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