Jose Calderon, a Mexican born chef, now making his mark on the world stage, won a USA National Sushi Society contest in order to represent the nation at this year’s Sushi Awards - The Seven Sushi Samurai contest in London.
The Seven Sushi Samurai are seven of the most outstanding sushi chefs from around the world, brought together under one roof for one night only. Each samurai creates a sushi dish for the Sushi Awards event, and serves it to the audience, who get to sample the world’s best of the best sushi. Selection of the samurai takes place under the careful eye of Mr. Masayoshi Kazato, Vice President of the All Japan Sushi Association. Each one has a proven reputation for producing the highest quality sushi and is representative of the most exciting sushi talent in his respective country, with many having triumphed in previous sushi skills contests.
Jeff is Sushi of the Year 2006 winner of The Seven Sushi Samurai contest in London.
The Seven Sushi Samurai are seven of the most outstanding sushi chefs from around the world, brought together under one roof for one night only. Each samurai creates a sushi dish for the Sushi Awards event, and serves it to the audience, who get to sample the world’s best of the best sushi. Selection of the samurai takes place under the careful eye of Mr. Masayoshi Kazato, Vice President of the All Japan Sushi Association. Each one has a proven reputation for producing the highest quality sushi and is representative of the most exciting sushi talent in his respective country, with many having triumphed in previous sushi skills contests.
The origin of the California roll is somewhat murky, but usually food historians credit Ichiro Mashita, sushi chef at the Tokyo Kaikan in Los Angeles with inventing the roll in the early 1970s. Mashita realized the oily texture of avocado was a perfect substitute for toro. He also eventually made the roll “inside-out”, i.e. uramaki, because Americans did not like seeing and chewing the nori on the outside of the roll.
Nobuyuki “Nobu” Matsuhisa (松久 信幸 Matsu-hisa Nobu-yuki; born 1949 in Saitama, Japan) is an international celebrity chef and restaurateur. Nobu is known for his fusion cuisine which blends traditional Japanese dishes with South American (Peruvian and Argentinian) ingredients. His signature dish is black cod in miso. He was also the pioneer of soft shell crab and shrimp tempura rolls, both attempts to please the western palate. Nobu is the co-owner (along with Robert De Niro, and managing partner Richie Notar[1]), and the executive chef of Nobu New York in TriBeCa, New York City. The success of Nobu New York spawned several similarly themed restaurants in New York City, Malibu, London, and Tokyo.
I had heard good things about it, and it looks quite nice. They also have other Asian food here. I have tried their Thai food and were very happy about that.
We were a small group of people so we ordered a whole lot of food. It was almost a treat. Almost.
From one of Japan’s leading sushi restaurant groups, a vastly experienced and award winning sushi guru with 38 years of experience as a chef, whose creations range from the authentic to the innovative. He will be competing as one of the contestants at The Seven Sushi Samurai contest in London in 2007.
The Seven Sushi Samurai are seven of the most outstanding sushi chefs from around the world, brought together under one roof for one night only. Each samurai creates a sushi dish for the Sushi Awards event, and serves it to the audience, who get to sample the world’s best of the best sushi. Selection of the samurai takes place under the careful eye of Mr. Masayoshi Kazato, Vice President of the All Japan Sushi Association. Each one has a proven reputation for producing the highest quality sushi and is representative of the most exciting sushi talent in his respective country, with many having triumphed in previous sushi skills contests.
Andrei is one of the rising stars of the vibrant Russian sushi scene. He is representing his country thanks to his victory at the Sushi Contest held in Moscow in February 2007 and will be one of the contestants of the The Seven Sushi Samurai contest in London in 2007.
The Seven Sushi Samurai are seven of the most outstanding sushi chefs from around the world, brought together under one roof for one night only. Each samurai creates a sushi dish for the Sushi Awards event, and serves it to the audience, who get to sample the world’s best of the best sushi. Selection of the samurai takes place under the careful eye of Mr. Masayoshi Kazato, Vice President of the All Japan Sushi Association. Each one has a proven reputation for producing the highest quality sushi and is representative of the most exciting sushi talent in his respective country, with many having triumphed in previous sushi skills contests.
We found out about this place from the Internet. It is located on the small island next to the one with the Notre Dame. It seems to be a very popular place among the Japanese in Paris, which is always a good way of telling where to get good sushi and sashimi. They say that delicacies made with sea urchins and eels are popular here.
When we went by there the first time it was packed, when we came there the second time they were about to close and when we tried to order in advance they were not going to be open that day, so no Isami for us. I still recommend it though.
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