Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Who Put the Chocolate in My Sushi? Who Put the Sushi in My Chocolate?
One day one of two sisters out of San Jose had a dream. Chocolate covered cookie in the shape of sushi! That was in 1994 and now years later they have come up with some darn authentic looking chocolate sushi cookies.
With no food business experience the Sasaki sisters spent over a year on research and training. Initially sold by word of mouth and small mailing they expanded into a retail business and now sell their products online at Kook-Ki Sushi.
The top of each nori is typically colored chocolate molded to look like seafood and the “rice” is a rice cookie. It’s the fine detail that sells it.
Edible gold leaf patterns, edible green garnish and green tea chocolate “wasabi” goes with each item. Even chocolate flavored “shoga” (pink ginger) and shoyu (soy sauce package of chocolate is available. They’ve thought of everything.
They sell Washi gift boxes, larger “classic” containers and even single piece items on a chocolate plate in a tiny box. Does it get any cuter than that? Oh, and don’t forget the chocolate chopsticks and chocolate lucky cats.
Like the finest sushi these little goodies aren’t cheap. At about $10 per sushi in a box and $15 on a choclolate plate they are certainly dear. However, with the fancy packaging and unique concept it’s a nice departure from a bottle of wine or a fruit basket and makes a great conversation piece at gatherings.
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Cutting Board with Built In Scale
A Cutting board with a built in scale from the Designboom contest won third place.
That contest has generated a lot of interesting ideas and useful products if they do come to fruition albeit a might impracticle.
This cutting board scale will have require a scale and display cost efficient enough to be tossed away after a year or two of use.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Pairing Food and Wine Guidebook
Coolhunting mentions a new book for food and wine pairings. Always a major consideration whenever guests come over, like trying to find the perfect outfit to wear for a cool party.
“What to Drink with What you Eat” seems like a worthy additon to any collection.
Other books worth reading are ”How to Match Food and Wine: A Comprehensive Guide to Choosing Wine to Go With Food” (geez can’t these writers come up with shorter names) and “Food & Wine: Pairing Made Simple”.