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On the one hand, having a guided experience like that from somebody that knows the "proper" way of doing things is a very good thing.

On the other hand, I hate snobbery when it becomes sort of evangelical to the point of "saving people from ruining their meal". Maybe they like "candy sushi" rolls, dipped into soy sauce mixed with wasabi to the point of being salt bombs. I do. AND I like good nagiri the "proper" way also.

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I do rather like the nose-stinging zing of the fake wasabi, I have to say

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What, you're too good for caviar, lobster, and wasabi pizza?!

Stuck-up.

How did they find a real life Wasabi for this?

I've watched a few of these "How to eat sushi" videos and while there are some things that are the same I've seen many that contradict each other. Some say you should use your hand with sushi and rolls and others say rolls only. Some say you are supposed to eat the sushi fish side down so the fish is on your tongue and others don't say this. I've seen some that say you can mix the soy sauce with the wasabi while other say you never do that.

*add some wasabi.

@arekin @NinjaInHeat -

"Sushi is all about the fish." False. Sushi is as much about the rice as the fish. In fact, it literally means "vinegared rice." Certainly the fish is important, however my understanding is that much of the subtlety that distinguishes various chefs is their preparation of the rice, not the fish. This may be why it is more acceptable to apply wasabi and soy to sashimi rather than to nigiri or maki. So yea, it's like a hamburger on a really fancy bun. I still want my barbecue sauce.

Okay, so you don't think there is a right way to eat it? Let me put it like this, the chef is creating a dish with a specific flavor in mind that he wishes you to experience. When you eat your sushi with a large amount of soy and wasabi, you are getting a completely different experience than what is intended. While this may be the experience that you find most enjoyable, it is still not the experience that was given to you and thus you have taken that experience away from the artist. Finger painting the Mona Lisa may be fun, but its not the picture Da Vinci gave us. By "wrong way" we are saying not the way intended by the artist. While you may feel this is incorrect, it is technically the intended way to experience the dish, and thus "right way" would be the correct phrasing.

This is not true, a hamburger for example is a experience of its parts. The toppings on a burger define it as much as the meat used, which is why we have burger joints littering the US with each having its own unique take on the burger.

Sushi is an experience of the fish, it is defined at its core by the delicate preparation and the art that goes into creating it. Each piece is created to stimulate the palate, and slopping on soy and wasabi would be the equivalent of saying the Mona Lisa would look better touched up with finger paints.

Eat it however you "like it", but don't begin to argue that its the right way to eat sushi.

Also Hipster implies that sushi is not mainstream, which isn't true, its very common in any areas with an ounce of culture and is easier to find that foods of other cultures (turkish and indian food are actually harder to find in my neck of the woods).

To anyone offended by the "pretentiousness" of this video:
You just don't get it do you? You can't compare this stuff to the way you eat cornflakes or how you prefer to take your hamburger.
What he's talking about, what most people seem to completely misunderstand, is that sushi is ALL about the fish, it's what differentiates good and bad sushi, it's what makes quality sushi so expensive...

Now, you can eat however the fuck you want to eat, but you need to understand that when you go to a fancy sushi restaurant and you dip your entire nigiri in soy sauce mixed with wasabi and then even add ginger on top, you're throwing your money down the drain.
It's the equivalent of ordering a 100$ medium-rare steak and covering it in ketchup, then deep-frying it.

If that's how you choose to take your steaks, enjoy. But pretending there's no validity in the many ways different cultures around the world have of enjoying extra-fine foods and of enhancing one's ability to appreciate the taste of extra-fresh ingredients is just childish.