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.