pictures of my lunch at work! how do you guys get your avocado topped rolls so perfect?

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1. Perfect ripe avocado, let it rest a bit before cutting it.

2. Perfect ripe avocado, let it rest a bit before cutting it.

3. Practice

4. Ripe avocado, cut it into a quarter, slice the quarters, don’t separate the slices, just leave them all stacked.

   Place the stack of slices on the roll, gently disperse until its covered like you want, then I put a bit of cellophane over the whole roll, shape it with an unwrapped matt, and slice.

   You can skip the cellophane and just slice it, but the cellophane is a good insurance policy.

5. Perfect ripe avocado, let it rest a bit before cutting it.

6. You made this?

   Dude it’s clean, great work!

   The trick really isn’t even in the knife or your knife skills but more in the avocado itself.

   I pride myself on my ability to make legitimately good looking sushi and it most obviously shows when we’ve gotten awards every year since I’ve started at my restaurant. but man the bane of my existence is a shitty avocado, there is very little you can do about that.

7. What does your work have on the menu.

8. Quality knife, ripe avocado small slices. I find it works best when I angle the knife downward and slice with a smooth motion. With a steeper angle the knife slides right through without the avocado sticking to the blade.

   After slicing the entire avocado you press down and out on the sliced mound and the pieces slide themselves into place. Manipulate the pile to have the length and look that you desire for the roll.

   Slide the knife under the elongated pile of avocado with a quick smooth motion and pick up the entire pile with the blade.

   Lay the avocado gently on your roll. Add a layer of Saran Wrap on the top of the roll and press with a rolling mat.

   Slice the roll with the Saran Wrap on.

   Remove Saran Wrap and place the individual pieces of sushi onto serving platter.

   Bam boom pow that is how.

9. Legit rolls and nigiri 10/10 on freshness and presentation 👌👌👌