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Veggie Sushi with Wolfgang Puck and Tetsu Yahagi at Merois

04.20.2023 - By Videos from The Culinary Institute of AmericaPlay

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Wolfgang Puck and Chef Tetsu Yahagi demonstrate some playful and beautiful vegetarian sushi from the menu at his newest restaurant, Merois. Chef Tetsu Yahagi prepares the sushi “omakase style,” meaning that the guests are in the hands of the chef and receive a seasonal, elegant, and artistically crafted meal using the best ingredients available. All of his vegetable sushi preparations are a play on traditional sushi. He makes sashimi with slow-roasted red pepper to resemble tuna, as well as avocado made into pearls and soaked in basil oil to resemble fish eggs. For a vegan twist on uni, he roasts butternut squash in miso and adds a scoop to the top of a ribbon of cucumber.

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