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.
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u/CascadianSovietGo 9d ago
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.