Sashimi - Raw Fish - When Japan

Sashimi – Raw Fish

Next to Sushi, Sashimi is another raw fish delicacy that isn’t as famous but could be considered a less carbs-intensive alternative to it’s rice based cousin. Eat with lashings of soy sauce and Wasabi.
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Sashimi can be thought of as low-carbs Sushi, although the cuts of fish meat are not necessarily the same and the experience is unique enough to separate it out from cousin Sushi (usually a Sushi restaurant will not serve a particularly huge selection of Sashimi, if at all).

There are no Sashimi only restaurants so you will find good Sashimi at high-quality Wa-shoku (Japanese cuisine) restaurants and also at general Japanese pubs (Izakaya). It tends to be ordered along with other dishes, usually after someone in the group sees it on the menu and says something like “oh, let’s order some Sashimi!”, causing instant approval all round.

Usually a “mori-awase” is ordered, which contains several types of fish as in the pictures below. Individual fish are not usually ordered, but are often on the menu. Add soy sauce and Wasabi as you see fit. It is perfectly acceptable to eat the white radish the Sashimi sits on (after everyone has eaten the fish first, of course). Dip it in soy sauce. You can also eat the leaves.