Sushi Dipping Shoyu

At a sushi bar, you will always find small pots every 3 feet or so along the counter. You will want to pour some liquid from one of these pots into a small individual saucer for dipping your sashimi or sushi. The sauce looks like pure shoyu, soy sauce, but it is a blend of shoyu, mirin (sweet cooking wine), and bonito fish flakes. The quality of tsuke-joyu (sushi dipping sauce) can vary widely from one restaurant to another. Indeed, it is true that the flavor of