A video that shows you how to cut a sushi roll. It also goes a little into how to plate it, and you can see that this chef has done it before…
Making sushi is a treat. It is a lot of work, but most of all it is a lot of fun! Here is a video on how to teach the kids how to make sushi with you. She is not a sushi master, but still - she makes it easy for the kids to understand how. It requires some effort to get good at this, so why not start young? Sushi you made yourself always tastes good!
The size of a nigiri sushi piece differs from restaurant to restaurant. The best fit between a piece and a persons actual size of mouth comes when you sit at the counter and the chef actually pays attention to the guest being served. In an article I read in the Nikkei Weekly some of weeks ago, the sushi chef Yosuke Imada of Kuybey in Tokyo could tell us that about “250 grains of rice is just the right size for a person to eat a piece of sushi in one go and to be able to fully relish the taste”.
>> Continue reading ‘Sushi science - counting grains’
Instructables has a great post on the do’s and don’ts when you make bento boxes. It is very nicely written with illustrations and images. This “instructable” (their name for a tutorial) attempts to provide the basic design principles, resources for obtaining the necessary tools, and some of the traditional rules of making a beautiful and delicious bento box. I was both inspired and learned a lot from this tutorial.
>> Continue reading ‘Crafting a Bento Box’
I have not made much sashimi at home I have to admit. Cutting the fish for it is still a bit scary to me, but this video helped make it look easy. Easier… I have also previously posted another video covering sashimi - how to make sashimi from salmon, yellow tail and tuna.
An article I read in the Nikkei Weekly the other day tells us that a western sushi trend make it big in Japan; wine with sushi - and westernized sushi at that. So to keep up - here is a video on how to choose the right wine with your sushi.
Fruit Sushi By Chef Terrance Fong - For more video clips, click here
This is a dessert variant of sushi, where you get tips to how to use your left over rice. By preparing the rice and adding fruit you get a great dessert. Will try this next time I have some rice to spare.
Here the sushi chef explains in Japanese his technique on how to make nigiri sushi. I don’t get all of it, but his motions are useful. Anyone care to translate in a comment?
This video from Videojug.com shows you also how to fillet and prepare a round fish - which in the end means cook it, but what I liked to learn was just to fillet it. Not sure if I am up for trying just yet though. Need to get more used to cutting up just fish filets first…. (Sissy, I know…)
So 90 degrees to the texture of the fish, huh? Good to know!
Just make sure it you are not cutting a Bluefin tuna.
