Sushi and Fish

Sushi is one of the most famous and traditional foods in Japan. Most Japanese like sushi and even foreign people do. However, only a few people know how to make sushi correctly. Just making sushi is very simple. you just hold rice with your hand and make a shape and put raw fish on it. However, if you want to make good sushi, it is not so easy. You will need to practice a lot to make sushi properly. It is said that it takes you more than 10 years to be a good sushi chef. However, don't worry about it. Once you know how to make sushi, you will become able to make sushi at home and serve it to your family. Actually, I used to work for a sushi company as a chef for a long time, so I know the process of how to make sushi a bit. Therefore, I'm going to tell you how to make sushi at home. When you make sushi at home, you have to prepare several things in advance. At first, you should get good and fresh fish. It 's very important because you use raw fish. Actually it is not so hard for you to choose fresh fish. You will be able to distinguish fresh ones easily if you look at and smell fish carefully. However, It is very difficult to choose good fish. Fresh fish don't always taste good. You will need to have a lot of experiences to tell between them. Therefore, that's the biggest difference between you and a good sushi chef. Secondly, you have to prepare a knife. When you cut fish, it is better to use a knife for fish. The knife is quite different from an ordinary knife. An ordinary knife usually has two edges, but a knife for fish has only one side edge, It is a special knife for cutting fish and it is very useful when you slice fish for sushi. However, it doesn't matter even if you don't have one. You can substitute an ordinary knife for the fish knife if you sharpen it. Then, when you slice raw fish, you have to be careful about the cut direction. Fish have a lot of strings on their bodies. They stream in the same direction. Therefore, make sure you cut fish