On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 11:19:20 AM UTC-4, Nancy2 wrote:
> I have never had sushi but I often see restaurant scenes where pieces are dipped into
> a sauce...in that case, chopsticks would be necessary.

For nigiri (something on top of a little oval of rice), you're
supposed to dip the fish, not the rice, and it's easy to do
that barehanded.

For maki (rolled up in seaweed), you can touch the seaweed to the
soy sauce (the most common dip for sushi).

In any event, you're not supposed to drench the piece of sushi in
sauce, or you won't be able to taste the rice.

Good rice (properly cooked and seasoned) is crucial to good sushi.

Cindy Hamilton