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SushiBot Cranks out the Spicy Tuna Rolls

Technabob — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 17:30:30 +0000

I love a good hand-rolled sushi roll as much as the next person, but I can only imagine that making hundreds of rolls of sushi every hour can be an exhausting and difficult experience for the chefs behind the sushi bar. Well, the Japanese have a solution for this – sushi-making robots!

The Suzomo SVR line of SushiBots can crank out up to 280 to 400 rolls of norimaki in an hour, taking ingredients and rolling out a perfect square roll.

As you can see in the video clips, it’s not like it can do all of the slicing and precision knife-work that a qualified sushi chef can pull off, but it can take care of laying out the rice and the precise rolling part. In addition to the norimaki machine, Suzomo offers the TRS-FMA robot, which can crank out up to 3300 pieces of shari sushi rice every hour:

From the looks of things, Suzomo offers quite a range of robotic systems for mass-production of sushi. Would you eat sushi that came from a robot, or do you require that humans prepare all your food?

[Gigazine[JP] and Gizmodo via Geeky Gadgets]

Star Wars Vegetable Carvings: Just What the Jedi Ordered

Lambert Varias — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:33:10 +0000

Sushi chef Okitsugu Kado is an avid practitioner of Mukimono – carving fruit and vegetables into attractive shapes for use as decorative garnishing. He’s also a Star Wars fan and is a member of a Japanese Star Wars fan club. Combine the two and what do you get? Edible Jedi and Sith.

Awesome detail on Darth Vader’s chest. Chef Kado typically uses carrots, white radish, sweet potatoes, pumpkins and sometimes a bit of food coloring to create his geeky garnishing.

Was Darth Sidious using Force Lightning or Force Webbing? Check out Chef Kado’s blog to see more of his work. He has other geeky vegetable carvings, including Gundam and Pokémon.

[via Obvious Winner]

iPhone 4 Sushi Cases: Delectably Weird

Lambert Varias — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 13:29:15 +0000

Sushi loving iPhone 4 owners rejoice! Strapya has just the thing for you:

No, this is no mere prank. As Digital Gadgets Freak assures us (by way of Google Translate), “the gully is real.” The gully is real folks. The cases are hand made and come in two variants, one with a huge shrimp on it, and one with roe and sea urchin guts. Yummy!

Granted, the cases don’t have holes for the iPhone 4′s camera and LED flash, and will create an unsightly bulge on your pants, but if you’re worried about those things then you’re not weird enough to want these cases. Strapya will start selling them later this month for ¥3,990 (appx. $49 USD). Wasabi and soy sauce not included.

Anpanman Bento Machine Lets You Really Play With Your Food

Technabob — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:53:55 +0000

We’ve featured some fun bento box creations on the site over the years, but they’re clearly the works of master food artisans with tons of time on their hands. Now thanks to this new gizmo from Japan, you can make your own funny lunches without any such skills.

Bandai’s new Anpanman sushi maker toy lets you crank out edible nori maki faces of characters from the famous Japanese kids’ anime series. The process is reminiscent of one of those Play-Doh machines you used to play with when you were a kid, extruding rolls of colorful food through templates of faces. Except this time, you’ll be eating actual food instead of Play-Doh. The diagram below explains it better…

Ready to roll (some sushi)? At this point the Anpanman bento toy is available only in Japan for ¥5040 (appx. $55 USD), but hopefully some enterprising importer will bring them to the rest of the world for all to enjoy.

Mmmm… extruded food!

[Press Release (translated)]

Sushi Train Restaurant and Game: Sushinkansen

Lambert Varias — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:29:05 +0000

Compared to all the other Japanese gadgets we’ve seen, the Sushi Train Restaurant and Game is only mildly Japanese – i.e. not so weird. It’s a literal take on the popular conveyor belt sushi restaurants, which are also known as – wait for it – sushi trains. The set includes a replica of the N700 series Shinkansen, which can go as fast as 186 mph. Just place sushi – or anything really, you can use kittens if you like – on top of the 2 train cars and watch it go round and round.

Each set includes a controller, 8 pieces each of curved and straight rail pieces, chopsticks, a couple of plates, and several fake sushi. See? Mildly Japanese.

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You can get the Sushi Train Restaurant and Game at Japan Trend Shop for $128 (USD) ($73 + $55 for shipping). The train runs on 2 AA batteries, while the controller needs 2 AAA batteries. I don’t know if they’re included.

[via 7Gadgets]

LEGO Sushi Looks Stacky and Scrumptious

Karen M. — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:00:26 +0000

Too bad this Lego sushi is inedible, because it looks oddly delicious! I love the wasabi- that’s got to be a specialty color.

I must be in serious need of a snack because I actually drooled a little bit when I saw these pictures. Of course, it’s hard to tell if that’s because of my love of Legos or sushi- maybe both.

These tasty-looking treats are from Big Daddy Nelson’s flickr page. You can see more photos of the sushi (as well as other lovely Lego landscapes) there!

And now, here’s a completely different take on combining sushi and Legos- it’s real sushi presented on a lego train, sushi-boat style. I guess it’s one way to get that sushi-boat experience from the comfort of your 4-year-old’s bedroom. Check out the video here.

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[via xorsyst]