Hi!
I'm Micaela!
I'm Sharla~!
I think this is the first time collaboration video we've made in like, a year.
At LEAST a year!
It's crazy, hi!
We talk all the time, but we never make videos!
Yeah, we're still friends, by the way.
We like each other.
Today we're in Azabujuban, here in Tokyo, and we are about to take a cooking class!
Right in this building here.
Sharla, do you do a lot of Japanese cooking?
Japanese cooking? Like, the basic stuff. Like, curry, or, oyakodon, the really simple things..
Baby stuff, baby stuff.
I don't really make Japanese food either, I'm really bad at it.
I'm like, really nervous because it's not food that I've been raised with my whole life?
Like I'm more confident making stuff that I ate growing up.
For sure, yeah, because you watch your parents make it.
Um, yeah.
So today we're going to learn how to make some SUSHI!
Sushi!
Fancy sushi though, not like regular sushi! Yeah, not like your boring-ass "Sushiro" sushi.
Hey!
We're going to make the most beautiful--- Sorry.
We're going to make the most beautiful sushi you've ever seen! Probably. Maybe. I hope
so.
Pray for us!
Alright, let's go!
Today, Sharla and I are participating in Arigato Japan's cooking class in Tokyo, to learn how
to make some really visually pleasing and fun decoration sushi..
THE most important part of making sushi is learning how to properly make the sushi rice,
which is something we learned right away.
Ohhh!
So good~
So we're putting in, what is it ? Sakura Denbu.
And this is what's going to turn the sushi rice into pink sushi rice.
Oh it is really fishy.
So is that the only purpose that this stuff has ?
Like I guess that's what they sell it for right ?
Yeah, for sushi and bentos.
This is the color I want my hair~
With our pink rice ready. it's time to make the sakura leaves for our sushi. This is a
great way to practice placing the sushi rice on the seaweed and using the bamboo roller,
as you need to prepare about five pink rolls for the flower petals.
Alright, so, what are we doing?
Haha, I don't know.
Cover everything except for 3 centimetres? So, maybe we leave a 3 centimetre gap at the
top.
Are we allowed to start ?
Yeah.
I think I'm almost done!
How thick do we want it?
I don't know, pretty thin I bet.
Oooh.
Oops.
Yeah, that's probably too much.
Shhh.
Are you ready?
I'm almost ready.
How's our flower looking?
Do you think it's going to look like a flower?
Sharla's the keeper of the flower.
It looks like a flower, I think it'll look like a flower.
Yeah, when we slice it, it'll look good.
I'm beginning to understand how this will come together.
Oh, oh! It's happening!
More rice! I will give you rice.
I need more rice!?
We left too big of a gap.
Okay, oh.
It doesn't cover it.
IT'LL TASTE GOOD!
It'll look nice... when we... Alright.
Full disclosure, I don't know what I'm doing. I am not a real chef.
Maybe this one is... There's a wrinkle in your seaweed.
Let's try and fix it.
Can we fix it??
Nooo, everyone's watching me.
Anytime fixable!
That looks good!
I might have done it!
It's so big!
She's making it better.
My pride~~
Just keep squeezing until you've got...
a hard, firm, sushi roll.
Alright Sharla, the fate of our sushi depends on you.
No!
Good! Good job!
Oh!
How is it?
Oh my god it's beautiful!
Hey!
We did it!
Is this ours??
Yay!
This is the crowning achievement, this is the highest point my life, I'm very proud
of us today.
With the remaining sushi rice, we decided to get creative and create our own "temari
sushi".
Are you EATING?
Sharla's eating and she's not even done cooking.
Temari sushi is very easy to make. and there are hardly any rules, all you need is sushi
rice and your favorite toppings, you can even make vegetarian or vegan sushi this way if
you want.
Now I'm eating the rice too.
Once you've learned the proper techniques for decoration sushi, you're only limited
by your own creativity and imagination!
Itadakimasu~
It's so good!
The rice is so good!
And you made it yourself so it's like, there's like a sense of pride.
You done good.
That was good!
Oh, it's not falling apart!
I thought the sakura leaves would taste more fishy.
Yeah, right? Because they smelled very fishy!
It's good though!
All in all, i'd say it was a pretty successful class.
If you're interested in knowing more about Arigato Japan's cooking courses, I'll put
a link in the description box below.
I also took a Japanese dessert course, so I'll be uploading that video next week.
I hope I see you then!