Customer Reviews

Sushezi Sushi Made Easy

5 star:		(76)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I looked at about 5-6 different sushi makers recently (including the $20,000 sushi robot). Sushezi seemed the best bang for the buck. It arrived today (along with a rice cooker) via Amazon Prime so I didn't even get a chance to get impatient about it.

I've made sushi for years now with the little bamboo mat. I'm pretty handy in general and have had good results with the primitive tools, but still get more than half of the attempts at rolls to have a few end pieces collapsing, the roll irregular, etc. I DO have a life and I don't want to spend it perfecting being a sushi chef.

The Sushezi does one thing and it does it well: it makes a perfect large sushi roll and it does it quickly. I was both cooking and talking on Second Life to a friend and I compared chat time-stamps. I assembled ingredients (the rice was ready before I started), cut up a few veggies, found and opened a nori package, scrounged some of that orange caviar from my freezer, fake crab, leftover smoked clams, cream cheese, etc. I made four rolls. 45 minutes after the chat start mark, I had uploaded a photo of a plate of samples of each roll and sent it to my friend. If you've ever made sushi before, you know that's absurdly fast.

The Sushezi has a solid feel to it. There's nothing small and delicate that's going to break and leave you with a worthless product (versus, say, those cheap plastic cookie presses).

I'm staying with the very solid 5-star rating, but there are some downsides. First of all, it really needs a narrow diameter counterpart. That is to say, a Sushezi roll that can be wrapped with half a nori sheet. (Note: I e-mailed the company asking about that and got a very quick reply saying that they didn't have such a device. Disappointed though I was, I appreciated the fast and honest reply.) Next, if you're into inside-out rolls, this won't work. It's not designed to, so there's no reason to take away points.

Finally, the company suggests other uses for the product. This is cool: Cheese logs and cookies as a bonus is good. However, I just want to make good, consistent sushi rolls and do it quickly and easily. Sushezi worked exacly as presented. As I said earlier, a lot of bang for the buck. You do sushi rolls? Get this.

Love the maki! I have several kits that I have accrued over the years and this is far and away the best thing to come down the pike. With as often as I'm using the Sushezi, I know I'll wear it out. So, my only whine is that it's not as sturdy as an Abrams tank. Right now, I use half sushi rice and half brown rice (for the fiber); it holds together righteously. I think that with the pressure that can be applied with this apparatus I can move to all brown rice (pressure cooker cooked) at some point. I like this product so much that I took advantage of the four for three Amazon deal and sent them to my kids in other states. Aside from it not being made out of titanium, my only other concern is that I'm going to get fat as a piggy from making so much. (4jul2010) I thought I'd get fat as a piggy, but, I'm actually losing weight on the sushezi diet. I make and eat one to two rolls a day. I use plenty of protein sources for the filler and half brown rice for the roll. I cook the rice in a pressure cooker which makes it easy to combine different rices in a timely manner. For the filler I'll use imitation crab sticks, turkey spam (with pineapple), tuna, salmon, and, yes, bacon makes everything better. I'll do a smoked salmon with yochee fat free tzatziki. Ah, wasabi, curry and peanut butter make great seasonings. I'll add garlic powder to the rice wilst I cook it. Made thoughtfully, a sushi roll could be one of the healthiest foods to eat. Let your creativity run wild.

It looks like a gimmick but it really works well. I've made nori sushi at home for many years using the traditional bamboo mat and have even experimented with a plastic press mold. The Sushezi is easy, quick, and produces a stuffing of rice and 'whatever' to roll in a sheet of nori (toasted seaweed) in a matter of moments. Excellent results. Easy clean-up. Inspires you to make your own nori sushi at home -- often.

Gary Hayman

This is a decent sushi maker, producing rolls that are sized to use 1 nori sheet (which I happen to find perfect, but apparently not all people do).

It took me three tries to figure out the perfect amount of rice, but since then, results have been consistent. The trick is to use a wee bit less than 1 Japanese cup (3/4th American cup) of sushi rice and fill it enough so it's a little hard to close. Packed right, it's actually going to be rather messy (rice oozing through the cracks).

I found two downsides: first, the quality is so-so. The front cap usually takes a couple tries to lock into place and the latches are a bit flimsy, considering that you have to force- close the thing if you want tight sushi. Second, this device is overpriced! I know it's in line with other sushi makers, but this is nothing more than a PVC tube with latches and a plunger. I'm surprised that there aren't any $9 knock- offs.

I thought this was just another kitchen gadget that I really didn't need, but I thought back to the last time I tried to make sushi and decided that I should give it a try. I've only tried making sushi once before and it came out floppy, the seaweed was soggy from all the water I used to try to stick it together as I was rolling it, it took me forever to try to spread the rice and I tore the seaweed a couple of times, and it fell apart when I tried to cut it. In short, it was a mess. This was at least partially because I didn't use sushi rice so it wasn't sticky. This time I used sushi rice (cooked according to the directions on the package, mixed with 2 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar) and I also used this device. It was a huge success! I didn't even need to use a bamboo mat to roll it up which is great because those things are impossible to wash. The device is easy to use and actually seems very sturdy. It's made of thick plastic and does not feel flimsy. I read what other people said about the rolls being thick and I really didn't find that to be an issue. Yes, I've had thinner sushi rolls, but I've also had thicker rolls, and this roll is pretty normal for what we get in restaurants. It's not too big to eat in one mouthful. I'm very glad that I bought this and I am looking forward to trying it out for some other uses like sliced cookie dough. I thought it was just an expensive gadget but I can already see that it makes sushi easier for me, and since we love sushi and don't have the time or cash (or a free babysitter) to go out to dinner every week this makes it possible for us to have sushi again. And it's really not any more than the cost of a meal for the two of us.

Talk about a super easy, super fast time saving device. Forget the old fashioned way. You can't beat this and the sushi comes out perfect and tight! Heck, don't tell your friends, just make beautiful sushi and pretend that you're a pro. :)

I love this thing, i made pro looking Sushi rolls in no time. I can make rolls by hand but this is so much faster and even, my Wife can finally roll her own Rolls. Just remember to Lightly Oil the inside to get out easy, i wish it came in different sizes for the little rolls and the Monster rolls. Overall this thing is great to use and easy to clean.
(UPDATE) Been having for over a year now, i find if you use a dowel rod with with a thick diameter then the push/plunger to make the trench you get more filling and less rice. I still wish they had a smaller version.

i bought this as a valentines day gift for my girlfriend who loves sushi, and it works very well. she was giggly and delighted to find that she had made beautiful sushi rolls that were delicious with very little effort.

the only way that the quality of the sushi may be compromised is if you don't pack it hard enough with the plunger when closed, this may result in loose sushi that may fall apart inside of the nori.
also better results if you put long strips of ingredients, we had little choppy bits of avacado that sometimes would slip out.

Since i purchased it i've been racking my brain for other things to process like this, we are considering making thanksgiving sushi with stuffing in place of the rice, turkey, grean beans, yams.

It works well, if you like sushi its well worth what it costs.

Perfect sushi roll the first trial. Avoid hands to sushi rice (sticky) contact(s). Just spoon (wood) rice inside mold. Add ingredients, lock mold and push plunger. A rather uniform rice roll emerges. It takes seven years to become a sushi chef. With 'SUSHEZI' It takes seven minutes.

I just got this and it works perfectly. Super quick and easy. The Sushezi is made of durable plastic with sturdy clips and hinges. Once I had the sushi rice and fillings cut/made, it only took a few minutes to roll 6 jumbo sushi rolls. I highly recommend this to those who want to do home made sushi, but are intimidated with hand rolling. This will be great to make unique appetizers for when we have guests.