Sushi time @ Monaco

Japan is a passion for both me and Mathilde, so I thought I'd treat Mathilde to a Japanese experience. I ended up booking us both on a sushi workshop at a Japanese shop in Monaco.

Making sushi seems quite simple, but in fact it's everything but. There are plenty of subtleties at every stage - from cooking the rice (you really need the Japanese rice cooker, and you need to wait for the rice to settle at the right temperature before making the sushis), to how the rolling of the sushis is done, to seasoning and down to the cutting (there is, of course, a special knife for this job).

We tried our hand at all sorts of different sushis, from the classic makis, to california rolls to nigiri. I had a go at some nigiris - esthetically they were rather doubtful, but the taste was thankfully there! All in all, not only was it a fantastic learning experience, but a very tasty meal as well.

The next step is to have go at it ourselves, I suppose!