Customer Reviews

DK's Sushi Chronicles from Hawai'i: Recipes from Sansei Seafood Restaurant and Sushi Bar

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Loved the ease of instruction in making sushi. Not hard to follow, well done. Also like the homespun family history. It is a great guide to not only sushi but everthing else in his style. A lot of fun.

We purchased this book after eating at Sansei in Maui and Oahu our first time to Hawaii and love the book. If you have never eaten at Sansei you are really missing out. Chef DK has created an amazing menu. Everything is delicious. If you are heading to Maui or Oahu, make sure you put Sansei down as a "to-do" while you are there. On Sunday and Monday night they open at 5PM and everything on the menu is 50% off for one hour. You have to get their by 4PM or so in order to get in, but it is well worth the wait.

Chef Kodama and Bonnie Friedman share all of Chef Kodama's secrets and do a great job illustrating how to create traditional and contemporary Japanese cuisine. They explain how and why each ingredient is used and translate ingredients throughout the book so you don't have to keep looking up terms when trying a new recipe. The book is simple enough for beginners to follow, yet offers some contemporary (and slightly more complex) dishes for the advanced chef.

If you love sushi and want to start making it at home, by this book.

I've been to his restaurant in Maui and the food was fabulous. So good in fact that I bought this book. While I could use more examples of fish to swap for things only a Hawaiian can get I find the recipes so easy a beginner can use them to make some fantastic food. I highly recommend this book.

Still reveiwing this one but is has far more ideas an flavor than might be expected. I happend to be familiar with the author so that prompted me to buy it and check it out. If you are looking for menu ideas that are not too exotic but still bring new flavors and combinations with good focus on execution, this is one that you need to have. The skinny, if you own or work at a standard sushi bar and want be able to distigush yourself from the others, you should have this in your arsenal. You will get far more milage out of this than you will of all most all other books, especially those fantastic books by masters. ( I will give a full review when I'm done with it.)

For beginners, there's a nice introduction to different basic japanese foods and rolling techniques with pictures. There are recipes for sushi, and small and large entrees. I've been to one of the two Sansei restaurants on Maui and the recipes from this book definately cover some of the best things on their menu. The only minor change I could see to make it better is more information about using pre-made grocery store sauces instead of making everything from scratch.

This book took really long to come in...almost a month. But it's good if you have company alot and want to impress them.

Cookbook was shipped quickly...however, was shipped in a soft package envelope so ended up bent and tattered by the time I received. They should ship in cardboard box to avoid damage and if that is an extra charge they should offer the option to the customer. Very unprofessional!!!!!