While the weather oscillated between bitter cold and mildly warm, we decided to try to make sushi at home. In Madrid, there are some sushi restaurants, but the sushi is usually a bit expensive. We are hesitant to try out a restaurant for sushi when we are used to paying much less in the states.
On the bright side, you can generally cook a lot of international cuisine at home-all of the ingredients are available in the major supermarkets. We headed over to Alcampo, to fetch the proper tools and ingredients for the Japanese delicacy. Alcampo is mostly a large supermarket, but it also sells shoes, books, bedding, laundry machines...it reminds me of Target or Walmart. I became a little nostalgic for home as I entered through the sliding doors.
In any case, this store had a small section for world food items. We were able to buy everything we needed here, including the little rolling mat to roll the sushi.
After a few hours of cooking and cutting up raw fish, we accomplished making sushi! Here are some pictures of our achievement!
Not to shabby for sushi-novices! We paired the raw fish with a Spanish white wine from our local wine shop, which was perfection!
To top it off, we were able to watch "Invictus" (one of our bosses had the movie). We also have "The Hurt Locker," but I have to prepare myself for the suspense.
We will be traveling in our upcoming weekend, so check back soon!
Me too... Also, that's a lot of Sushi. You don't mess around.
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