Sushi

What is most often eaten on New Year’s Eve in Europe?

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What is most often eaten on New Year’s Eve depends somewhat on where in the country you live, there is a big difference between what family and friends eat on New Year’s Eve in countryside and in the capital.
For many years, the New Year’s menu has often consisted of beef tenderloin as a main course, a starter with fish or shellfish and a delicious dessert. A number of years ago I began to see a shift. Especially in recent years, it has gained momentum.

Times have changed in Denmark. Today sushi is the dish most often served on this special evening. On the last evening of the year, most people want to enjoy a delicate and tasty dinner. For many, fish, shellfish and bubbles are particularly delicious.
A sushi dinner can be put together in many different ways so that everyone who takes part in the dinner leaves the table full and happy.

The last sushi course of the year will be held on 18 December. You learn step by step how to make tasty sushi from scratch. You will also get tips on where to find ingredients that are also suitable for a New Year’s dinner.

Read more about Sushi course for beginners

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Zoë has lectured and held sushi courses for A. P. Moller – Maersk, Hugo Boss Nordic, Novo Nordisk, Novartis, Velux, Gorrissen Federspiel, Beierholm revision, Elbek & Vejrup and many more.

What kind of sushi do the Japanese choose when they order sushi?

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Sushi chef & sake sommerlier Zoë Escher

What kind of sushi the Japanese choose when they eat sushi depends on whether they eat sushi in a restaurant or order sushi as take-away.

If it is about a dinner that is enjoyed in a restaurant, the Japanese prefer to eat nigiri sushi. Sushi restaurants in Japan often have 15-20 different fish on the menu, which is a nice opportunity to taste many different fish and shellfish in one evening.
In Japan, it is very normal to eat 13 pieces of nigiri in one evening. Dinner usually ends with an omelet.

When it comes to take-away the Japanese prefer sushi rolls. The mainly chooses the small and the large rolls, where the seaweed is on the outside of the roll. The selection is large and the rolls are available with fillings ranging from pickled plum to shiitake mushrooms. Insite out rolls, where the seaweed is inside the roll are not very common in Japan.

On the Sushi course for beginners, you learn step by step how to make several different tasty sushi.

Read more about Sushi course for beginners

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Zoë has lectured and held sushi courses for A. P. Moller – Maersk, Hugo Boss Nordic, Novo Nordisk, Novartis, Velux, Gorrissen Federspiel, Beierholm revision, Elbek & Vejrup and many more.

Would you like Sushi for New Year’s Eve?

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Even though there are still a few months to New Year’s Eve. You shouldn’t wait too long to plan dinner for the evening if it is to be homemade.

It is possible to save on dinner on New Year’s Eve by cooking the food yourself. Some would probably say that homemade sushi is not the same as buying sushi.
It depends on where you learned to make sushi. If you learn the techniques behind sushi from a Japanese trained sushi chef, you are well on your way. Because then you can have a few more months to practise to get even better.

Sushi course for beginners is perfect for you who want to make sushi as a starter or a whole dinner. There are advantages to making your own sushi dinner.

You can make sushi exactly as you like with your favorite vegetables and fish.
You know how to get the most for your money when you buy fish from a fishmonger.
You know how to handle fish also in accordance with the Danish Food Agency.
You know which Japanese ingredients are best for sushi.
You know how to make different kinds of sushi, which are suitable for everyday life and parties.

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Eat sushi several times a week even if the prices go up

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Sushi chef & sake sommerlier Zoë Escher

Yep, it is true. You can still eat sushi as usual, even if the prices have increased. There are several different ways to eat sushi.

Sushi is a dish that is perfect for lunch, dinner or special events. Denmark is one of the countries where sushi is eaten all year round.

Just like in Japan, more people choose to eat sushi as take-away. After a long day at work, it is nice to sit down at the dinner table with sushi from your favorite sushi restaurant.

– As a family, it has become more difficult to eat sushi a few times a week. Several have also opened their eyes to making sushi themselves.
– The advantage of learning to make sushi from a Japanese sushi chef is that you learn the Japanese techniques and tricks behind tasty sushi.
– You learn where to buy the ingredients that are suitable for sushi and avoid wrong purchases.
– You learn about fish and what you should pay attention to when buying fish. That way you get the most bang for your buck.
– Step by step, you learn how to make delicate and tasty sushi with your favorite ingredients.

Read more about Sushi course for beginners

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Zoë has lectured and held sushi courses for A. P. Moller – Maersk, Hugo Boss Nordic, Novo Nordisk, Novartis, Velux, Gorrissen Federspiel, Beierholm revision, Elbek & Vejrup and many more.

Eat sushi with your favorite raw materials!

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Yep, it is now possible to eat sushi with exactly your favorite raw materials in the quantities you prefer.

Sushi rolls are the type of sushi that is most in demand in Denmark. Most sushi restaurants in Denmark have a large menu with many different types of sushi rolls.

Although you can find many different sushi rolls put together in many different ways, it is also great to eat sushi with exactly your favorite raw materials this applies to insite-out, hosomaki and futomaki.

It is not possible to have your own sushi rolls tailored at sushi restaurants.
On the Sushi course for beginners, you learn step by step how to make the different types of sushi rolls from A-Z, so that you know how to buy good quality fish, cook sushi rice and, not least, make delicious sushi with the various kitchen tools that you have at home in your own kitchen.

Read more about Sushi course for beginners

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Zoë has lectured and held sushi courses for A. P. Moller – Maersk, Hugo Boss Nordic, Novo Nordisk, Novartis, Velux, Gorrissen Federspiel, Beierholm revision, Elbek & Vejrup and many more.

How often do sushi restaurants in Japan replace in the menu?

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Sushi chef & sake sommerlier Zoë Escher
Japanese sushi restaurants in Tokyo change the menu more often than in Europe.Often the menu will consist of 13-15 different seafood. Some fish such as salmon and scallops can be found year-round on the menu.

There will typically be 3-5 fish on the mennu that follow the season for fish. Some fish are caught in the spring when they are going to spawn, while other fish are to be caught in the summer. It depends on the species of fish.

A fish like tuna is also popular in Japan.
Often a sushi restaurant will have 3 different kinds of tuna on the menu. It will often be tuna of different qualities, one will be lean tuna, another will fat tuna and the more exclusive restaurants have a tuna on the menu, which is matured just like beef. Tuna can be matured for several weeks just like beef.

Some sushi restaurants have the fish of the day on the menu. There it is up to the sushi chef what can be bought of fish on the fishing market in the early morning hours.

In Japan, it is an exciting experience to go out and eat, since you do not always know what fish are on the menu.

Read more about Sushi course for beginners

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Zoë has lectured and held sushi courses for A. P. Moller – Maersk, Hugo Boss Nordic, Novo Nordisk, Novartis, Velux, Gorrissen Federspiel, Beierholm revision, Elbek & Vejrup and many more.

When does the asparagus season start in Europe?

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Asparagus is a vegetable that thrives in Europe.

In May the asparagus season starts, the green market abounds with several different types of asparagus.

The classic green asparagus which is full of flavors and aromas.

The white thick asparagus which has a more delicate and gentle asparagus taste. In Europe the white asparagus is more in demand than the green asparagus.

In selected supermarkets and at market markets you can also get purple asparagus. The purple asparagus is more sweet and nutty in taste.

In Denmark you can get asparagus in different qualities and budget.
The biodynamic asparagus of the best quality can often be found in market markets. More and more farm owners have opened their eyes to having a stand in major cities on the weekends and during the busiest periods.
Stall sells fruit and vegetables that are harvested the same day they are sold.

The asparagus season is short. It starts in the month of May and ends late June.

Read more about Sushi Chef & Sake sommelier Zoë Escher

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Zoë has lectured and held sushi courses for A. P. Moller – Maersk, Hugo Boss Nordic, Novo Nordisk, Novartis, Velux, Gorrissen Federspiel, Beierholm revision, Elbek & Vejrup and many more.

When will it be possible to travel to Japan?

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As one of the few countries in the world, Japan has been hardest hit by the shutdown in connection with Corona entered in 2020.
All types of visas were suspended and borders were closed to the whole world. They still are.

However, Japan has gradually begun to allow business travelers and students to travel into the country. They still need to be quarantined.

In the last 2 years, Japan had several shutdowns some regions such as Tokyo have been shut down on a regular basis due to the population density. Face mask are not unknown in Japan. In 2004 when I visited the country for the first time, I saw Japanese walking around with face mask.

Temperature measurement is also used in several places in Japan such as in hotels.

When Japan opens up to tourists is hard to tell. My guess will be autumn 2022 or spring 2023. It will definitely be a country where one has to have a negative test when traveling into the country. I can also imagine being tested on arrival at the airport.
There will most likely be quarantine rules of varying duration depending on how many vaccines one has received.

Read more about Sushi chef & sake sommelier Zoë Escher

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Zoë has lectured and held sushi courses for A. P. Moller – Maersk, Hugo Boss Nordic, Novo Nordisk, Novartis, Velux, Gorrissen Federspiel, Beierholm revision, Elbek & Vejrup and many more.

What kind of sushi is the healthiest?

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It depends a bit on how you view sushi. I will talk about sushi which is prepared in Denmark.

If you disregard different kinds of topping and chili mayonnaise, then sushi rolls are the healthiest. Just by eating one sushi roll, the body is boosted with vitamins and minerals. There are several reasons for this.

Sushi is the vegetable in the world that contains the most vitamins and minerals.
Most sushi rolls are composed of a minimum of 2 kinds of vegetables, if not more and a little fish.

In Japan, nigiri and sushi rolls are equally healthy.
Japan topping is not used in the same way as in Denmark and some countries in Europe.
In Japan, nigiri is healthy, less rice is used and more fish is used. The Japanese get to eat large amounts of fish in a single meal.

At the Sushi course for beginners, you will learn how to make tasty rolls that are suitable for everyday life and parties.

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Zoë has lectured and held sushi courses for A. P. Moller – Maersk, Hugo Boss Nordic, Novo Nordisk, Novartis, Velux, Gorrissen Federspiel, Beierholm revision, Elbek & Vejrup and many more.

How is the quality of sushi in Japan?

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Sushi chef & sake sommerlier Zoë Escher
In general, the quality of sushi is very high.

In Japan, there are many sushi masters who make sushi of extremely high quality.
Throughout their careers as Executive Sushi Chef, they train quite a few sushi chefs. Some of the chefs choose to continue their careers in the restaurant where they are trained.
Other sushi chefs choose to open their own restaurant and put their own fingerprints in the restaurant industry and, a third group chooses, to travel abroad to work.
In the USA, especially California, a lot of sushi chefs from Japan work.

You will also find Japanese sushi chefs who work in neighbor countries in Asia.

The many skilled sushi chefs in Japan ensure that the quality of Japanese sushi is high.
They do this, among other things, by using fish and other high-quality raw materials. They also use Japanese ingredients which are suitable for sushi.

This knowledge helps to strengthen Japan’s position in relation to quality sushi.

In the Sushi course for beginners, you will learn to use the techniques that Japanese sushi chefs use in the preparation of tasty sushi.

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Zoë has lectured and held sushi courses for A. P. Moller – Maersk, Hugo Boss Nordic, Novo Nordisk, Novartis, Velux, Gorrissen Federspiel, Beierholm revision, Elbek & Vejrup and many more.