Fun with frushi
Now I'm sitting here at my computer brooding about the fact that yesterday I ended up going to three different grocery stores. I'm thinking maybe I should try Safeway.com again and have the basics delivered to my door when I get crazy busy.
The problem is that if the store is out of even one item, and it always is, you have to go shopping anyway even though you've paid a delivery charge. (No, Peapod hasn't come to my Zip code yet.)
Anyway, I digress and I haven't even gotten to what I wanted to tell you about. On Safeway.com's holiday page is a video on making frushi...
...only with doughnuts instead of rice. It looks amazingly real in the photos, given the basic starch.
Frushi, in case you haven't heard of it, is trompe l'oeil sushi made with fruit and rice (or doughnuts). Here's a link to the Gastronomic Fight Club blog, where you can learn more. It was popularized, so GFC says, by Orange, a small restaurant in Chicago.
When I e-mailed asking for permission to use the photo, snekse told me they were thinking of updating the frushi entry at the beginning of the year, so check back later if you like the idea and I'll post a link.
You're looking at cantaloupe "ginger," Asian apple pear maki with pecan honey, and strawberry-kiwi maki with black sesame. Pretty cute, huh.
Comments
I guess you could use chocolate sauce or, for you sophisticated types, balsamic vinegar as the soy sauce. Now, what to use for the wasabi?
Posted by: Robert from Cross Keys | December 24, 2007 9:36 AM
I think some people have WAY too much free time!
Posted by: Darlene | December 24, 2007 9:54 AM