28 Days of Lunch: Day eighteen (26th October)

[catalyst2]

A plate of mixed sushi and a can of Pepsi Max. The tamago sushi was very nice but unfortunately this was all overwhelmed by a very heavy handed use of wasabi on almost all of the other varieties on the plate. They were generous with the pickled ginger so that compensated to some extent.

Comments

[tijnat.livejournal.com]

Is the whitish one with the band of nori around it the tamago? What is it exactly? The salmon, tuna and prawn sushi look good - it's too bad they used too much wasabi, but pickled ginger is always good. I have a recipe for pickled ginger that I'd like to make some day.

[catalyst2.livejournal.com]

Yep that's the one - it's an omelette, often sweetened with a sweet soy sauce (but not this time), made in multiple layers by frying one egg in a small square skillet, then rolling it up. Another egg is added and fried then the first egg is rolled back through it just before it cooks. This is usually done twice more, ending with an omelette of many thin layers but all stuck together. The omelette is then sliced thinly and used in a nigiri-style sushi.

I'd love to have a go at my own pickled ginger - some of the commercial types have very high levels of sodium.