For the table set up I neatly placed four large bowls onto a plate which sat on top of a flax woven place mat. I then carefully lit 5 tea light candles and placed them towards the end of the table, later I lit a large red candle and sat it neatly onto a flat metal fish. I then lay 3 more mats on the table for the food that would come later. Neatly I placed four crystal wine glasses on the table and attached a little ring with a fish or another little icon on each glass. Since I am not permitted to serve alcohol, I had to bare with juice. I would wait for every one to sit down then ask them if they wanted any juice. This was followed by four more ordinary glasses that I placed on the table next to the wine glasses, these glasses were for the green tea.
The entree was exceedingly fun to make I boiled up some water and poured it into a large bowl I then added 3 table spoons of traditional chinese green tea leaves (Japan also commonly uses these.). The change was instant the water began to go a soft tea green colour. I popped the jug on the table where the items I had put there earlier lay. I then got the miso soup powder and cautiously poured it onto a bowl. Shortly after
Reviews:
For the reviews I sent each person a survey which they filled out, on this survey they had to say what they thought of the meal and if it was " Horrible , Alright, Good or Excellent.
Jess (My Sister):
Rating: Alright
Comment: I personally am not a fan of miso soup but I did think it was really nicely presented. So I am giving my marks on presentation instead of taste.
Roseann (My Mum):
Rating: Excellent
Comment: Miso soup was cooked to perfection and very very tasty.
Andrew (My Dad):
Rating: Good
Comment: The packet brand isn't as nice as the fresh stuff
For the main I successfully made twelve rolls of sushi, four of which were salmon and avocado, another four were teriyaki chicken and avocado and the remaining were mixes of cucumber, carrot, teriyaki chicken, salmon, avocado, capsican and a few others. Believe it or not but in one roll I had every thing but salmon!
First I had to get 4 cups of rice and pour them into the rice cooker, this was closely followed by 4 cups of water and three tablespoons of sushi vingar. The sushi vinegar is to make the rice sticky, so that when you roll it up in the seaweed it won't all fall apart. It also makes a more authentic tasting rice to use in sushi. I also had to use a special sushi rice. Sushi rice is a lot shorter than normal rice it is roughly about half the size. In other countries it is actually called short grain rice. Sadly short grain rice is hard to get in New Zealand so you have to get sushi rice or settle for medium grain rice. (Sushi rice seems to be really overpriced compared to medium rice - and I don't think many people would be able to tell the difference!)
I then prepared the avocado and carrots. For the carrots I had to boil up a pot of boiling water with a steamer on top. While that was boiling I chopped up 4 or 6 carrots. As soon as the water had boiled I quickly placed the carrots on the steamer. I do this because I like the carrot just a little bit softer than raw carrot. I cut open the two avocados. By the time I had sliced the avocado, the carrots had softened enough. I carefully grabbed the steamer which contained the carrots and poured them onto the breadboard where I had early cut the avocado. The cucumber and capsicum was sliced nice and thin and put to one side.
I then grabbed the chicken out of the fridge that had been soaking in a teriyaki marinade, I put the teriyaki chicken in the pan and began to cook it. It was quickly cooked and so I took it out. The salmon still lay un-touched on the corner of the bench. I tore of the news paper that was wrapped around it and began removing the skin. There was roughly 12 small bones that I had to pull out. Next I grabbed a santoku knife and cut the raw salmon into long thin slices. Five minutes later the rices maker beeped alerting me the rice was done. I put the rice into a bowl and added more vinegar until I was happy with the taste and then began putting it into the sushi maker. I made sure there was a clear line in the middle for the pieces of the food that I had prepared early to go in. Next I neatly placed a strip f salmon in one of the gaps this was followed closely by the avocado strips. In the blink of in eye I shut the sushi maker to form the circle shape. I sealed the cap on neatly and used a special pole type object to push it tight. To go along with this I arranged one sheet of seaweed onto the bench.
Reviews:
For the reviews I sent each person a survey which they filled out, on this survey they had to say what they thought of the meal and if it was " Horrible , Alright, Good or Excellent.
Jess (My Sister):
Rating: Excellent
Comment: I really enjoyed the sushi and the teriyaki sauce on the chicken was really good.
Roseann (My Mum):
Rating: Excellent
Comment: Salmon was beautiful and crispy on the outside and lovely and tender on the inside.
Andrew (My Dad):
Rating: Excellent
Comment: Great taste full of variety of ingredients.
The desert was very very tasty and super simple. I made brown sundae. The meal consisted of chocolate pudding and vanilla icecream. Luckily for desert I only had to cook for three as my mum did not want any. For the bowls I used special sundae cups, I
Reviews:
For the reviews I sent each person a survey which they filled out, on this survey they had to say what they thought of the meal and if it was " Horrible , Alright, Good or Excellent.
Jess (My Sister):
Rating: Good
Comment: I really like the desert, how ever I do not think it fitted the theme.
Andrew (My Dad):
Rating: Excellent.
Comment: Who doesn't like sundae with chocolate pudding. It was divine!
What an amazing chef you are! Where did you learn to cook Japanese food? Jess said your desert didn't match the Japanese theme. What kind of desert would Japanese have, if any? Are you planning to do a theme for your other two meals? As we discussed in class, and although I commend your effort, you don't need to write as much as you have this time in your next post.
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