Customer Reviews

Sushi: Taste & technique: Taste and Technique

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I did a one day sushi course with Kimiko and afterwards (of course) felt obliged to buy her book. I'm glad I did. It's really good particularly for novices. My friend and I did a dinner party for 10 using the book and it worked wonderfully. There's a lot of ideas for recipes and different ways of making sushi (rolls, nigiri, blocks etc) and a whole ton of info on preparing the ingredients e.g. rice, mackerel etc. Very much recommended...

I have recently picked up a sushi habit, I have had varied successes with my rice and I was getting bogged down with boring fillings. No More! My rice now comes up perfect every time, and I know what fish to use.

The book gives great detail on equipment, ingredients, the preparation of fish, shellfish, omelettes and vegetables for use in sushi and sashimi. The section on actually rolling sushi is quite small, although as the title suggests, the book is about technique, not inventing fillings for you, although it does have quite a few recipes for other dishes like basic stocks and sauces & soups as well as hand rolls, pressed sushi, battleship sushi and scattered sushi.

There is also the history of sushi and etiquette of eating sushi a glossary and a small list of sushi restaurants and suppliers for the Australia/US/Canada/UK regions.

Overall it is a lovely birthday present, great close up photographs, easily read in an evening and makes a good reference cookbook when working in the kitchen to perfect your rice.

I would have given it 5 stars if it had more content on rolling sushi

Really liked this book - bought one for myself (have lived in Japan) and one for a UK niece who likes sushi and now wants to prepare them herself. Great how-to photos, excellent basic introduction. I already have several sushi books but had to get this one once I'd stumbled across it in my local library.

Bought as a gift for my boyfriend for Christmas and he was very happy with it and is excited to try lots of the new recipes.

Good book with lots of information, pictures and ideas! Great value for money!

Very good recipe book, where the basic to the more intricate recipes are explained in great detail. Can't wait to get started.

This book is a very good book if you want a basic introduction to Shushi. It details the various types of Shushi and provides plenty of recipies to try.

Had this book for a few years and it is Brilliant - It is so well demonstrated and the breadth of knowledge contained in it will satisfy even the keenest new sushi connoissour - bought to make sushi for a special party and I am so glad I bought this book.

I have had this book for a few years and been using it a lot recently. I have to say the book is fantastic, you see the results as it shows in the book. the information on sea food and how to use them in your cooking is very informative. One tip I would give is that if you are serious about making sushi and sashimi at home and you want to cut your own fish fillet like the way they do at the sushi bar then invest in a good knife, I have a top quality sashimi knife where I use to cut the fish and the results are matchless compare to the time I was using a normal kitchen knife.
just follow the steps and you will have a beautiful and healthy meal in no time.

This book is great for the beginner ... a step by step guide for making Sushi with loads of pictures to help you; also a comprehensive guide to ingredients and top tips. I already have this book and bought a 2nd copy as a gift.

Excellent, All-encompassing guide to Sushi. Not just how to make it (perfectly) but history and etiquette. Fantastic