Sushi Party

I didn’t like sushi until maybe a year ago. It was gross in concept and similarly gross in texture. Then one day I decided to step out of my comfort zone and try a few different kinds. I was hooked. Not in an every week kind of way, but every once in awhile I think it is fun. A close friend of mine recently spent some time in Japan and took sushi making classes while she was there. So when she asked if I wanted to learn, of course I said “Yes!”

Gemma and I took it upon ourselves to put together a fun night for our friends and host a “Sushi Party”!

You see, Gemma and I have big plans to one day be party planners for the stars! Or at least tea party planners for people we know. We are the perfect team. Gemma has amazing culinary experience (aka: mad skills) and I will literally throw parties just so I can decorate for them. So this plan didn’t take much for us to cook up. Gemma got started on the menu, while I started making 100 paper cranes. I had a few paper lanterns hanging around from a bridal shower I had planned a few years back, and toss in a few strands of fairy lights, and the stage is set.

Here you can spot the rare species planiferous partycus in their natural habitat.

sushi master in training

We invited a few friends over to roll up their sleeves, and roll some sushi! Plus we needed help drinking all the sake. Gemma supplied the tools we needed (some acquired from her trip to Japan) as well as a variety of ingredients for us to try rolling into our sushi. She showed us the proper techniques and then let us loose to create! My favorite roll by far was carrot, cucumber, crab and mango. Gosh, that mango was dreamy. Yum!

Does anyone know what I should do with 100 colorful paper cranes?

-Sarah

Gemma’s travel blog link: https://travelinggemblog.wordpress.com/

photos taken by Scott Mamone and C. Bentler