Ladies' Lunch: Sushi!
Join us for an informative ladies lunch,
watch one of our chefs demonstrate and learn how to roll
your own Sushi!
Come and learn
One of our professional chefs will demonstrate
the art of rolling sushi - giving you tips and tricks to give you
the confidence to have a go at home and try it for
yourself!
Monday 6th September at The Manor House
Hotel
£33 per person inclusive of coffee on
arrival, four-course lunch including coffee and a glass of
wine!
To book call +44 (0) 1249 782 206
Sushi – a short history
The original type of sushi, classified today
as nare-sushi, first developed somewhere in Southeast Asia,
disseminating to Japan. Fish was salted and wrapped in fermented
rice, a traditional lacto-fermented rice dish. Nare-sushi was made
of this gutted fish stored in fermented rice for preservation.
Nare-sushi was stored for fermentation for a few months then
removed. The fermented rice was discarded and fish was the only
part consumed.
The Japanese preferred to eat the fish with
the rice, called seisei-sushi. Seisei-sushi was partly raw fish
wrapped in rice, consumed fresh, before it lost its flavour. This
new way of consuming fish was no longer a form of preservation but
rather a new dish in Japanese cuisine.
During the Edo era (the early modern period,
1603 to 1868 in Japan), a third type of sushi was introduced,
haya-sushi. Haya-sushi was assembled so that both rice and fish
could be consumed at the same time, and the dish became unique to
the Japanese culture. It was the first time that rice was not being
used for fermentation. Rice was now mixed with vinegar. Fish,
vegetables and dried preserved foods would be added. This type of
sushi is still very popular today. Each region utilises local
flavours to produce a variety of sushi that has been passed down
for many generations.
When Tokyo was still being called Edo, at the
beginning of the 19th century, mobile food stalls became the
dominant food service. During this period nigiri-sushi was
introduced. Nigiri-sushi is the most common type of sushi in the
modern sushi restaurants. It is an oblong mound of rice with a
slice of fish draped over it. Today the sushi dish internationally
known as "sushi".
People in Tokyo were living in haste even a
hundred years ago. The nigiri-sushi could be eaten using the
fingers or chopsticks. It was an early form of fast food that could
be eaten anywhere.
To book call +44 (0) 1249 782 206