uni

Today's class was way cool. We all had a chance to dissect a sea urchin (uni)... it was better than a biology class! Taking a pair of scissors, we had to cut out the mouth in order to break it open. There's a lot of teeth too. Amaze me! It's a good thing they only feed on seaweed.

sorry folks...kinda graphic but I thought the sea urchin mouth was really cool. We cut it out in order to get to the eggs. And wear gloves because the spikes leach their dye and it gets all over the place - can't be making purple nigiri.

sea urchin - it's a spendy dish but tasty. The yellowish brown goop is the only portion you eat out of the sea urchin... it's the eggs. There are 5 egg pouches per creature.

you can have any type of nigiri as long as it's squid... we have different types of cutting skills but all the nigiri on this platter is squid... except for the cucumber and the orange stuff is tobiko (flying fish roe) mixed with strips of squid.

nigiri platter - tuna, sea urchin, halibut and pompano

the famous fish chips I was telling you about yesterday. dried, deep fried and seasoned... they are crispy crunchy just like a chip. almost everyone in class likes them. almost.