How to Eat at a Sushi Restaurant for The First Time

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Sushi: is it a trend or a staple that is here to stay? Everywhere you look, sushi bars and restaurants are popping up in every metropolitan area. Sushi has been available for quite some time; however, it seems to be gaining more and more popularity with each passing year.

Sushi: is it a trend or a staple that is here to stay? Everywhere you look, sushi bars and restaurants are popping up in every metropolitan area. Sushi has been available for quite some time; however, it seems to be gaining more and more popularity with each passing year. If you have never enjoyed dining at a sushi restaurant, you may be nervous to try it out. Many people believe that one can only order these “rolls” made of “raw fish” at a sushi restaurant; however, there are really many more options than just rolls of raw fish. If you have never eaten at a sushi restaurant before, here is how you can enjoy your first experience:

Start off with a soup or salad. If you are a salad fan, most sushi restaurants will have a nice selection of starter salads. A green salad is usually just some iceberg lettuce with a delicious ginger dressing on the top. (If you like things simple, I would start here.) A seaweed salad is essentially thinned seaweed tossed in light oil with sesame seeds. Sushi restaurants usually also offer yummy soups—especially miso soup. Miso soup is rather salty and contains some seaweed and tofu as well. Miso soup is a staple in sushi restaurants or more generally Japanese restaurants. Each sushi restaurant will also probably offer other their own unique soups and salads.

Order some delicious appetizers. Sushi restaurants will often offer appetizers with raw sushi grade fish such as sesame seared tuna. This tuna will be raw and cut into strips and will be served with a tasty sauce. One can also find other Asian staples such as different kinds of dumplings and noodle dishes.
When it comes to ordering, you can stay within your comfort level or you can be experimental. If you want to start with some basic sushi rolls, you must first decide whether or not you are willing to taste raw fish. If so, you can order generic rolls such as a California roll (crab meat, cucumber, and avocado), a tuna roll, a spicy tuna roll (tuna diced up in a spicy mayo sauce), a salmon roll, a spicy salmon roll (salmon diced up in a spicy mayo sauce), or a kani roll (crabmeat and cucumber). If you want to try a cooked generic roll, I would suggest an Alaskan roll (baked salmon, avocado, and cucumber), an eel roll (this may be experimental for some but is merely grilled eel with a barbeque sauce), or a dragon roll (cooked eel on the inside and avocado on the top of the rice on the outside). If you want to be experimental, each sushi restaurant will offer its own spin on a combination of the different fish. For example, a rainbow roll may combine tuna and salmon on the inside and yellowtail on the outside.
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