Hochner Family Blog

Like most people, I never did like any kind of test. I'm usually too tensed and cannot perform up to my real level or ability. But today was the day. We started the test with the exercise with the fish. We got two fresh Aji (horse mackerel) each, and the teacher gave us a demonstration. Today's Aji were a little smaller than before. Is it a good thing or a bad one? It is easier to cut in fillet but it is more difficult to peel the skin. Well, we can't have everything. This one went smoothly and everybody passed.

Then we had to cut a salmon. This was the second salmon we got, and it was quite smooth and easy  to cut them into pieces. The next test, making Sushi, started using these pieces.

This time, the goal was to make a minimum of 10 perfect Sushi, as I described yesterday. I made 13 Sushi in three minutes, but the teacher took one away because its shape was not adequate. Then, when we measured the weight of the rice (remember, it has to be between 16 and 18 g), I got only 8 left. I couldn't pass the first time.

The teacher then asked us a second try, and I went for that. This time, I made 15 sushi within the three minutes, and 12 of them were perfect! I usually make my sushi too small, so this time I added a bit more rice for all and it worked!

We then made a few Maki Sushi (rolled sushi) with the Aji used for the test.

Today's lunch, salmon, tuna and egg sushi.

We also got a soup with the salmon which we just cut into pieces this morning.

In the afternoon, we worked on some Futomaki (thick roll).

Then we practiced decoration with cucumber.

After the test, everybody was quite tired, but happy — yes, everybody passed the test!

# posted by Famille Hochner @ 2:39 PM