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I usually only get sushi from all you can eat buffets. I understand it has ZERO actual wasabi or maybe just a very small percentage of lucky. But most places are like that these days.
Regardless, I notice that the first couple of bites of fish and wasabi I can eat it with hardly any problems. But by the fifth or eighth piece, my eyes are watering and I am trying not to choke on it.
I am using essentially the same amount of wasabi, on essentially the same sized fish. Only it becomes harder to manage with each bite. And as far as I know I am topping the fish and eating it the same way, as in the wasabi does or does not hit different parts of my mouth first. Thank you.
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It doesn’t leave your mouth entirely, so the effect is cumulative. Same for your sinuses- the residue compounds.
You shouldn’t be using an amount of wasabi on a single piece. Most of us forgo using much or any at all.
If you’re consuming more than the tip of a chopsticks worth in a meal, you’re eating too much.
Tell me something: why did you link a bunch of photos of wasabi up there?
I love that part!
I love horseradish with a passion…. I don’t experience this though. Usually it’s a short burst of spicy at a time that quickly goes away and doesn’t build up at all….
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Probably cause that rubbish ain’t wasabi and is that powdered bollocks.
Are you shotgunning the sushi?? The only way you’re going to get that is if 1) it’s really shitty quality and is spiced somehow with something else or 2) you’re downing more than you should and aren’t giving your body time to “get rid of” it – the burn should go away fairly quickly. There’s a burn and then it fades and doesn’t come back – not like capsaicin that just keeps burning and burning.
If you’re having trouble handling this, try eating something without wasabi between bites like a cucumber or California roll to give yourself a break.
Buffets are meant to make you uncomfortable and stop
I haven’t noticed anything like that.
I put the wasabi in the soy sauce and dip. Never had an issue
I had grocery store sushi today (sue me) and was wondering about the wasabi: some pieces hit like hell and have me crying and others just … taste good. Horseradish-y I guess. Why would that be? I haven’t had the opportunity to try authentic wasabi so have nothing to compare it to
Horseradish/imitation wasabi loses potency the longer it sits out. I’ve had some grocey store sushi that had wasabi weak enough you could pop an entire spoonful in your mouth without a hint of burn. It could just be that the outer part of your wasabi blob has been exposed to air long enough to weaken it and you only start to feel the burn as you get to the unaffected inner part. If it’s a buffet with a communal bowl you scoop it out of, it’s probably sat out more than long enough for this to happen.
It clears the sinuses
Instead of wasabi or powdered horseradish
Go to reputable sushi bar , and ask for pickle wasabi or kizame wasabi
It’ll change ur life
I’ve never heard of or experienced this
The fat content in the fish neutralizes the burn. So the fattier the piece, the more wasabi you can use without it burning. So sounds to me like you’re eating eating stuff like salmon and fattier tuna first and leaner pieces like shrimp and octopus last.
I’m gonna tell you, for me, it’s the ginger. It gives me esophagitis.
Wasabi should not be doing that to you. It should be a shorter, more nasal burn and then you’re done. The only explanation that I can think of is that you’re either shoving pieces of sushi into your mouth really really fast constantly, or you’re allergic to it.