Austin Otaku with a Knife? Attending a Sushi Workshop

Frightened

by Austin Otaku on July 26, 2009

Having  joined the Japan-America Society of Greater Austin as part of my new commitment to learn Japanese, I decided to go to my first JASGA event this weekend – a Sushi Workshop. Jorge, the head sushi chef at Kenichi (419 Colorado St.), taught a large turn-out how to prepare a California roll and a spicy tuna roll.

The event hosts showed how to properly prepare rice for sushi, including picking out the right grain of rice, how to wash it, and how to mix in the rice vinegar, sugar and salt to make the rice shiny. Then Jorge showed how to slice and dice the ingredients and roll them all together.

Rice PreparationSushi Workshop Attendees Watch Cucumber Slicing
Slicing the Yellowfin TunaJorge Preparing Spicy Tuna
Rolling the Spicy Tuna RollCutting up the Spicy Tuna Roll
My Failed California Roll AttemptJorge, Eri, and Kako

Fortunately, I left the event with all of my fingers intact, but I can’t say that my California roll held together very well. At least it tasted pretty good.

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SushiTail July 29, 2009 at 9:21 pm

The workshop looks like a lot of fun from the pictures. I hope the Japan-America Society in Portland hosts a workshop like this someday.

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