Saturday’s sushi session

We haven’t been “cooking” sushi that much lately, and finally decided to correct the state of affairs on Saturday. First, we visited Stockmann’s grocery store in Tapiola to buy the ingredients, such as tuna, salmon, spring onion and so forth.

Making of sushi was once again relaxing, doing things together as a family — albeit Aapo doesn’t help that much yet, except in carrying dishes to the table; in which he is quite talented for being less than two years old.

We had prepared a separate portion for Aapo: sushi rice, some carrots boiled in chicken soy broth, some fried salmon and cucumber. He was hungry and started eating before me and Sanna; we were still chopping the rolls and carrying dishes to the table. After we sat, Aapo provided the biggest eating related surprise in a year.

He first demanded a roll. We tried to explain that he is eating the same stuff as we are, but to no avail. We first gave a cucumber roll as a tester, and thought that the seaweed would be a bit too much for him. The roll disappear fast and then he demanded more. The next roll was a carrot roll that was eaten as fast as the previous one. We gave a salmon roll next, and were pretty sure that it would be too much. Raw fish is sort of yucku, as it is slimy and cold. It went down, too. After giving him a tuna roll that he ate with good appetite, we stopped counting the rolls and just gave him what he requested… Only nigiri and fatty rolls pieces weren’t given, as they are a bit too big for youngsters.

We can order just sushi for the whole family next time we go to a Japanese restaurant. I’m feeling somewhat proud of being father of two year old sushi eater…