lazrowp wrote:
> Dan, you have been very active on this site and I am very surprised
> that you have never encountered a non Asian sushi chef. I just spent
> the last several years living in NYC where there are many Latin people
> behind the counters also.

Maybe there aren't many Latinos coming to Boston looking for work as
a sushi chef. I did see one caucasian woman working behind the sushi
bar once, but I don' think she lasted long.

> I also spent way too much money at a week-long course at the California
> Sushi Academy a couple of years ago and they claimed that they
> "educate" many non Asian chefs, including Caucasians. In my
> experience the majority of Asian sushi chefs in America are not
> Japanese. I believe that there are more Chinese, Koreans and
> Indonesians making sushi than Japanese people. We will be seeing many
> more Latin people behind the counter in the future as sushi grows in
> popularity. Sushi is a world-wide food and this diversity will be and
> should be reflected behind the counters.

Of all the sushi places I've dined around here, only three are formally
trained Japanese sushi chefs. The rest are Chinese, Korean, Cambodian,
Thai. I prefer the sushi fromm the Japanese chefs though.

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Dan