To Asia We Go!

This week we traveled to Asia and were hungry for some Chinese cuisine! 

We spent the beginning of the week rolling out dough to make delicious scallion pancakes.  While this savory dish looks and tastes much different than our usual fluffy, buttermilk pancakes, they were a hit with our students.

 

Then we folded, pinched, and tucked dough to make pot stickers with a homemade dipping sauce. Students carefully sliced beef to make our main dish, beef and broccoli.  This version was not your ordinary carry-out favorite; we jazzed it up with some new and exciting sauces like hoisin and Chinkiang vinegar! 

 

We even learned some interesting and maybe less well known facts about Chinese culture.  Who knew that cricket fighting (yes, the insect!) was popular and that no one in China has a middle name?

Next, it was off to Japan, the land of many islands, 3,000 to be exact! We did as traditional Japanese do and embarked on the art of sushi making. 

 

We were fully equipped with all the tools; rolling mats, seaweed, wasabi, pickled ginger, and fillings. Our class made three different kinds of rolls, though each one varied from the next, as each student added their own touch of creativity.  To make for an authentic experience we used raw fish and ate with chopsticks. It was a blast!

 

Next week we travel west to Italy and enter the land of pasta!