These past few weeks we have been studying the hot entree side of the kitchen going through all the traditional types of cooking - raw, grill, steam, simmer, deep fry, noodle dishes, rice dishes and now finally, what we've all signed up for! There were some good meals in the other types of cookery but this sushi stuff is the bomb! We were also studying ettiquette, napkin folds, displays, plating, etc. From today on, we will studying only sushi - other wise called ham mono.
My instructor - Sensei - was telling us our goal when we complete school is to make one cucumber roll (kappa) in one minute. We all thought that is really fast but he said a poor sushi chef can make 160 rolls in one hour - that's alittle over 2 1/2 rolls per minute! Then an average sushi chef can make 180 rolls in an hour... and a really good chef, well this person can make 200+ rolls in one hour - and this is making the roll, cutting it and plating it. That is really fast.
flower cucumber roll with sesame seeds - it definately took me longer than a minute!
california roll (top)
cucumber roll with sesame seeds
spicy tuna roll (top)
california roll with tobiko
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