London Cookery School Recommendations

London Cookery School Recommendations:
Some of equipment we recommend here are the very same equipment we use at London Cookery School, so they have been tested for over a decade over thousands of real-life classes.
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Top Sushi Equipment That We Recommend

As you may know, here at London Cookery School, we are big fans of kitchen equipment.
Our kitchens are packed full of the latest gadgets that make life sweeter! 

As our staff will testify, we have between us, a graveyard of gadgets that have simply failed or have not lived up to our expectations, so our standards are exceedingly high.

For equipment to make it onto our recommended list, they have to be

1) Truly Useful
2) Easy To Use
3) Easy To Clean
4) Great Value
5) Long Lasting 
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Below are some of our top Recommended Sushi Products and Equipment

Sushi Knives

Your sushi knife does not need to be the most expensive. As long as you take good care of it, using it only for skinning and slicing fish, and then washing, wiping and putting it away, your knife will last a long time. A sheath to protect the blade is also highly recommended.

Yanagi-Ba (Sashimi Knife)
A good quality inexpensive knife for filleting and slicing fish. This Mercer knife is perfect and pre-sharpened so it can be used straight out the box.

You can purchase a left-handed or right-handed version, and we would recommend the full 240mm which allows you to cut big pieces of fish as well as fillet flat fish. 

Yanagi-Ba (Sashimi Knife)
At the mid-end we have this beautiful blade.
Japanese 440C Steel for high strength, hardness and wear resistance. 
A rosewood handle with bolster and a 254mm length blade to handle all types of fish.

Good balance and a comfortable grip makes this a great knife to use. This is the main knife we use at London Cookery School for slicing fish for our Sushi Classes.

Premium Sushi Rice

Super premium short grain rice

A new type of Koshihikari rice

Perfect for sushi

Suitable for all other Japanese dishes

Sushi Nori
A pack of 50 full sheets of Roasted Nori.
Top-rated, Gold Grade Nori, perfect for making sushi rolls.
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It is much better value to buy a big pack of Nori rather than small packs of 7 or 10 sheets.
This comes with a resealable bag to ensure freshness and comes with a sushi nori recipe book which is useful for trying out new variations using your new-found rolling skills.

Sushi-Su (Sushi Seasoning)
For seasoning your sushi rice after cooking.

After cooking sushi rice, empty it out in a bigger container, and loosen it up. Let it cool down until it stops steaming but still warm. Then add 1 to 1.5 teaspoons of seasoning per 100g of cooked sushi rice. 
Mix through, and then it is perfect to be used for making your rolls or nigiri.

Roasted Black Sesame Seeds
We use these in class to decorate our maki, and also to add as a garnish.

Sprinkle onto sushi rolls, or as a garnish on salads
Rich and nutty flavour
High in fibre
Source of protein
Suitable for vegans

Gari (Sushi Ginger)

Perfect as palate cleanser between sushi courses.

Or just eat whenever you like!

Zingy, tangy, sweet.

1 tub is never enough.

Bento Box
Perfect for bringing your beautiful sushi in for lunch.

2 layers, with adjustable compartments.

Compartment for cutlery, cutlery set included

Comes with a sauce pot

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Sushi Cutter
​If you love the Temari Ball Shaped Sushi in class and want to get creative, this is a super easy way to start cutting and arrange beautiful shapes and designs.

The stainless steel blades cuts through ingredients with ease, and allows you to come up with intricate designs in no time.
20 pieces in different sizes and shapes, and easy to clean.

Sushi Rolling Mat
Perfect for rolling Maki.

This is a bigger 24cm x 24cm size, so its perfect for all rolls.

Wrap in cling-film before use for simple no-mess cleaning afterwards.

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Wasabi Paste
This is the Wasabi paste of choice.
Wasabi paste is a mixture of things:
Horseradish, Water, Japanese Wasabi, Starch, Colour, sweetener and a number of other things

At 4.5% Japanese Wasabi content, this paste has the highest Wasabi content that you are likely to find in any paste.
(most have as low as 0.5% wasabi, and some have 0.0%!)
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