Hi mate, how are you doing?
I'm doing alright. How about you?
It could be worse. Yourself?
I've been trying to up my Sushi game recently
but I keep failing when I make stuff
I can do better
You need both, mate
You wouldn't happen to anyone or anywhere
who could bring our Sushi coronary effort to the next level, would you?
I know just the place, actually
You for a little train journey?
That I am
Done, let's go
Are you cool if we go tomorrow? -Why not?
Alright, let's go
The place we had in mind?
None other than Umemori-san's Sushi cooking school in Nara
We managed to get an invite on their way to make a special kind of Sushi
They have the Ume. How nice
Sushi school welcome out here today
Konnichiwa!
Welcome
nice to meet you
I'm the Sushi master Yasu
Okami Setsuko
Let's do it
We are famous for making Temari-Sushi
Temari are wrapped in Wasabi leaves
As Temari are quite unique, once you open it, people are surprised
temari sushi are really cute and the girls love it
After that lovely greeting, we would put on some clothes suitable to making sushi
It's got a summer feeling. It's like Yukata or Jimbei
Ok very nice
Oh enjoying the wear
So handsome looking
Hair sticking out
So cool looking
So this is a Happi, you see them worn during festivals
wearing over normal clothes
Today we're wearing one for Sushi because they look cool
That is the character for Matsuri
or the "festival" on the back
So the idea is to have fun while making sushi, like in a festival
Before we make the sushi, let's mix rice and vineger
The rice we use today is called Ashimai, which we use at our school
The top notch rice in Japan
This is quite a rare type of rice
People here often eat "Koshihikari", but this one is the original
The amount is low, but it's a really high class rice fitted for Sushi
I am left handed
Hard to mix Sushi
There we go
So Dave had all the fun so I'm going to do it
Something is quite not right
The angle is wrong
The master is showing
Try again
The rice is too wet now
Now it's getting better
We've done our preparation now
The ingredients, mainly the rice is very very simple
It's vinegar, salt and sugar
I'm going to give a test now how the flavor is like
This is from preparation
Be careful you don't throw it in
Next step, with our Gas Sun
you know it's powerful
Okami-san will lead us to the various steps to making this type of Sushi
measuring out the grammage for example
You don't want too much, you don't want too little. You want that goldilocks zone
Just right
Then wrapping the Sushi and
twisting it in a particular way
which gives it that signature circular shape
So this is called Kinome
also known as "Sansho"
We're going to give it a slap, which will give it the flavor
Already a flavor to it. It's really good
We're arranging the Sushi now on the plate,
It's interesting to know the artistic details
We have the gold flake
also symmetry
As you place each item on the plate,
You want everything to align
Have that symmetry as you would have a piece of art
Now I'm going to challenge myself to their signature dish
which is the flower arrangement sushi, which is really hard to do
And I'm not really good at it so let's see how it turns out
no pressure
There we go
Looking good
Where do I lay it at the end?
Anywhere is ok
Finally, open up the petals without destroying it
Excellent. Well made
I've surprised myself
So that's what the professional's look like
wonderful
So it begins
You should know, what we're using is a little unorthodox,
and that's on purpose
It's to have fun
Because making Sushi is fun
There is a lot of traditional stuff,
enjoy that, and educate yourself on it,
but whatever it gets you involved and have intrest in this work of art,
is allowed
So enjoy yourself when doing it
Sea urchin
Japanese pepper
Cream cheese
Tomato in many colors
And what is this? -Mozarella cheese
Mozarella and...salmon roe
And?
Bacon!
We added a bit of salt and pepper on this bacon
And jamon serrano
And sliced cucumber
For this, we cut it in a unique way
It's long
And this is....spare rib
Finally, steak
It's actually flavored in steak sauce
And?
Olive oil
Onion chip
mustard
You can use this in parties as well
Bacon, first level. Level 1
Tomato
It may not be traditional, but I think it 's going to be delicious
Finally after our hard work, we got to sit down and enjoy that delicious Sushi
Who am I kidding? It wasn't hard work at all
It was so fun learning how to do it
with great hosts
And to top it all off, Umemori-san was willing to answer a few questions we have for him
Big final thanks to Umemori-san
and their whole staff for the wonderful experience
Taking away something from this video,
traditional ingredients are awesome and delicious,
but if you want to experience, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that
Exactly
You just saw us using different kinds of ingredients
Let us know in the comment section what your combination choice is
Final note, Luke and I went on a hike to this beautiful mountain in Kyoto
We're going to put that up in a card, so if you want to check that out
please do
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Catch you guys in the next video
If this video has provided you with the desire to learn how to make
Temari-sushi properly,
Umemori-san was kind enough to provide us with a link
to his Udemy course
You'll find it in the link down below
Take care