Sashimi Dinner

I love Japanese cuisine. It's something that stems from my dad, from whom I also inherited my messiness and love of lollies. Last night we had Japanese, a feast of sashimi scallops, salmon, and a whole plate of sea urchin with lots of sushi rice (recipe below).

I rarely have raw scallops and they're surprisingly delicious; sweet and tender and amazing dipped in soya sauce with a bit of wasabi smeared on top.

Need I say anything? The sea urchin stole the show.

Salmon; incredibly fresh, great with rice and some nori (Japanese seaweed).

My mum prepared some sushi rice which went really well with the sashimi. I was given the recipe below (I haven't included instructions on how to make rice. I am not a very good cook so I'm stumped when it comes to cooking rice without a rice cooker.)

You might want to tweak the recipe below according to your taste.

Sushi Rice
2 cups sushi rice
2 tbs rice vinegar
2 tbs sugar

1. Cook rice.
2. After cooking, allow rice to cool.
3. Using chopsticks or a slotted spoon, fluff up the rice.
4. In a small pan, cook the rice vinegar and sugar until dissolved.
5. Pour the vinegar mixture onto the rice.
6. Stir through.