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Stop using boring transparent tape that isn’t raw fish and seaweed. Sushi Tape is here to hold your stuff together… with style.
Brought to us by Suck UK, the tape is available in a four-pack and ready to adhere to anything. Scotch Tape can’t do that… Actually, it can, it’s just not as cool.
Check it out here.
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If you haven’t seen Isle of Dogs, then you’ve missed the single greatest stop-motion sushi-making ever put to film. What you probably didn’t know is that the short scene took a few animation artists and over a month to create.
Check out the time lapse of the scene being created below, and then see the finished product here.
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Break out the wasabi and soy sauce — from the entire neighborhood — and learn how to make your own 16-lb Sushi Donut.
Brought to us by Hellthy Junk Food, the giant ring of raw fish and rice starts with 6-lbs of sushi rice. After being molded into donut-form, the rice is topped with ahi tuna, salmon, escolar, yellow tail, cucumber and avocado amongst others. See how it’s done below.
Just when we thought that Japan had gone two far with their outrageous Kit Kat flavors — Sushi Kit Kats are here. Although, it may be easy to believe that these Kit Kats could be tuna and sea urchin-flavored, they’re only made to look like raw fish and rice.
Maguro (tuna) is made with a puffed rice base topped with topped with a raspberry flavored Kit Kat. Uni (sea urchin) is made with a slice of seaweed wrapped around a Hokkaido Melon with Mascarpone Cheese–flavored Kit Kat. Tamago (egg) features a Banana-flavored Kit Kat and nori seaweed.
The Sushi Kit Kat three-pack will be offered at the new Kit Kat Chocolatory inside Itami Osaka International Airport. However, they’re only available to the first thirty customers who spend over 3,000 yen ($27.96), every day from April 18 through to May 6.
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Wes Anderson recently released a stop-motion masterpiece called, Isle of Dogs. Although, the movie consists mostly of canines, fanboys appear to be freaking out over a 45-second sushi-making scene.
Watch the masterful work of stop-motion, as our sushi chef seamlessly creates dishes — paying homage to a few scenes that came before it, so mild spoilers ahead. Check it out below.
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