Real wasabi does. But that green paste isn't real wasabi. It comes from a tub of powdered ground horseradish with artificial coloring.
And the miso soup is meant to be drunk with the meal and finished at the end.
Sake. The good stuff is served cold.
I've seen Japanese people having white wine or Budweiser with their sushi. I think the latter was just someone being polite or adventurous.
--Blair
Sake is for sashimi.
Beer is for sushi.
The idea is, since sake is made from rice, you don't need more rice with the rice in the sushi.
It's picky. Most sushi bars would be just as happy if you got the Sake Bomber (a small hot sake and a big beer).
I once ordered water, beer, sake, and miso soup, and the Japanese guy next to me made a comment that informed me that I'd just ordered four drinks for one meal.
--Blair
Why would you have budweiser when you COULD have Kirin? Or Sapporo? I guess it's just personal taste.
"Black cat", German white wine. I like one of those.
It doesn't matter whether he is Anklo-Saxon or Anglo-Saxon, a food is a food.
Not that kind of JAP...
Are you suppose to chew it and spit out, swallow it, or what?
How come it's never served with any other cuisine, besides Japanese?
-- Rich
Just eat it like anything else. No big deal.
By that logic, one wouldn't drink a sweet wine with a sweet dessert.
-- Rich
Not really the same thing.
Chew and swallow it. Think of it as a thinly sliced pickle. Frankly, when I'm feeling barbaric (and no one is looking), I lay a slice on top of a piece of California roll and eat it that way. Of course, California roll is not authentic, so I don't feel bad about breaking the rules with it.
Because it's a Japanese condiment.
Cindy Hamilton
But wait, there must be some type of hate in food and IJA militancy.
Come on think hard and give me a Classic Anklo IJA militant response.
Although I don't think it's really the same thing at all, I'm not crazy about the logic either. But traditions tend to have a life of their own, and often defy logic.
As I think I said earlier, I sometime *do* drink sake with sushi.
Japanese visitor being culturally deferential in a sushi bar in America.
Pretty much the same reason you'd have a Tsing-tao in a Chinese restaurant, even though Tsing-tao is swill.
--Blair
Wasabi is basically a Japanese horseradish paste, and the pickled ginger is often placed atop a dollop of it on some sushi dishes.
For the best match, in my experience, look towards a fruit-driven SB. I like the Groth Napa, which is readily available and at not too high a price-point.
I'd also quickly consider a Brut Rosé.
Hunt
good choice. The wine lovers term is "fruit forward". Personally, the cheap wines I like at inexpensive restaurants are Inglenook and (shade your eyes and stifle that gasp) Carlo Rossi. They are sold as "house wine", with no brand attribution.
Haven't heard of that winery. It sells for $18 a bottle on their web site, so it sells for at least double in restaurants. "Sushi" isn't a meal where I spend a lot of money on wine.
Brute Rosé? You mean Iron Horse? It retails for $50 at the source. No thanks. Sushi is supposed to be an inexpensive meal. A $50 wine would be twice what the total for 2 of us is for food.
sf wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
You object to paying more for wine than for food? This is not the newsgroup for you. It was my friend's turn to pay for dinner. The check was about $100. The wine I brought was over $200. It is far from uncommon for someone in this group to spend much more on the wine for a meal than the food.
Fred.
Chilled Premium Sake is still my favorite with sushi.
Brut Rosé is a category which includes multiple wines which vary in price. Iron Horse does indeed produce one, as do Roederer and Fleury and many others.
Says who?
Paul wrote on Wed, 5 Sep 2007 11:41:56 -0400:
PA> On 2007-09-05, sf wrote: ??>> On 5 Sep 2007 02:52:41 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@hunt.com (Hunt) wrote: ??>>
??>>> I like the Groth Napa, which is readily available and at ??>>> not too high a price-point. ??>>
??>> Haven't heard of that winery. It sells for $18 a bottle ??>> on their web site, so it sells for at least double in ??>> restaurants. "Sushi" isn't a meal where I spend a lot of ??>> money on wine. ??>>>
??>>> I'd also quickly consider a Brut Rosé. ??>>>
??>> Brute Rosé? You mean Iron Horse?
PA> Brut Rosé is a category which includes multiple wines which PA> vary in price. Iron Horse does indeed produce one, as do PA> Roederer and Fleury and many others.
??>> No thanks. Sushi is supposed to be an inexpensive meal.
PA> Says who?
I wouldn't dream of drinking expensive wines or even expensive sakes with sushi but a sushi meal's price can exceed $50 in very good places. I haven't been there but isn't Nobu in New York an example? Around here, the Zagat guide lists several sushi places with meal prices in excess of $40 and one at $65. For myself, I drink beer, especially dry Japanese ones but I am told that many Japanese don't drink much besides tea with sushi. As for sakes, I like good, cold sake *before* eating sushi.
Sushi *was* an inexpensive snack finger food eaten from street stands in Tokyo and the only drink was tea and fingers were often rinsed in the tea after eating! Sushi moved indoors and upscale in the 1950s.
James Silverton Potomac, Maryland
E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
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