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Thursday, July 21st, 2016
We headed out to our Sushi Making Experience where we learned how to make sushi. Complete with Sushi Uniforms and hats we learned how the rice was prepared and how to shape the rice to make Sushi. I had taken a Sushi class before at a Sur La Table and knew going into this that Sushi making is not easy. You don’t take anyone off the street and train them for a day and have them start making sushi.
This class reconfirmed what I had learned in the last one. The rice is poured into a wooden bowl, rice vinegar is added and then the rice is worked. If it is not stirred the correct way the flavor isn’t right. Sushi Chefs spend years working on perfecting the rice before they can move on to making sushi.
The biggest challenge of the class is working with the rice. If your hands aren’t wet, or if you handle the rice too long, it begins to stick. Sticky rice is called sticky for a reason and it sticks to everything and can be challenging to get off. I thought I did a pretty good job with what I made but it was nowhere near as nice as what I would find at my local grocery store.
After we finished our lessons and made our Sushi, we ate our lunch. It turns out that Malaka (our host) is not an adventurous eater. She let someone else have her sushi. After eating one bite he face turned red and he commented on her liberal use of Wasabi. It was a funny moment.
At the end of the meal, we were all presented with our certificates and a gift bag with a mug and a few other items. It was a nice touch to a really nice event. Although I am now certified, Sushi is something that I will leave to the pros!
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