Lunch delivery - California rolls

Having started out with the SPAM musubi, this time it was California rolls - $3.50 each.


Ingredients: Sushi rice, seaweed, avocados, imitation crab, tobiko (fish roe), cucumbers.

I recommend to use Japanese, English or Persian cucumbers. American cucumbers are not suitable for sushi - too rubbery. A friend of mine told me about Persian cucumbers. The texture is pretty much like Japanese cucumbers. Good to know...

SPAM Musubi fans coming out

It's been a while since I made and delivered california rolls, simple bento boxes and SPAM musubi for lunch at work so decided to start out again with SPAM Musubi ($1 each).

My challenge was to target American customers who love SPAM but don't have the courage to come out as SPAM fans. Well, I got 74 orders and it turned out that a half of them was from non-Asian customers. Guess there must be a lot more secret admirers of SPAM out there...

If you have been to Hawaii, you might have found SPAM musubi at local grocery stores or even tried one. It's a very popular snack over there, and the combination of teriyaki pressed meat and rice is a no-brainer hit item for Japanese.

Here is my version of SPAM musubi. It might be slightly different from the regular SPAM musubi but I got the recipe from a Japanese lady who's been living in Hawaii for years and I loved it!

Ingredients: A slice of SPAM sauteed with Huli Huli sauce, pickled radish, bonito flakes, seaweed, rice