Japanese Canadian Heritage Cooking Class: Temaki Sushi with Seiji & Kimiko!

Photos courtesy of Seiji Nohara and Cu¨¨¨¨´án Schofield

Kimiko & Seiji's Sushi Celebration Party Menu:

• Seasoned rice using specialty vinegar
• Toasted nori, cut to fit in your hand*
• Fancy array of seafood and tasty delicacies to fill your own temaki sushi
• O-shogatsu new year soup w/ mochi, yum!
• Special surprise course TBD
• Japanese teas, seasonal fruit & assorted New Year specialty sweets

*the word temaki means "hand roll"

Cooks' Bios: Seiji Nohara is a Japanese chef from Hokkaido who also cooked in Toyama for a number of years before he moved to Vancouver, in 2009. Currently the sous-chef at Kishimoto Japanese Kitchen and owner/chef of Seiji Sushi Service, Seiji loves to spread happiness through both working as a sushi chef and as a ski instructor!

Kimiko Suzuki is a multi-talented Vancouver cooking instructor and specialty moss artist; she has taught cooking classes for UBC Farm, Nourish, and Cook Culture.