So you think you know how to eat sushi...

Eating sushi can be tricky...

Should you use chopsticks? Eat it whole or bite it? There’s even an art to the dipping. Sushi master Koji Sawada has the basics for how he prefers to savor his sushi:

• Skip the chopsticks – use the hands. Chopsticks can squish or cause you to fumble some delicately created sushi. Do use your chopsticks to pick up shared items to add to your plate.

• If you are going to dip the sushi in soy sauce – dip it fish side down. Any rice in the sushi will absorb too much of the sauce.

• Put the whole thing into your mouth, fish to tongue – and savor the flavor and texture for a moment, without chewing.

Wasabi is not traditionally served with sushi – it’s for sashimi – raw fish without rice. The wasabi is smeared on the block that the sushi is pressed on and a serious sushi master may frown upon a customer asking for more. Some sushi snobs say excessive wasabi use exposes you as a novice.