Sushi Workshop

Description of Experience:

Kitchen Lab, a organization which hosts many cooking classes and workshops all year long, collaborated with Qatch, a sushi restaurant in Lebanon, for a sushi cooking class. During this workshop, we would be learning about the different types of sushi, the correct way to choose fish, how to cut ingredients properly, how to cook sushi rice, how to roll sushi, and different techniques for plating.

Date: October 6^th, 2019

Grade Level: IBDP II

Title of Proposed CAS Experience: Sushi Workshop

Member(s): Caren Tohme and Cindy Tohme

Type of Experience: (select all that apply)

- Creativity

- Activity

Experience Status (is this a new experience or an ongoing project)

- New

Timeline: (location of the experience; how often; Time length of the experience)

The experience is a one-time experience taking place October 17^th for around 2 hours.

Name of Supervisor and Organization: Riza (Head chef at Qatch restaurant), Kitchen Lab.

Telephone number: 01-200391

Address: Kitchen Lab, Victor Hugo street, Monot, Beirut, Lebanon.

Personal Goals of the Experience:

Through this experience, we hope to be able to learn new cooking skills, which will be very useful in the future. Furthermore, this would give us a chance to learn a part of Japan’s very diverse culture.

Intended learning Outcome(s):

LO2: Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process.

LO3: Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience.

LO5: Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively.

How I intend to reach the identified Learning Outcome(s):

LO2: Learning how to make sushi is a new skill that we will be able to learn through this workshop.

LO3: Organizing the trip with my friends and reserving the spots for the class.

LO5: Working collaboratively with others who have signed up for the class, as well as with the chef in order to make this dish.

Student Signature

Cindy Tohme and Caren Tohme

Sushi Workshop Reflection

During the workshop, we were introduced to the basics of sushi: how to cook the rice, how to pick assorted ingredients, how to roll the sushi, how to cut and plate, etc. We were given the recipe book shown below with the steps needed. In addition, Chef Riza gave a detailed demonstration for every step in the sushi preparation and made sure everyone was working correctly. At first, I did not know that there was a specific angle and side that salmon should be cut in order to be more easily sliced, but the Chef taught me the method needed. I learned many cooking skills that I had previously been unaware of. There were many instances where I found that I had to ask those around me for help. Since I am a person who prefers to work independently, so the feeling of having to rely on others’ assistance was relatively knew. I realized that in some situations, asking others and learning through others’ experiences and communicating makes learning a new skill a more effective process. Overall, the experience taught me the importance of working collaboratively. Also, I later used my newly acquired cooking skills when I made sushi at home the week after for my family at home. It was a success :)
I hope to be able to attend many more cooking classes from diverse cuisines and various techniques in order to broaden my knowledge and skill in my hobby. 

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After: 

Learning Outcomes Achieved: 

LO2: Making sushi is a newly acquired skill which required patience, working collaboratively, and creativity. The cooking class gave me the opportunity to learn this new skill that I could use in the future. 

LO3: I initiated the plan and convinced my sister and my friends to join me. I was responsible for making the reservations, calling the organization to make sure of the details and the logistics, and I made sure to organize a form of transportation for the whole group. 

LO5: This experience taught me the importance of seeking assistance from others and working in a group because I was required to ask others questions if I found that one of the steps were complicated or unclear, etc.