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Japanese Cooking Class in Sydney - $56 off until 26 May ($89 Final Price)

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Japanese Cooking Class in Sydney - $56 off until 26 May ($89 Final Price)
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AssociatedLskillflip on 06/05/2013 - 11:46 skillflip.com (156 clicks)
Last edited 06/05/2013 - 12:40

Hi OzBargainers!

This is our first bargain offer on here, so please be gentle. :-) But we're also happy to hear about what other types of offers people would like to have. I'm intending to post good deals on here regularly if this is well received. (disclosure, I'm the co-founder of Skillflip)

In this offer, we're cutting our usual Sushi Samurai cooking class price of $145 down to $89 for a saving of $56. This offer is valid from today until the 26th, but you can book for any of the available dates: June 1st, or June 22nd. If interest warrants it we'll organize more dates for which this offer will also be valid. For now this is Sydney only, but let us know in the comments which other cities you are interested in and we'll make it so.

In the 3 hour long class you'll cover:

  • Making traditional sushi rice
  • Overview of Japanese ingredients and flavours
  • How to slice your sushi tuna and salmon like a true sushi samurai
  • Assembling the sushi and sushi rolls
  • Make your own perfect tempura batter
  • Create some delicious vegetable tempura
  • How to make your own teriyaki sauce
  • No Japanese meal is complete without home made miso soup

This offer is exclusively available through the following link: http://skillflip.com/flip/five-dock/a77ca3cf/sushi-samurai-c…

Thanks for reading and let's get our sushi on!

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    • cminez on 06/05/2013 - 12:21

      this is exact online sources.

    • Associatedskillflip @ skillflip.com on 06/05/2013 - 12:21
      +2

      Sure, but on youtube you don't have an expert chef who can watch you do it yourself and give you instant feedback, advice and corrections. Also, if you have further questions about things you don't understand or which is unclear in the video, where do you ask? Sometimes people prefer the real world.

      • cminez on 06/05/2013 - 12:24

        I would prefer to learn how to do sushi with Japanese chef instead of qualified chef from another conutry.

      • scrimshaw on 06/05/2013 - 14:19
        +2

        A real life cooking class is a lot more fun than sitting and watching youtube videos.

    • commandershephard on 06/05/2013 - 12:24
      +4

      Regardless of the merits of this comment, this is just rude. The rep hasn't posted anything that warrants this kind of response.

      Next time, frame your question like: What can I expect the difference to be between learning via Youtube, and learning in person?

    • yfu1999 on 06/05/2013 - 12:33
      -1

      Are we talking about the expertise being a Japanese sushi chief HERE, at Ozbargain? in 3 hours? To be a Japanese sushi chief, you need at least 10 years apprenticeship.

      • vietbargain on 06/05/2013 - 12:59
        +3

        dude, you really need to take it down a notch. you're obviously not going to be a japanese sushi cheif chef god after three hours - you're getting on demand feedback from one.

      • moocher on 06/05/2013 - 15:23

        Without disrespect intended towards OP, here's what I think about the course itself.

        If you are content with your usual $1-$2 takeaway sushi rolls, this course will probably do just fine. Making good sushi is really, really hard! If you are serious about it, go for a semi-professional course like this.

        http://www.jculinary.com.au/cooking/
        (see right column)

        Prepare to pay up large and also buy yourselves some decent Japanese knives (no they are not the as from western knives, they are single-edged. If you are left handed, you need left-handed knives) Also, prepare to get your hands dirty filleting your own whole fish everyday.

        As for the rest of the stuff - teriyaki sauce, tempura, you can learn all that and much, much more from a good japanese cookbook like this. It's not very hard if you have some home cooking skills.

        http://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Cooking-Simple-Shizuo-Tsuji/d…

        • Associatedskillflip @ skillflip.com on 06/05/2013 - 15:58
          +4

          I'd like to say that this is just a fun, social, introductory class. This is not vocational training for future chefs. It's not even for the serious amateurs. It's for people interested in Japanese food to learn a bit more and have some fun.

          On the listing it says "As the saying goes: Learning to make sushi only takes a moment, but perfecting sushi takes a lifetime!"

          So no claim is being made that you'll become a professional in 3 hours. Surely that's common sense. Doing a rock-climbing introduction course won't teach you to climb Everest.

          It's just a fun introduction to get people started.

          Thanks for everyone's interest.

        • moocher on 06/05/2013 - 16:17

          Nothing wrong with having some fun and it's always good to learn to cook a new cuisine. No issue with your deal post at all.

  • moocher on 06/05/2013 - 12:22
    +1

    Making the perfect sushi rice

    That is a big claim. Sorry, this won't be achievable in 3 hours. Typically, the first five years of a sushi apprentice's life is spent making the rice.

    • Associatedskillflip @ skillflip.com on 06/05/2013 - 12:31
      +3

      Hi moocher,

      I get where you're coming from. That was a probably a bit "salesy" from our copy writer. I've modified it to not say "perfect" rice, so as not to mislead anyone.

      Thanks for your feedback.

      • moocher on 06/05/2013 - 12:38
        +2

        Thanks you skillflip for your quick response and understanding, much appreciated.

      • voteoften on 06/05/2013 - 18:38

        I get tired of sales crap. Every breakfast offered on group buy sites is'gourmet', when in fact the description reads ….eggs, bacon, beans, tomato, toast. Seriously, there does come a point when plain talking is called for. Why not hype the experience, rather than lie about the skills that will be learned?

  • ElWircho on 06/05/2013 - 12:32

    Actually i'd be interested if the price would come further down. :D

    • daleyboy79 on 06/05/2013 - 14:58
      +1

      +1 … or if there was some actual eating of food involved as well???

      • Associatedskillflip @ skillflip.com on 06/05/2013 - 15:03
        +2

        Of course everything that gets made (and everyone gets to make their own), gets eaten at the end!

        That's the best part of any cooking class, isn't it? :)

  • gummibears on 06/05/2013 - 16:47
    +1

    When I read the post this morning, it appealed to me from a "fun" perspective rather than a more serious one like becoming a sushi master. First thought was: this would be great to experience with the missus. I think that's what the OP is trying to get across.

    Price ($30/hr) does seem a little high although I have nothing to compare it to. I probably would have given it a shot if I was in Sydney.

    How often are classes run? How big are the class sizes? How many chefs/demonstrators are present? Interested to know how popular it is at the full price of $145.

    • scrimshaw on 06/05/2013 - 17:16

      Yes, many of us are reading too much into the whole "Professional cooking" thing and think that a 3hr session is somehow going to arm you with the leet skills of a pro chef. As Moocher has pointed out, the wording does make it seem that you can create restaurant level sushi rice in just 3 hours but anyone with commonsense would take it as marketing puffery.

      It's meant to be a fun experience and what you're essentially paying for isn't just the learning aspect but also the enjoyment that comes with the experience. Not to mention you're also getting a free lunch…

      • voteoften on 06/05/2013 - 18:39

        Included lunch. Not free.

    • Associatedskillflip @ skillflip.com on 06/05/2013 - 19:21
      +1

      Hi gummibears. Yes as you say it's definitely aimed from a "fun" perspective.

      We have about 4-6 classes per month, but of different types. The sushi class is just one of many and we try and reschedule the popular ones more often. We've had the Sushi class once before and had 7 students attend and was a lot of fun. We have one chef present, and also an extra Skillflip person to help out and assist the chef ("grab me this please? can you get that? etc").

      All the previous students paid the full price. However since we rescheduled 2 classes for June and we haven't filled them yet, we are promoting it here with discounts to fill the last places.

      We are also planning on organizing classes in other capital cities over the next few months - and I'm sure we'll have specials for OzBargain members again. :)

      Thanks everyone for your support so far today!

      • gummibears on 06/05/2013 - 21:00

        Thanks for the info.

  • bonus999 on 06/05/2013 - 19:36

    whatever you guys said professional, 3 hours, fun or have your own eating at the end.
    Sorry but I just don't think 89 dollars is a bargain for a 3 hours class.

    I can buy half a salmon with 30 dollars (from costco) and cook the sushi rice, mixed with some Japanese rice vinegar, cool them down and slice my boneless salmon with my stupid Global knife(I love it!), put fish and rich together with my friends with some wasabi between fish and rice…that is much more fun which you can laugh at those "funny" sushi and eat them. Bargain! (half a salmon can serve up to 3-4 people already and around 30-40+ pieces shushi and some sashimi )

    The rest of 50 dollars I can have real sushi outside. As long as you can't make a real sushi within 3 hours.

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