Toar Christopher owner of Poke Sushi

Working as a waiter, helpers, up to assistant chef ever acted by a man who is now a Sushi chef and owner of a sushi restaurant this. Who would have thought learning to cook from her Grandma and the big curiosity is precisely the greatest capital to become successful!

Toar Christopher's full name or a familiarly called Itoph, sushi chef and part owner of Sushi Poke was admitted never thought would become a chef let alone a sushi chef. Her goal during high school is to become an architect to follow the footsteps of his mother. In fact he even had time to get education at the University Parahiangan architect, Bandung.

"I was very stubborn, so only a few semesters I had to drop out due to often do not go to college," he said with a chuckle amused remembering the past. Almost desperate mother finally decided to send him to USA and majored in IT. Migrated to the USA became the turning point of life that can never Itop expected.

First experience working part time dilakoninya at a restaurant called 'Little Tokyo'. Being a waiter to difficulty communicating with the English language has also been experienced by Itop. Finally, during the monetary crisis in Indonesia in 1998 forced him to work the total to finance college.
After undergoing training in Tennessee, USA for 3 months finally the father of a 12-year-old daughter was placed in a Chinese restaurant. This is where he began to gain basic skills to become a chef. Starting from being a waiter, until then be a 'helper' in the kitchen. Skinned chicken, lifting goods, to stand for hours was an everyday food that lived Itoph diligently and full of patience.

Not in vain, when the company where he worked wanted to open a Japanese restaurant in his bid to deepen even get sushi. Month he learned and memorized the menu to be accepted as a 'helper' of a sushi chef. "Learning to be a sushi chef is not easy because we are not taught directly. We must be very clever engineering practice itself and consider the chef, because the sushi chefs are usually known for stingy to share knowledge" he explained.

After a year, finally Itop gain confidence from the chef to make maki and nigiri sushi. In the previous stage Itoph even undergo training to sharpen knives, wash, prepare the vegetables to cut vegetables.

"The hardest part of making sushi we have to move fast while the results are not only good but it must be beautiful," said Itoph. Deft and disciplined Itoph make the teacher was impressed and recommended him to deepen the 'speed' to make sushi on a friend of the teacher in Atlanta. He also had time to sit in Atlanta for 3 months, before finally re-drawn at the company where she worked first.

Travel became a corporate sushi chef was begun, he was believed to provide training company sushi outlets spread across America. But soon, the job bored him he was applying for work at a Japanese restaurant 'Ohana'. The experience made him appointed as a sushi chef Ohana and worked there almost 2 years old.

After returning to Indonesia, thanks to encouragement and solicitation of friends he had dared to open a sushi restaurant called Poke Sushi Dharmawangsa which became the forerunner to the growth of outlets other Poke Sushi in Jakarta. Restaurant concept of 'Japanese American Fusion' is indeed a form of specialization sushi roll. But when asked about his favorite food, "Actually, my favorite food is not Japanese but Bruine Bonen Soep made my oma," he said.

Not stingy to share knowledge, he also provides recipes to make Caterpillar Roll Unagi for readers detikfood especially those sushi lovers. Sushi is one of the favorite menu Poke Sushi visitors who hmm ... oishii desu ne!

Caterpillar Roll Unagi

For 8 pieces

Material:
80 g rice sushi
nori sheet size 10x20 cm
10 g tobiko
80 g meat avocado, thinly sliced
10 g Kyuri / green cucumber, thinly sliced
50 g unagi, ready to buy
10 ml unagi sauce / teriyaki
Topping:
1 tsp tobiko

Method:
* Spread sushi rice evenly with remaining 5 mm in the longitudinal nori without rice. (Previously, wet your hands with water).
* Turn onto the makisu (bamboo scrolls) that has been coated with plastic so that the rice is on the outside. Arrange on top of nori; tobiko, unagi and Kyuri.
* Roll up while compact enough to neatly and straight.
* Arrange the slices of fresh avocado on it, hit back with makisu until
* Salmon is attached.
* Drizzle with unagi sauce / teriyaki and sprinkle with tobiko
* Cut crosswise into 8 pieces. Plastic coated, tap-tap back.
* Arrange on platter and serve immediately.

Tips:
* For the avocado, select local avocado Sukabumi big and old. When held it feels 'thick', loud but not too soft.
* In order not tan color avocado, cut into pieces just to be presented or used.
* Unagi can be purchased at supermarkets that sell imported products such as Ranch Market, Sogo, etc..
* Select the unagi is great, the meat is tasty and more tender.
* If you are still left, unagi can be stored in the chiller.

"If others can, so I also have to be," so he said when asked about the motto of his life and his perseverance in life. (Dev / Odi)

Source: Devita Sari - detikFood

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