I fail at blogging

So much for consistent blogging =(

Since the release of Aion and the newest member of my family i've just had no motivation or energy to post anything worthwhile. But enough of you have bugged me for another so i'm doing it for the fans! To make up for my laziness i'm going to take a huge dump of pictures on you. =)

Here we go.



Beheading Shrimps FTL

We had 3 types of shrimp to work with. Big ass shrimp w/ head. Not as Big ass shrimp w/head. Tiger prawn w/o head. Yeah I totally don't remember their names anyways. DeHeading shrimp is gross.



Cooked Shrimp

After skewering them and boiling them fo ra little bit this is what most of you are familiar with when you imagine shrimp for dinner.



Careful Arrangement

No.. not served like this. This is just our material plate. Even the materials near our station has to be neat like this.




Wasaaaaabi

Copious ammounts of wasabi usage in the restaurant. You can't tell but the bowl is about 10 inches in diameter. That's a whole lot of green stuff. I always thought it came like.. in its wet form because that's all we're ever exposed to but this was actually made from powder.




Shrimp Head Soup Taste Test

Nothing gets left behind. Even the heads are used for soup base.



Ebi Nigiri

My Attempt at shrimp Nigiri. Looks alright.



Shrimp Head Soup

Looks delicious. Is delicious. Too much veggies. Still good though.



Like a shirmp horror movie

We prepare the other heads for a little something special




Batter up

Sprinkle a little tempura powder on the heads for frying.



Sushi Rice

The infamous tub of sushi rice. The secret ot most good sushi.



Shari Dama

I'm getting pretty good at making the "rice balls"



Tofu..skin.. thingies

NO idea what they're called in english but i LOVE these. True, its just rice, sesame seeds and tofu skin wrapper but its so delicious.



Out of the bowl into the vat of boiling oil

Even frying shrimp heads has its technique and dangers. Im still scared of deep frying stuff >.<

Golden

Golden brown that is. The standard for all well fried objects.



Finished Frying

Camera didn't do it justice. Doesn't look quiet brown enough in the picture but you get the idea.



Finished Plate

Didn't document the clam nigiri (bottom left) but its just putting a slice of clam while wrapping a strip of nori aorund it. The shrimp on this platter is amaebi and it is raw.




Another angle

That wad of wasabi was cut to look like a leaf! pretty neat trick. Also, see how the tail on the ebi sticks up and fans out like that? Another trick of the trade. It's always the little things that make Japanese food exquisite.

Alright. I'm done. Sorry for the lack of proper commentary but my kitten is begging me to play with him. Peace i'm out.

JL