KPVM World Travels

Today, I took a class at Izumi, to learn how to make Sushi. We were required to sign a waiver and agree that we could not take the results to-go. We had to consume them there. Yummy, Yummy! Here are the ingredients. I'm not fond of Saki, however I kept with an international theme   The class was assembled and given chef's caps Our chef's name was Elmer and he is from the Philippines   They were kind enough to change out the shrimp for tuna and salmon and they gave us some seaweed paper and a bamboo rolling mat .   Here are the results. Two types of Maki; a California roll with rice on the outside and a spicy tuna roll with 3 square sides and rice on the inside, and two Salmon Nigiri s       We then learn how to make Temaki, or better known as hand helds   Results and initial plating.   The Chef's final plating   And My final plating. Not too bad!   We are all now offical Sushi Chefs and we have the certificate to prove it Thanks guy...

Today was a port day, and I took the Recife and UNESCO Site of Olinda excursion. Olinda, the old capital, is a beautiful city on a hill. It is a UNESCO site which has lovely homes and historic cathedrals. UNESCO stands for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. You can just see my home (ship), if you look really hard, in the upper right side of both of these pictures    We visited Mosterio de Sao Bento (Monastery of St. Benedict) a 17 th  century Baroque gem with an ornate interior draped in gold.          They had some very nice Stations of the Cross Plaques Here is one of the Monks, keeping an eye on us.  We continued to head up the hill and arrived at the highest point, Alto Da Se (top of the sea) which overlooked another church that I think was Misericordia Church. A 16 th century architectural masterpiece. However, I can’t be sure.   Or maybe it was this one. We also passed this shop. Translated it says H...