The Zen of Sushi- A BR Contest You Want to Win!!
This event will be a relaxed and enjoyable evening full of interesting facts about sushi culture. Even better, it will be accompanied by a fantastic, multi-course Japanese meal prepared by Johnson & Wales graduate and nutritionist, Chef Avi Altman. Chef Altman runs a successful catering business in addition to his unique position as chef to the Executive Performance Center.
The fish and shellfish used to prepare this meal will be of the same quality used by Western New York's finest sushi restaurants, flown in fresh from Hawaii and prepared with skill and diligence. Just look at the evening's menu:
The Zen of Sushi
Miso Soup with Edamame
Yellow Fin Tuna with Avocado, Asian Pear and Daikon Salad
A Delightful Combination of Nigiri and Sashimi (5 pieces)
2 Traditional Rolls :
Mackerel Ginger Roll wrapped in Nori
Roll du jour
1 Non-traditional Roll:
Forbidden Rice, Caramelized Papaya & Sake-marinated White Fish rolled & dusted in White Sesame
Steamed Chocolate Cake with Lychee Sauce
Sake
Chef’s Selection of Wine
Tea Service
YUM is pleased to have the opportunity to give away tickets to this event. If you are interested in winning tickets, please read further for information about the contest. If you'd rather not take the chance of missing out on tickets, you can contact the Executive Performance Center and make your reservations today. Some tickets are still available, but I doubt they will be for long. Please contact the Executive Performance Center with any questions (716.882.1400).
YUM'S Zen of Sushi Contest
The photo below depicts items commonly associated with quality sushi. Do you know the proper name of each? We are looking for the name of the specific item, not its ingredients (for example the answer to B. is not "salmon" or "sashimi"). Please email your answers to YUM and don't forget to type "Zen" into the subject line. Entries with four or more correct answers will be entered in the drawing to win tickets. One entry per person, please. The Zen of Sushi contest ends on Sunday, April 20 at 5PM. Winners will be notified by email on Monday, April 21.
Good luck!
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simcoe
freelance chef? I take that to mean unemployed chef, no? I think sushi in Bflo is very lacking, esp living so close to Toronto. so what are Altman's credentials? Otherwise it sounds like a unique event.
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sbrof
ohh I have eaten all those things but I don't remember the names of them... have to go to the source for this one.
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BackInBuffalo
Very Cool.
I'm too impatient to wait! Anyone want to converge on Kuni's tonight?!?!
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ChristaSeychew
simcoe,
I appreciate your concern and have therefore clarified Chef Avi's current employment status in the body of the story. Although the terms 'freelance' and 'consultant' do often equal the term 'unemployed', I assure you that that is not the case here.
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jfab
What a great contest, the prize sounds delicious. This is a hard one though, because I want to name the individual ingredients for some of them. I just ate at Seabar this weekend, but had the "beef on weck" roll, so that certainly doesn't help with these pictures...by the way, Seabar was great and my husband's sushi (which did contain fish) was extremely fresh and wonderful.
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RisingDamp666
Simcoe, maybe an enterprising restauranteur in Toronto could build a sushi carousel that reaches Buffalo to supply all you poor deprived souls.
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