As I mentioned in my first post about this challenge to Michael, there’s a fair amount of limitations on him to create delicious sushi. He’s limited by his ingredients – with the exception of the rice, seaweed paper and any sauces/garnishes, the bulk of the roll must be from our Farm Share. Thus, if he doesn’t get something, or gets things that don’t work well together, he’s limited. I’ll touch on that more at the end, when I talk about what I thought about this week’s roll.
The Sauce (same as last week’s)
1 tsp mayo
1 splash soy sauce
1 dash sugar
2 pinches ginger
The Filling:
1 carrot
1 radish
parsley
green onion
My thoughts: my largest criticism of this roll is that it is bland. While the first two were on the sweet side because of the strawberries, this one’s filling was filled with vegetables that don’t all have very strong flavors. Combined with the sauce also not really matching these veggies (I almost want something with a bit of a bite to it, maybe add a bit of tobasco sauce to the sauce?), I felt that the rice and rice vinegar were the dominant flavors, which is not what I’m looking for. The center either needs to be heftier, or the rice less. Since Michael isn’t too keen on eating sushi, I think it also works against him that he hasn’t developed any taste for sushi, nor would he really enjoy eating his own creations.
He’s hoping we get more variety of veggies and other goodies soon.
