Have you ever tried making maki sushi, California rolls, or other delicious Japanese specialties? If so, you know that this kind of cooking can test your patience. I do not know about your experience, and perhaps mine is an extreme case, but achieving a presentable result is, let’s say, unlikely. With years of practice and the right study, anyone can become a true sushi master, although I still think a certain natural talent is needed for composing these shiny rolls. Then there are those who go beyond technique and turn sushi into real art, not only in the kitchen.
It has been a while since we talked about food art : artists between cooking and design such as Ida Frosk and Lea Rosenberg are already familiar names here.
Today we meet a Tokyo artist, Takayo Kiyota, better known as "Tama-chan", who has taken sushi preparation to a level where she can create real pictures. In her classes in Tokyo’s Omotesando district, she uses sushi rice, seaweed, and food coloring to make small masterpieces: as soon as the roll is sliced, the drawing appears. Her themes vary widely, some frankly surprising, from fetuses to flies buzzing around a pile of dung. The ones selected here, though, are incredible, aren’t they?
Peter Dark
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Taus Kishiev
