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Japanese chef Hironori Ikeno creates and serves incredible miniature sushi with just a single grain of rice at his restaurant Nohachi in Tokyo.
In an interview with Reuters, Ikeno said he got the idea 13 years ago after he served a customer a tiny piece of sushi as a joke, and started wondering how small he could make them.
Each miniscule sushi takes five minutes to create, compared to a minute for regular-sized ones. Ikeno usually makes them for children, couples and foreigners to savour.
For those wondering if they taste as good as full-sized sushi, Nohachi regular Hisako Okamoto confirmed that they do, saying, “The white-flesh fish had grated Japanese radish and chili which gave it that spicy kick. Each grain of rice actually had quite a distinct taste.”
Watch Ikeno create his tiny masterpieces in the video below. Would you like to dine on his mini sushi?
[via Yahoo News and Reuters, video via YouTube]
Japanese chef Hironori Ikeno creates and serves incredible miniature sushi with just a single grain of rice at his restaurant Nohachi in Tokyo.
In an interview with Reuters, Ikeno said he got the idea 13 years ago after he served a customer a tiny piece of sushi as a joke, and started wondering how small he could make them.
Each miniscule sushi takes five minutes to create, compared to a minute for regular-sized ones. Ikeno usually makes them for children, couples and foreigners to savour.
For those wondering if they taste as good as full-sized sushi, Nohachi regular Hisako Okamoto confirmed that they do, saying, “The white-flesh fish had grated Japanese radish and chili which gave it that spicy kick. Each grain of rice actually had quite a distinct taste.”
Watch Ikeno create his tiny masterpieces in the video below. Would you like to dine on his mini sushi?
[via Yahoo News and Reuters, video via YouTube]