Product Description

With its exquisite tastes, numerous health benefits, and delightfully artistic presentation, sushi has grown to become one of the most prominent favorites in the North American dining experience. However, due to its deep rooted foreign origins and its structural complexity, the art of sushi creation has proven itself to be an incredibly difficult task for the inexperienced sushi enthusiast.

Now for the first time ever, world renown sushi chef and restaurant owner Hayashi Ken successfully eliminates these barriers by developing this incredible sushi resource -- guaranteed to teach any sushi novice how to create restaurant quality sushi in the comfort of their own home!

Ken Sushi Video: Volume 1 simplifies the process of making sushi, sashimi and maki by providing explicitly thorough explanations of the following:

- all the ingredients needed for each dish and where / how to get them
- each step of preparation (from start to finish) in immaculate detail
- cutting techniques, crucial health and safety information (i.e. handling of raw fish)

The Ken Sushi Video collection is a tribute to Master Ken's passion for sushi and his dedication to teaching the tips and secrets that comprise this culinary art. To everyone interested in perfecting their sushi creation techniques, Hayashi Ken sincerely hopes that this video resource provides you with both the enjoyment and experience that he has attained over the years as both a sushi chef and connoisseur. Enjoy!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #71053 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-11-01
• Formats: Color, Full Screen, Surround Sound, NTSC
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 60 minutes

Customer Reviews

Possibly the best sushi instructional on dvd.
If you want a great sushi dvd, I rate this detailed instructional (despite the amateur production work) as excellent. You will learn more from watching Ken Sushi V.1 than from countless sushi books because the visual is more effective than reading text.

Ken is enthusiastic, humorous, friendly, and experienced. I don't know how he does it, but he makes the sushi process seem neither simple or difficult, rather, manageable.

The dvd demonstrates the entire sushi process, from picking ingredients, to making rice, making sushi, and presentation. Ken also possesses extraordinary attention to detail-he explains many common amateur sushi mistakes and how to correct them. Ken enphasizes the most important procedures by repeating them with emphasis: eg."don't press rice too hard" "wet your hands slightly". He also takes time to explain safety (knife handling) and health issues (fish bacteria).

The "all around" process (not just putting sushi together) is what makes this video a complete package. The method in this instructional "flows" while Ken's enthusiam and friendly nature will make you refer to this dvd a number of times.

I Cannot Wait For Volume 2!!!!
First let me start off by saying this. Ken Sushi Volume 1 is unquestionably the BEST video guide for making sushi. I have had a chance to see the other guides, and quite frankly they just don't cut it. Poor camera work, and even worse instruction should not be found in a sushi instructional video (or any culinary instructional video for that matter). Also, being taught by a sushi enthusiast rather than a professional sushi chef is not going to send a very good message to people who are really serious about learning how to make sushi properly (people want to learn from someone experienced, not enthusiastic).

Finally we have a video that is taught by a professional in the sushi scene, and he really takes the time to lay out all the techniques he's developed over the years, so that with a little practice (and the benefit of not having to take the time Ken did to trial and error his methods of perfect sushi creation) I was actually able to make some really great sushi.

The camera work is GREAT! No shakes or stutters, I didn't find myself distracted by the nuances of poor production quality. Truthfully this video is done so well, you will just find yourself immersed in what Ken is teaching (it plays a LOT like a chef Martin Yan instructional video).

Also it seems a lot of time was taken in pre production to really focus the instruction to a degree that it is thorough enough for someone familiar with sushi creation, yet developed enough so that someone completely new to the sushi experience can actually have a fair shot to making a wholesome, delicious dish.

If you take the time to watch the video a few times, and practice along with it. You WILL make sushi good enough to eat, and present to your friends, family (just utterly show off).

I'm just really glad I can finally say there is now a sushi instructional video that I feel was worth every penny of my purchase. If you want to really learn how to make sushi well, then Ken Sushi Volume 1 will be your number one resource. The only negative thing I have to say is where the heck is volume two????

I am Hayashi Ken. Thank you
Thank you very much for getting my dvd.
I truly wish that you benefit from my dvd.
Althouh I tried my best to provide as much information as possible in the dvd there might be still something more you need to learn more or understand.
So...Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me
EMAIL---ynanjohn@hotmail.com
Thank you very much once again.
Best wishes..
Ken..2007 06 07