Sushi.....anyone???

Prof. Saori Sadoshima’s, who Dange Sir refers to as our local guardian had invited us to her house, as part of an experience of getting to know all things Japanese! Prof.Sadoshima lives outside Tokyo in a small picturesque village of sort and it took us 70 minutes and 3 trains to reach there! We passed by a beautiful lake on the way where we saw middle-aged Japanese men fishing as means of pleasure!

En-route....!

Saori madam’s house is very simple and beautiful in a way as it is not pretentious, and it made me feel cozy and like I was at home! She had also invited two of her students as I assume she thought it would be great for us to interact with them. We even met her dog, who was optically impaired but was very cute and sadly whose name I have seemed to have forgotten!

Okay so after we got comfortable in the Sensei’s house, now it was time to get down to the food, as always! She told us she was going to teach us to make sushi, and I was a little skeptical about the whole “sushi” thing at first, I mean I had never tasted it before and if I didn’t like it, I might come off as disrespectful! But anyway, she took out a seaweed wrap, placed the “specially” cooked rice on it and then put salmon and cucumber as the filling, and then rolled it with the help of a bamboo mat and taaaddaa…….the sushi was ready! I mean that looked so simple and easy, I thought I could do it with my eyes closed , well I was so wrong, and when it came to me making the sushi , my product did not look a lot like sushi but hey….it was my first time and in my defense it tasted pretty good! And so I ate the sushi like I hadn’t eaten for days and the hot wasabi sauce only made it better, though I am not too sure about my fellow mates’ opinions about the dish! Saori mam also prepared some other variations of sushi for us in advance, which I must say was very good!

After lunch we all played “Bingo” and I must say I have never enjoyed playing bingo before as much as I have as Saori mam’s house, which I admit was mainly because there were presents involved! All of us won something, and kudos to Saori mam for putting so much thought in the gifts!

And finally for dessert we had Castella which a traditional Japanese sponge cake, and trust me when I say this it literally melts in your mouth and it is possibly the yummiest cake I have ever laid on my tongue!

Well as the events succeeded our time at Saori Sensei’s house came to an end and from all the things we took back I think the vibe and warmth of a Japanese home will remain our fondest memory!

Sushiiiiiii!!!

Heaven on a plate........!!!