
Remove the lid and fluff the rice with a fork. Return the rice to the pot and cover the pot. Boil the rice for 30 minutes, then turn off the heat and drain the rice. Once the water is boiling, pour in the rinsed rice and give it a stir.

Somewhere, in the deep recesses of my kitchen drawers, lies a sushi rolling mat.

The regular irodori chirashi is $50 the luxe version is $80.This post is brought to you by Sir Kensington’s. It’ll also be on the dine-in menu when Minamishima reopens.Ĭall 0466 333 915 or 9429 5180 to order for delivery, or pick-up on Saturdays from 12pm to 1pm, with 24 hours’ notice. The box features 12 beautifully prepared vegetable nigiri and maki, including grilled shiitake, edamame, zucchini flower, grilled bamboo shoot, lotus root, taro stem and more.

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The irodori futomaki kiwami is another Saturday-only special, featuring a supersized sushi roll filled with two slices each of toro, ocean trout, uni (sea urchin roe), sea eel, prawn, Japanese herring roe, white fish and tamago, plus a second filling of vegetables.Īnd the second newbie is the sushi restaurant’s first-ever all-vegetarian box, or nigiri saishoku. There have also been new additions to the menu. But there’s also a luxe version with Japanese bluefin toro, Hokkaido king crab with oscietra caviar, and abalone.

In the regular box, expect grilled eel with sansho, cured mackerel with ginger and sesame seeds, aburi scallop and more. On a bed of Masshigura rice from Japan’s Aomori prefecture, you’ll find 16 toppings delicately arranged in squares. But given just how labour-intensive it is, only 20 boxes will be made each week. Now, just in time for Australia’s hanami, or “flower viewing”, season – in Japan, a time to celebrate the ephemeral beauty of the cherry blossom – it’s adding a luxurious, beautifully curated new sushi option to its at-home offering.Įvery Saturday from September 4 to November 20, boxes of its colourful irodori chirashi, or “scattered” sushi, will be available to take away. At the onset of the pandemic, Japanese fine diner Minamishima started delivering its stunning, kaleidoscopic sushi.
