurant a few times. He took so much care in his craft and in providing education on sushi to his patrons. And yeah, dude was jacked.

[u/Nova_Scotia_Robot → u/Cheech47]

I can't remember which series it was, but Bourdain did an episode with him and it's one of the best

[u/Doctor_Barbarian → u/Nova_Scotia_Robot]

It was No Reservations, the Tokyo episode. It's one of my favorite episodes of any Bourdain project.

[u/hanool → u/Cheech47]

It’s omakase not omakaze.

[u/onlyonequickquestion]

best sushi I ever had sat at a counter in japan and the chef just put the sushi in my hand and I ate it. only way it could be better if the chef put it directly into my mouth

[u/khromedhome → u/onlyonequickquestion]

I like it when the sushi chef feeds me like a mamma bird

[u/AncientAspargus → u/khromedhome]

Regurgitating partly digested sushi into your mouth?

[u/PandaJesus → u/AncientAspargus]

Like a true sushi master 

[u/lampshade2099 → u/khromedhome]

It’s the only way to enjoy it properly. Otherwise you’re doing it wrong, like a poor savage.

[u/Oshimai → u/onlyonequickquestion]

Break into my house, and put the food I ordered in mouth, and help me chew it!

- Ronny Chieng

[u/eddybear24]

Was the entire Japanese culture built on OCD?

[u/Saramela → u/eddybear24]

Simple answer: yes.

[u/DigdyDoot]

Idk why but i love seeing people from other cultures explaining their cultural customs i just stay there like "ohhh this is why"

[u/rideincircles → u/DigdyDoot]

In case you weren't aware, this chef was close friends with Bourdain and his story is covered extensively in Parts Unknown.

He used to manage some top sushi restaurant in New York and moved and opened a small sushi restaurant in Japan.

Definitely a good episode to watch, and the chapter about Tony's favorite sushi meal in Kitchen Confidential is worth the read alone.

[u/AlfaNovember → u/rideincircles]

Good shout! If I learned one thing from Bourdain, it’s to go for sushi in Monday night, when it’s most affordable.

[u/Afraid-Way7541]

Some of yall really taking this personal lol. Eat however you want. This dude is just showing you the traditional ways of doing it and I for one think it’s pretty cool to learn

[u/XANDERtheSHEEPDOG → u/Afraid-Way7541]

I love sushi, but I generally eat it like a heathen. I would love to sit and have an actual sushi chef walk me through how to eat it in the traditional manner. There is something to be said for sharing in the richness of the culture to experience food the way it's intended. Will I still eat it like a heathen afterwards? Probably. Would i appreciate the experience? Absolutely!

[u/Afraid-Way7541 → u/XANDERtheSHEEPDOG]

Exactly this! I’d still go crazy on a sushi roll but it would be so cool to learn about the culture form the people that created it

[u/hoopaholik91 → u/Afraid-Way7541]

You generally should at least try the food the way the chef intended. It would also be tacky to salt your dish at a michelin star restaurant before trying it

[u/RianJohnsonIsAFool]

I visited my dad in the States when I was 9 and he took me to a sushi restaurant. He ordered some sort of variety platter for me to try. I thought "Mmmm that flaked salmon looks good!" Mouthful of pickled ginger.

[u/clamsandwich → u/RianJohnsonIsAFool]

Somewhat related, I downed a full glass of grape juice at my grandparents house when I was a kid and super hot and thirsty from playing wiffleball. I nearly finished the whole glass before my taste buds caught up. It was olive juice.

[u/GoldenSeam]

“Please have good manners”
**makes a joke about shaking the piss off your dick in front of dining guests

[u/RareFinger]

As a Japanese, this is stone age tradition and is absolute BS. Eat which ever way you like.
Just keep in mind that Japanese dining etiquette is deeply rooted in respect, harmony, and appreciation, so when eating in Japan, people are expected to say “itadakimasu” before a meal to express gratitude for the food and those who prepared it, hold chopsticks correctly without pointing them at others or using them to pass food directly from chopstick to chopstick, avoid sticking chopsticks upright in a bowl of rice because it resembles a funeral ritual, refrain from playing with chopsticks or using them as utensils other than for eating, wait until everyone has been served before starting, eat quietly without making unnecessary noise except when enjoying noodles such as ramen or soba, lift small bowls such as rice or miso soup bowls closer to the mouth rather than bending over the table, avoid wasting food because it is considered disrespectful to the effort and resources behind the meal, use communal dishes politely by taking food with the designated serving utensils when provided, keep the dining area clean and organized, and say “gochisousama deshita” after finishing the meal to show appreciation for the chef, the ingredients, and the experience.

[u/DaRK_0S → u/RareFinger]

“This is stone age” - says the guy that proceeds to describe a lengthy paragraph of stone age. Jfc.

[u/BoogieMayo]

If it's rude to not let soy sauce drip on you, I don't want to eat it correctly

[u/JozzyV1]

Beautiful sushi, expertly put together.

But every person I’ve talked to who is actually from Japan says there is no correct way to eat sushi, all of this is nonsense that no one in Japan follows.

[u/twistsouth]

Japanese people speaking English is like ASMR for me. It's such a cool accent. Yes I know I'm weird, what of it?

[u/MatildaRose1995 → u/twistsouth]

I love it too

[u/HoodedRoot]

Seriously, eat it however you want. You paid for it. Take it home and cook it if you want!

[u/-Groko-]

Oh, with the mouth. Nice to know

[u/Axxisol]

I am very pregnant at the moment and actually drooling at this video. Omg I want real sushi again!! 😫

[u/Larpizard-Y → u/Axxisol]

Dont listen to these other bums, hope you avoid it for the rest of pregnancy. Good luck tho

[u/Say-tan → u/Axxisol]

Unagi rolls (eel) use grilled meat and eel is low in mercury. The sugar and salt content of the unagi sauce is probably the biggest concern.

[u/Capital-Sorbet-387]

Don’t shake it? Isn’t it also bad manners to drip soy sauce over the table and down one’s chin?

[u/Count_Jobula]

Can I get a table away from the bar, please?

[u/VintageKofta]

The correct way to eat a sushi is however the hell you want. 

Just eat and enjoy!

[u/jsoul2323 → u/VintageKofta]

Nah I mean you can take the sushi and then shove it up your ass and I’m pretty sure that’s incorrect so there’s definitely a line

[u/leaf-yz → u/jsoul2323]

You can shove a roll of sushi up your ass if you like, no one's stopping you...

[u/HalfmoonSqueeze → u/leaf-yz]

Depends on the restaurant

[u/deeteeohbee → u/HalfmoonSqueeze]

I'm doing it in a restaurant right now and so far noone is stopping me

[u/UseNo75 → u/deeteeohbee]

Did you put wasabi?

[u/spectraphysics → u/UseNo75]

He did but it's just that fake green paste from a tube

[u/lampshade2099 → u/deeteeohbee]

Rest assured, the police are on their way. Enjoy while you can.

[u/exipheas → u/HalfmoonSqueeze]

This is why the sushi glory hole is awesome.

[u/dragon_of_kansai → u/jsoul2323]

At that point it's no longer eating, so your "technically" argument doesn't work

[u/Hydra57 → u/VintageKofta]

The point here is that you might enjoy it more if you eat it as intended, because it might come with advantages (like how the ginger is a palette cleanser between servings). If those aren’t worthwhile to you that’s fine, but it’s better to be informed about how and why it’s expected to be eaten a certain way when you make those decisions.

[u/Rxasaurus → u/Hydra57]

You'd have to see how the Norwegians intended since they invented salmon sushi in the 90s. 

[u/bwaredapenguin → u/VintageKofta]

Seriously! This type of shit is irritatingly pretentious. If it's offensive that I use too much/not enough soy sauce or hold my roll incorrectly or dare to use ginger as more than a palate cleanser then fuck off and be offended. You're absolutely welcome to make suggestions but as a customer if I choose to do as I please then deal with it. This is no different than ordering a steak cooked anything other than medium rare or choosing to use steak sauce, or using ketchup on a hot dog.

[u/Mygoddamreddit → u/VintageKofta]

Obviously a guy who shakes his sushi.

[u/ThEtZeTzEfLy → u/VintageKofta]

apparently you gotta have a stern looking japanese man ready to be dissapointed in your manners by your side, if you are to eat it correctly

[u/Skaldoo → u/VintageKofta]

Lol right, this video screams

Old men telling you what to do: 🔥🤬

Old men telling you what to do, Japan: ❤️😍

[u/Money4Nothing2000]

There's no correct way to eat sushi. There's ways that make it taste more closely to how the chef intended it to taste. But anyone can eat sushi however the hell they want.

[u/SuffocatingDensity]

I think it would be more appropriate to call this the traditional way, not the correct way

[u/RegrettableDeed]

Well now I want sushi. 🤤

[u/_jump_yossarian]

I dated a Japanese American woman for about 5 years and she schooled me on sushi etiquette. Tip #1 before you go out for sushi ... eat something or you'll come home broke.

[u/Mangekyou-]

Nice to know ive been committing cardinal sushi sins…..

[u/NorCalAthlete]

Wags has some strong opinions on sushi

[u/Ode1st → u/NorCalAthlete]

Was this played sincerely for the show? It’s super funny and embarrassing

[u/ManSCP]

I hate ginger, gonna skip that part

[u/that_70_show_fan → u/ManSCP]

The only dish I make an exception for ginger is sushi.

[u/WeeklyPhilosopher346]

I’ll eat it however I like bro I ain’t mean no offence but once I pay I’ll snort the shit if I want to

[u/dddddddddude]

Damn vice used to be so sick and now it’s like cosmo for unpopular bros

[u/juicyman69]

They do not tell you this at my local gas station.

[u/EishLekker]

Or just eat it however you want to eat it.

[u/ImTheEyeInTheSky]

Using chopsticks for the maki is perfectly fine, most Japanese, especially in high end ones don't use their hands as they don't wanna smell like seaweed for the rest of the evening.
Source: lived in Japan for many years

[u/hobbseltoff]

Ora King Salmon is incredible, it is a farmed salmon from down in New Zealand and it is honestly better than some of the wild Alaskan king I have had recently.

[u/Fra5er]

Whys it not bad manners to dictate how i enjoy my food?

[u/RandomNumberHere]

I’m mixing wasabi and soy sauce into a slurry and dredging each bite of sushi through it. I want my sushi to hurt me.

[u/VirtualLife76 → u/RandomNumberHere]

You mean your horseradish and food coloring.

[u/mosquitoselkie → u/VirtualLife76]

I'll eat it and I'll like it.

[u/SociopathicPixel → u/RandomNumberHere]

This reminded me of my father.

[u/xixi_90]

Americans get very pissy about other cultural norms for some reason. Bro isnt saying its illegal to eat differently hes just saying how the cuisine has developed and "meant" to be eaten.

Good to know. I'm curious where wasabi comes into play, its pretty common at most sushi spots outside of Japan

[u/Pikepv]

That last line sealed the deal.

[u/True2TheGame]

If you're going to conveyor belt sushi or cheap buffet sushi it's not going to matter. However once you're going to omakase sushi then I'd probably start eating it how the chef intended.