Owner: Sushi or Death - for the addicted URL:http://www.sushiordeath.com Join Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:54:25 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: Sushi or Death contains restaurant reviews, how to's and other useful and not so useful information about sushi.
Sushi or Death is devoted to the pleasures of sushi, from preparation to eating. Helping people to understand, appreciate and most imp Site statistics:Click here
Trevor Corson teaches how to make sushi 2007-08-02 08:40:30 Trevor
Corson seems to be a popular guy these days. He is the author of the relatively new book The Zen of Fish which I already have recommended here on Sushi or Death. In this interview with The Washington Post he also shows us how to make sushi! It is pretty much the same things as I learned at the beginners class at the California Sushi Academy, and it is a nice and easy introduction to how to make sushi at home.
I could not link the video in here, but you can see it on the newspapers website.
Links:
The Washington Post - Not a Sushi Chef? Think again. (Video)
Trevor Corsons website
Café Japan - Golders Green, London 2007-08-02 05:45:07
Written by: Felix K., London
Café Japan
was another recommendation by a (Japanese!) friend. The restaurant is located close to Golders Green
tube station (Northern Line) and, as life goes sometimes, has a fellow sushi competitor right next door. We stuck to our original plan though and discovered that Café Japan, like Asakusa, is a small family run restaurant with a welcoming and comfortable atmosphere rather than the fancy interior often found in central London places. The many award certificates on the wall and the professional chefs busying themselves behind the sushi bar added to the comfort. The place was busy when we arrive and although it did quieten down I would still recommend making a reservation.
(more…)
Frozen sushi 2007-07-31 11:05:50
This focus on frozen and non frozen fish made me want to look into the issue a bit more. Since rules and regulations always just seem to be implemented but never go away, I wanted to see if anyone had tried and solve this issue from a “foodie point” of view. Not a health official point of view kind of. Because I don’t think most of them will ever be into sushi. They just know too much about what these little parasite buggers can do to you.
(more…) Read more:Frozen
Saikuzushi - festival sushi rolls 2007-07-31 08:28:28
This adorable old Japanese woman is 84 years old, and has been making nori maki since she was a little girl. Here she shows how to make saikuzushi, or festival sushi. This is considered an art form where rice is tinted different colors, sectioned off and rolled. When it is sliced, complex images are created. They say in this story that in that area, if a girl can’t make more than three of these rolls, she can’t marry!
Making saikuzushi is really hard, I have tried a couple of times and just gotten frustrated and the patterns have turned out looking nothing like art. I guess it takes a lot of practice. Good thing I am already married!
My top five sushi restaurants in Los Angeles 2007-07-30 17:16:49
Mmmmm. Sushi in LA is just fabulous! This summer I spent a month there, and one of my goals was trying out as many sushi places as I could. We ended up eating a lot of sushi…
I did go for known favorites, though. I read up in advance on sushi websites like citysearch and chowhound.com to avoid having too much mediocre or just plain bad sushi.
The funny thing was that I went to LA thinking I was mostly into fusion and modern sushi restaurants
, while I actually turned out to be quite a traditionalist… Super famous restaurants like “The Hump” did not even make it to my top 5 list… But that might be a different story. More on that later. Well. Here is my list.
(more…) Read more:Angeles
, Los Angeles
Introduction to Bento box art 2007-07-30 17:14:31
Bentō (弁当 or べんとう) is a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine. A traditional bento consists of rice, fish or meat, and one or more pickled or cooked vegetables as a side dish.
Containers range from disposable mass produced to hand crafted lacquer ware. While bento are readily available at convenience stores and bento shops (弁当屋, bentō-ya?) throughout Japan, it is still considered an essential skill of a Japanese housewife (Hey!? What about the skills of the househusband? Huh?) to be able to prepare an appealing boxed lunch.
(more…) Read more:Bento
, Introduction
Chowhound - for those who love to eat 2007-07-30 15:13:58
Chow.com one of the most popular web sites devoted to food and drink, and a lot of their users are seriously devoted to sushi! Their goal is to inject that sensibility into its smorgasbord of recipes, restaurant reviews, party hints, video tutorials and coverage of the marketing and culture of food. What I have used the most is their reviews of sushi restaurant. If there is a place I have heard of, I can be almost sure that it has a review on this site already. Here is what they say about themselves:
(more…)
The worlds longest sushi roll 2007-07-29 17:49:59
About 1,300 people participated, both young and old in “Top of Japan jumbo paste tuna roll rally”. The maki was a tekka maki (Tuna roll) and consisted of 240 kg of big eye tuna, 490 kg of sushi rice 490, 2,020 sheets of nori and as mentioned - 1,300 people, young and old did the deed. Fantastic! I have a problem rolling them with only me involved…
(more…)
Sushi factsheet - Norwegian regulations 2007-07-29 16:57:31
Writing about the new EU-regulations and the reaction they got in the UK, I also wanted to find out what this means for Norwegian
sushi restaurants. I think they already have to comply with these regulations. This is a factsheet I found on the Norwegian Food Safety Authority’s website, which go in more detail about what is legal to do with raw fish in Norway.
To summarize: Norwegian farmed fish does not need to be frozen to be eaten raw, but most other imported and wild fish must be (fishrasism? :)). The frozen fish must reach an internal temperature of - 20 °C or lower for at least 24 hours. This has to be documented - both of the supplier and the restaurant. Restaurants etc. must be able to document also how they ensure control of the potential health risk posed by food sold. In the end I guess it is up to us sushi eater to ask for these this documentation, but I can’t ever see myself actually doing that. I want to trust that the sushi chef wants me well.
(more&hell Read more:Sushi
Yummy looking KOO-KI SUSHI 2007-07-29 13:41:28
In 1994, Karen “Suedy” Sasaki saw an announcement in a magazine for a national cookie contest and wondered if she could come up with something to do with a cookie that had not been done before…
Then one day when she was pressing a sticky cookie mixture into a pan, it reminded her of pressing rice onto nori when she made sushi with her grandmother. That was it! A cookie-based sushi with chocolate and confections for the toppings and fillings.
(more…) Read more:Yummy
EU fish regulations upsets sushi chefs 2007-07-29 08:42:01
Sushi chefs claim that a European Union health and safety directive about freezing fish would ruin the quality of their food.
I think there will always be a fight between health inspectors and raw fish makers… Sushi chefs who train for years to become sushi masters, will argue that freezing and then defrosting the fish can ruin the quality, especially the texture of popular breeds such as salmon, mackerel and whitefish. Health Safety Agencies are more concerned with that people accidentally get sick from eating infected, raw fish.
(more…)
Looking for good sushi in New York? 2007-07-28 16:13:39
Greg Lippmann, a securities trader at Deutsche Bank in New York
eats (at least ate) sushi as many as six times a week. Having grown tired of friends’ endless requests for recommendations, he created The Sushi Spreadsheet.
The list was last updated back in 2004, so I am not sure if all of these are still around, or that his ratings still apply. But we are happy that people do such things. It is in good Sushi or Death spirit and we applaude mr. Lippmann!
Links and attachment
The Lippmann sushi list - New York (pdf)
Most Excel-lent Sushi - original article
Sushi haiku 2007-07-27 06:43:54
Since I am quite into poetry myself, I wanted to see if sushi had inspired anyone to become especially eloquent.
I found this Sushi
Haiku by Franz L Kessler. While traditional hokku/haiku focused on nature and the place of humans in nature, modern haiku poets often consider any subject matter suitable, whether related to nature, an urban setting, or even a technological context.
(more…)
Windows Sushi 2007-07-26 11:28:32
Is it Windows
loading sushi - or sushi loading Windows?
This is an old image, I know, but it is still really funny, so I wanted it on here too. I think I want to add a category that I will call bento box art! I love the creativity that goes into a lot of these peoples lunch boxes! This is my first post in that category and is one lunch box that must have taken a while to make. If I were Bill Gates I would have been very proud! He inspired to food art!
(more…) Read more:Sushi
Cute sushi Flash game 2007-07-25 09:17:08
I don’t read Thai, but I get enough to understand that this cute little Flash
game, Shusi, is your chance to try life as a sushi chef! You have to make the nigiri sushi pieces and put them on the plates of the guests. These girls will leave very upset if you don’t do it correctly!
(more…)
Sustainable sushi 2007-07-24 15:58:45
A British sushi chain called Moshi Moshi claim they believe in the fundamental principles of Japanese culinary tradition, and “strive to use only the freshest seasonal ingredients to create food which is bold in its simplicity”. Since the world’s fish stocks are in decline because of modern fishing practices and climate change, Moshi Moshi participates in the “Invest in Fish” campaign to change the way fish are caught and eat fish so as to protect fish stocks.
(more…) Read more:Sustainable
Fish boosts babies’ communication & social skills 2007-07-23 14:55:02
A study from the US National Institutes of Health and Bristol University that questioned 11,875 pregnant women on their dietary habits found that eating more fish during pregnancy resulted in significant, measurable benefits to the communication
skills and social standing of their children seven years later.
(more…)
Feel like some paper sushi? 2007-07-23 09:30:59
Going looking for things related to your hobby can lead you to weird things.
This website makes very nice cut-out illustrations of sushi. Well, I thought they were very cute. Not really that appetizing, but what do you expect from paper
? Eh…
(more…)
Sushi Competition - London 2007-07-22 05:02:15
Here everyone are invited to “be a part of sushi history and win fantastic prizes!” To take part in the contest you to come up with an idea for a new kind of sushi that includes vinegared sushi rice. Your entry will be judged by the Seven Sushi
Samurai based on the criteria of taste, presentation and originality.
(more…)
Albacore Tuna recipe competition 2007-08-04 16:55:46
The overfishing of bluefin tuna stocks has led sushi chefs to look for good alternatives. Horse meet and deer meat have been mentioned. But there are also alternative fish out there. Tuna even. Canadian albacore tuna is a runner up.
So in that context I would like to help promote the 1st international BC-CANADIAN albacore tuna recipe competition
. They are currently looking for contestants with exciting recipes. Hey Allison. You don’t even have to go there. Well, when you win maybe.
(more…)
Gigantic Sushi Restaurant in Tokyo 2007-08-04 16:13:34
In Tokyo
, there is a sushi restaurants called Kyubey, that is a massive five-story eatery. It resides in the fashionable Tokyo’s Ginza district, and has served fish to Japanese and Western power brokers for 72 years. This is a place where famous people get private rooms with a personal sushi chef slicing up 35 kinds of fish brought in daily from the Tsukiji fish market or directly ordered from all over Japan.
(more…) Read more:Sushi
Sushi Celebrity - Nicole Richie 2007-08-04 10:48:24 Nicole Richie
is another pregnant star being haunted by the media for her sushi habits. Or dietary habits in general. Lack of them, maybe? Well - someone told “Star” that sushi is one of Nicole’s favorite takeout foods.
But celebrity nutritionist (I would love to hear her describe her job…) Christine Bybee, who by the way does not treat Nicole, cautions that sushi could be dangerous to a developing fetus. “She especially shouldn’t eat tuna because of the high mercury levels in the fish,” she cautions. “I’d also avoid it if she breast-feeds.” (Kind of funny statement…I would avoid it if SHE breast-feeds…?)
(more…) Read more:Celebrity
, Nicole Richie
, Sushi
Twinkie sushi 2007-08-03 05:00:08
Another one of the cake/cookie sushi versions. I am not that into cakes. Really! I think that proper sushi is a lot better for you, but I am a sucker for silly things like this. Hostess Food is always looking for new and fun recipes for their products. Here it is the Twinkie
that ends up being served as sushi!
Items Needed:
3 Hostess Twinkies
Assorted dried fruits
Assorted fruity candies
2 green fruit roll ups
Dried mangoes (looks like pickled ginger)
(more…)
Absolute sustainability to help save our fish! 2007-08-07 07:31:56
I have a new hero. His name is William McDonough and he is an architect and designer. He thinks AND ACTS (!) like I wish all people did, including myself - because we all do and create things that impact others. He always starts designing by asking how our buildings and products can take into account “all children, all species, for all time.”
(more…) Read more:Absolute
How to make a Sumosan Roll 2007-08-07 04:14:20
This video shows you how to make a Sumosan roll, which is named after the Sumosan Restaurant. I have to say that now the online “how-to tutorials” are starting to be really good! This was a very nice video, which focused not only on how to prepare it but also how to present it. Beautiful!
Sushi chef - Yutaka Saito 2007-08-06 17:03:28 Online reviews praise this Seattle sushi chef highly. According to one website, visiting Japanese baseball players swear by Yutaka
Saito’s specialties, such as fresh ankimo (monkfish liver). For Saito the Sushi
training began in Japan when he was only fifteen years old. A chef at heart, Saito received further training into his twenties until he left his native Japan and moved to the United States. He settled in the Seattle-Tacoma area. Keeping up the art of preparing Sushi, Saito maintains strong connections to his mentor in Japan. He eagerly awaits the expected arrival of his mentor’s son, who will join Saito’s cuisine team in Seattle.
(more…)
Know your seafood! 2007-08-06 16:32:33
The Seafood Watch is a program of Monterey Bay Aquarium designed to raise consumer awareness about the importance of buying seafood
from sustainable sources. On their great website they recommend which seafood to buy or avoid, helping us to become advocates for environmentally friendly seafood.
(more…)
Sushi for dummies 2007-08-06 15:39:28 The book concept of “Whatever for Dummies” is kind of cool. They are not very cool to have in your book collection necessarily, but as an introduction to a new field - they are quite brilliant.
They also have two books on sushi - one that’s called “Sushi
for Dummies” and the other one “Cooking around the World for Dummies”.
Figuring out how to eat sushi politely can be confusing at first, but if you remember the tips in these books, you’re sure to display good sushi manners in a Japanese friend’s home or at a sushi bar. I also learned a bit more about the different types of sushi (I keep mixing up the names…). Following are descriptions of the different kinds of sushi from their website:
(more…)
Introducing Wasabi of the Superpretzels 2007-08-05 10:56:27
Wasabi is a cute pretzel that live the Wasabi way. Which is not always easy… This is just a marketing campaign for J&J Snack Food, but I am a sucker for cute, talking food so I relay the info. At least they made an effort and got some really funny characters out of it. Like Wasabi who gets picked on by the Wasabi peas when he was a kid… Let him introduce himself:
“I was born a poor pretzel and grew up farming the great wasabi fields of Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Farming is difficult for a pretzel. You get very soft when it rains, and it is hard to hold farm implements when you have only pretzel nubs instead of hands.
(more…) Read more:Introducing
Recommend Site To A Friend
