| Nigiri sushi is a accepted form of sushi where a | | | | way that it should be dipped into soy sauce and |
| sliver of raw fish or prawns rests on a bed of | | | | wasabi. Unlike maki or other forms of sushi, it can |
| sushi rice. This oblong shaped sushi dish is highly | | | | become extremely hard to eat if the rice |
| accepted, as it allows the full flavor of the fish to | | | | becomes wet from soy sauce. Because of this, it |
| be the star. There are many ways to make it, | | | | should be dipped in soy sauce with the fish |
| which means that while you can order the same | | | | portion. This will ensure that the rice bed does not |
| style of fish many times, each time you have it, it | | | | break apart when you are attempting to eat it. |
| can be a new experience. | | | | Eating sushi is almost as much an artwork as the |
| Some chefs prefer to use nori as a way to keep | | | | preparation of the sushi. Nigiri sushi can be eaten |
| the fish on the bed of rice. Other chefs prefer a | | | | two ways, either with chopsticks or your fingers. |
| small amount of wasabi. As there are also many | | | | However, when you eat sushi, you should make |
| dissimilar ways to prepare sushi rice, the rice itself | | | | certain that you waste nothing. |
| can modify the flavor of the fish. | | | | Sushi is meant to be entirely eaten, and it is |
| As well, there are several dissimilar ways that | | | | considered an insult to the sushi chef if you leave |
| nigiri sushi can be eaten, all of which can modify | | | | sushi you have put on your plate uneaten. |
| how the sushi tastes. When you eat it, you are | | | | However, it is not taboo if you never select the |
| supposed to eat the nigiri so that the fish is the | | | | sushi to eat from the prime serving dish. As sushi |
| first thing to touch your tongue. | | | | on the prime serving dish is unclaimed, it is not |
| If you eat your nigiri sushi rice down, you will lose | | | | considered to be insult to not eat it. |
| the vital flavor of the fish. As a sushi chef prides | | | | Nigiri sushi should be consumed in one bite. |
| themselves on the selection of fish for nigiri, | | | | However, if you have a particularly large piece, it |
| making certain you eat it correctly is vital. | | | | is suitable to eat it in two bites. No single piece of |
| Many people like the flavor of soy sauce with | | | | sushi, with the exception of temaki, should be |
| their nigiri sushi. However, there is a very specific | | | | eaten in more than two bites. |