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Step 1
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.
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Step 2
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.
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Step 3
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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Step 4
If you are a vegetarian and want to order a sushi roll, you can order rolls with only vegetables in the inside: this may sound boring, but many sushi restaurants can spice up a few vegetables for a delicious roll. Vegetarian rolls can consist of anything from cabbage to carrots to even sweet potato!
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Step 5
If you are health conscious but want to order a sushi roll, most sushi restaurants can now accommodate your request to use brown rice instead of white rice. Additionally, many rolls can be ordered without rice and will instead use some sort of soy “wrap.”
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Step 6
If you are totally against ordering a sushi roll but still want to experience a sushi restaurant with your friends or family, have no fear! Many sushi restaurants will offer traditional Japanese dishes such as chicken/beaf/shrimp/salmon teriyaki and many delicious noodle dishes such as Udon noodles.
Comments
Pamelateda said
on 4/7/2009 I'm really going to have to try this stuff! :)
brantsbabe said
on 4/6/2009 If you haven't tried sushi, go for it. I am an absolute sushi fanatic!! We eat sushi every chance we get. This is a great sushi 101 course! s5*
mkh1958 said
on 4/6/2009 How to Eat at a Sushi Restaurant for The First Time - where were you 5 years ago!! Great article. 5*
mkh1958 said
on 4/6/2009 How to Eat at a Sushi Restaurant for The First Time - where were you 5 years ago!! Great article. 5*
Walkaboutangel said
on 3/30/2009 Lots of sushi uses cooked seafood... it is not all raw...Thanks for the article on sushi