dishes of the meal. Soy sauce is the usual condiment, and sushi is normally served with a small sauce dish or a compartment in the bento. Traditional etiquette suggests that the sushi is turned over so that only the topping is dipped to flavor it; the rice—which has already been seasoned with rice wine vinegar, sugar, salt, mirin, and kombu—would otherwise absorb too much soy sauce and would fall apart. Traditionally, the sushi chef will add an appropriate amount of wasabi to the sushi while preparing it, and the diner should not add more. However, today, wasabi is more a matter of personal taste, and even restaurants in Japan may serve wasabi on the side for customers to use at their discretion, even when there is wasabi already in the dish. Utensils used in making sushi Gallery See also , Filipino fermented fish and rice similar to , Korean variant of Customs and etiquette in Japanese dining List of sushi and sashimi ingredients List of sushi restaurants , Thai fermented fish and rice similar to , sushi presented on nude female body , Japanese knife to slice raw fish and seafood Spam musubi, Hawaiian variant of Sushi machine References Further reading External links WikiHow page on making sushi rice Articles containing video clips Japanese cuisine Seafood dishes Japanese rice dishes National dishes Seafood and rice dishes Potentially dangerous food Sliced foods Types of food Uncooked fish dishes Japanese words and phrases