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.
Power Of Sushi - Funny videos are here
D.C. Benny is a stand up comedian who tried out unagi because it was suppose to work pretty much as Viagra. Really - I did not know this. The power of unagi… 
Funny guy.
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.
This video is from the movie “Wasabi” from 2001 with Jean Reno. He plays a French policeman that goes back to Japan to look for his wife and he seems to be able to consume an unusual amount of wasabi… Mmmm….not so sure.
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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.
I did not know how you open and eat a sea urchins straight from the ocean. Maybe I will have to try this at some point. They do make it sound good even though I have a hard time with things that look slimy…
What?? Ken Kawasumi was doing Kazari maki-zushi IN NORWAY??? Nooooooo… That hurts. I would have loved to be there! Luckily someone videotaped it.
It is almost sushi the Swedish chef is making, and it gives us a small view into how hard it is to kill a (muppet) fish! I sympathize with the swedish chef. Ordiibooordi fishy… Yeah. We pretty much talk the same language. And I think we have some similarities when it comes to cooking too!
What kind of sushi is this???
It is definately not for me.
This video is a brief introduction and shows you the initial knowledge you need to have to go to a sushi bar. It covers the topics of napkin, plate, hashi oki, chopsticks, dish for soy sauce. I see at the VideoJugs website that this video has created quite a discussion on what is actually correct and Japanese behavior. I don’t want to call myself as an expert, but I did see several things here that was a bit misleading. But - in general it does give you some initial pointers.
Here are some previous posts on how to eat sushi:
A very short video on how to make sweet pickled ginger or amazu shoga.
But, but, how do you make the sweet vinegar sauce???
I found this video of the dancing sushi chefs on MySpace. Aren’t they cute?
We found this great new video from our friends over at Tokyomade.com. You all remember the video that explains “The Japanese tradition of eating sushi“. This is another one in that series - called The Japanese Tradition - using chopsticks. Well. We use chopsticks while eating (some) sushi, right. Sashimi at least. Enjoy!
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