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How to be Friends with a Sushi Chef
I think one of the most critical aspects of sushi bar experience is the interaction with the chef. No other cuisine offers such dynamic...
Kaz Matsune
Dec 7, 20214 min read
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We will be offering public sushi classes
We will be offering public sushi classes after the business reopens in San Francisco. Come back and register online. #sushichef...
Kaz Matsune
Sep 28, 20211 min read
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Tamago Sushi
(Photo from Wiki Media Commons) (From "How I Became A Sushi Chef: From apprentice to the teacher") The following day, my Tamago training...
Kaz Matsune
Feb 23, 20218 min read
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Our new video is up
We are so excited about this new video for breakthrough sushi. The shoot took place during our recent team-building sushi class at...
Kaz Matsune
Feb 2, 20211 min read
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A Freelance Sushi Chef?
Kazutoshi Hirata is one of the few Freelance Sushi Chefs in the San Francisco Bay Area. For the past twenty years, he has worked for many...
Kaz Matsune
Jan 12, 20213 min read
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How America’s First 3 Star Michelin Sushi Chef Serves His Fish
(video by Eater.com) "Rarely does chef Masa Takayama of Manhattan sushi shrine Masa allow cameras into his restaurant. But Eater's Kat...
Kaz Matsune
May 26, 20201 min read
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Why is the education of a sushi chef so insanely long?
(Originally posted on Quora.) Simply put, it is because the depth of mastery has no end. As simple as the techniques of sushi is, one can...
Kaz Matsune
Nov 6, 20181 min read
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What is it like to train to be a master sushi chef?
Someone asked me this question, and so, I wrote my experience, starting at a Sushi Restaurant in Los Angeles back in 2000, with no...
Kaz Matsune
Oct 2, 20181 min read
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100 Surprising Facts About Sushi - #12. What’s Fresh Today? - Fresh fish does not necessary mean the
Have you ever asked this question to your sushi chef, "So, what's fresh today?" From a sushi chef's standpoint of view, I must confess...
Kaz Matsune
Jul 10, 20182 min read
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