Sushi Club - not just eating

For alot of you who thinks that Sushi Club is only for eating, you'd be wrong.  This round, Carl, the founder and manager of chaos for the club, leads an annual Japan tour.  While not all of us can make that trip.  He also made sure that he got us some Japanese culture.

This time, we had a sushi class for specialty sushi... for the times you've seen the sushi chef rolled out all of the sushi rolls, now you have a chance to learn for yourself how they are made.

First, Carl taught us the secret of spicy salmon that you can do at home.  Since it's a 'secret', I won't diverge the details here.  But it's easier than you think.  So naturally, we made the Spicy Salmon Roll.  It's not as hard as I thought.

Then, we made the Caterpillar Roll.  Even though I'm not a big fan of avocado, it is a crucial part of the roll.  I'm just interested in the unagi inside the roll.  

On top of that, Carl told us that he has great luck at H Mart for fresh ingredients.   Personally, I like going to Daido on fish ingredients.  They always have sushi grade cut fish available every time I go there. 

Here's Carl with his fancy Japanese knife helping my friend Angie cut her roll.

This is what he's cutting.  A tightly rolled sushi, just with rice and a bit of avocado thinnly spread on the rice.

When you cut it vertically this is what it looks like.  It is to prep the final bit:

The Window Roll, ta da!  Ok, it's not as pretty as it could've been, but you get the idea.  I guess I should've put another cucumber in the center to hold it up better, but you know what we're trying to do here.

The Sushi Club had brought Jiro Dreams of Sushi in conjunction with MFAH.   Carl also put together sushi dinner with movies too.  So, we don't just go to eat, although it's the love of sushi that brought us together.  We do other things too.  Special thank you Carl for all your hard work and manage the chaotic request that we kept throwing at you.

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