India, Feb. 13 -- Before you casually tip your sushi-loaded chopsticks into the neatly coiffed little dollop of wasabi on your expensive and exotic platter, know that your favourite taste-bud tingling condiment - an absolute staple with your average sushi order - may not be what it's being presented as.

Now while this sounds rather sinister, it actually isn't. It's just logistics. But regardless, given the big bucks that sushi places both quick fix and high-end demand - and rightfully so, sushi rolling is an exquisite culinary art after all - we'd rather you know what you're putting in your mouth.

Right off the bat, the chances of your favourite sushi place - yes even the exorbitantly priced ones - serving you actual, real wasabi, is, w...