Sushi Making with Kikka Sushi

Another fabulous class at Cupertino Whole Foods. It was class to benefit the Whole Planet Foundation. For $25, we made both maki and hand rolls for over an hour, learning from our very experienced instructor named Maki of Kikka Sushi. Although it looks relatively simple, there is a lot of tricks and tips. We learned to put a little bit of canola oil on our gloved hands so the rice doesn't stick. Maki came around to each person in the class to make sure we weren't using too much rice, and to make sure we weren't squeezing our bamboo rolling mat too hard, when we rolled the seaweed, he even pinched each of our hands gently to show us how much pressure to use. For each roll, we used a half sized sheet of seaweed, starting with a cucumber roll and then progressing to inside out rolls (my favorite) and three kinds of handrolls, using an assortment of ingredients : cucumbers, mango, grated carrot, raw salmon and avocado.