Celebrating Christmas with these must-try Japanese rice dishes

JC Uni-tec puts together Japanese art and culture into its specialized kitchen tools and equipment, including rice washers and cookers.
 

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Christmas is as colorful as the Japanese culture, and what more unique and better way to celebrate the holidays this year than by serving Japanese rice meals on the table? That gleaming lidded lacquer bowl, when opened, gives off the sweet fresh fragrance of rice and signals the beginning of a sumptuous meal. For those who want to experience Christmas the Japanese way, here are some savory rice meals to try:

Sushi

This refers to any dish containing sushi rice and cooked white rice seasoned with rice vinegar. It comes in various forms: nigiri, gunkan, norimaki, and many more.

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Donburi

It’s a bowl of plain-cooked rice topped with any kind of food. Donburi is common in the menus of specialty restaurants and has varieties such as the following:

• Gyudon
• Katsudon or tonkatsu
• Tendon or tempura
• Oyakodon
• Tekkadon or maguro
• Kaisendon

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Chazuke (Ochazuke)

This a simple comfort food containing hot water, tea, and fish stock poured over fresh or left-over rice. Ochazuke is commonly garnished with umeboshi, grilled salmon, or pickles on top. This is a perfect Christmas after-drink dish.

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A Japanese rice dish is considered a complete meal in itself with all its garnishes and toppings. With endless possibilities in creating rice dishes, this year’s Christmas will be memorable.


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Five JC Uni-tec premium kitchen products

For years, JC Uni-tec has been one of the leading suppliers of quality Japanese kitchenware—from the unique Taiji products to the magnificently handcrafted sushi showcases created by Kanzen. Below are five of its products all “made with quality, safety, and convenience in mind.”

Sake warmers. Available in 12 different models and custom colors, these Taiji products utilize the traditional method of heating sake in a hot water bath, enabling the sake to preserve its delicate and natural flavor.

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Sushi Showcase. Available in three series, these Fuji showcases boast of handcrafted design from Japan’s renowned showcase manufacturer, Kanzen. The products have the same durability and unique functionality that Kanzen merchandise are known for.

JC Uni-tec carries a unique and specialized line of high-quality restaurant equipment.

Towel warmers. Available in various sizes, these quality Taiji models are all tested to meet UL and NSF 4 standards.

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Vegetable slicers. Available in various units that are specifically made to cut any type of vegetable, these Happy Food Machinery products are all professional grade designed to reduce preparation time and produce better results.

Pressure cookers. Available in two series—Mighty Mickey series and Iwatani series—these pressure cookers have the patented Safety Cap and other safety features for high capacity pressure cooking.

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Just as there’s no way that Japanese cooking will become irrelevant in the culinary circle, the ubiquitous Japanese kitchen products from JC Uni-tec will stay significantly involved in the current trend on cutlery innovations.


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JC Uni-tec: Kitchen tools at the sharp end of history

JC Uni-tec is a major consulting firm and distributor of Japanese kitchen products. This article talks about the history of kitchen tools and their roles in human culture.

 

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The development of kitchen tools has always had a unique place in the history of mankind. Just as modern humans are products of change, passage of time, and evolution of history, the tools for food preparation evolved and developed into their present state based on the changing human practices and culinary culture that are wholly intertwined in the larger mechanization of human life.

The development of human civilization is always reflected in the way people adapt to the changing conditions of life. Culinary tools and their evolving designs are natural products of this tendency to answer a need.

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JC Uni-tec takes pride in the unique elements of innovative Japanese culinary tools.

Because the dawn of food preparation is an essential phase in the development of society after the rough eras of wild food scavenging, the invention of newer tools for food gathering pushed the advent of sharper, metal-made kitchen tools. The kitchen tools of today will keep evolving. They may not attract interest except for their utilitarian value, but it’s worth learning that in the “age of metal,” these are the same knives, forks, and spears that ruled the day—from the barbaric battlefields to primitive kitchens.

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J.C. Uni-tec: Herald of Japanese kitchen technology

Founded in the early 1990s, J.C. Uni-tec, a prime consulting firm and major distributor of Japanese kitchen products in the United States, remains a leading provider of quality kitchen tools. This blog article talks about the Japanese kitchen technology and its role in today’s trend on kitchen product developments.

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Amidst all the progress and evolutions of culinary utensils in various parts of the world, Japanese kitchen tools remain among the best and most practical innovations. A forerunner along the path that saw the fast development of kitchen technology in the past decades, the Japanese culinary tools have long characterized the most sought elements of quality and practicality reminiscent of traditional Japanese ingenuity.

J.C. Uni-tec is a topnotch distributor of quality Japanese kitchen tools.

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Despite the rise of various labor-saving kitchen tools that changed the face of modern cookery and culinary activities in the Western world—a phenomenon almost similar to the introduction of the revolutionary stoves and gas ranges that replaced hearth cooking—the Japanese kitchen tools keep the quality of highly efficient products integrated with the elements of the highly regarded traditional Japanese cooking methods.


Beyond the technological innovations in various aspects of the Japanese life, the kitchen (daidokoro) remains a place with profound significance for the Japanese. Thus, within the core of Japanese progress is the silent development of kitchen technology that produces some of the most efficient kitchen tools known today.

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The emergence of kitchen technology

Just as the culinary profession started to emerge as a popular and important career path in recent decades, the development of kitchen technology tagged along as a by-product of modernized form of cooking. The kitchen, as probably a microcosmic form of modern reality that mirrors the most basic source of human need to satiate itself, is similarly in a parallel revolution.

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In today’s age when optimized functions of products do not only yield results but translate the call for efficiency, dynamic progress also starts to be reflected in high-speed, highly-efficient, and highly productive kitchen tools that bring the image of a society in a rush. Over the years, the dramatic rise of kitchen technology has placed new value in cooking tools and began to highlight the developing and continuously evolving trends in kitchen products. Technology simplifies life. The simplest picture of culinary development truly hit home—inside the kitchen where people replace previously simple tools with labor-saving utensils—vegetable slicers and splitters, pressure cookers, rice washers, and many others.

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The modern man is in constant run—always chasing time. People love the “instant,” from food to all forms of comfort. The invention of new kitchen products that are hailed for being safer and time-efficient truly provides an ingenious solution to a need to catch up with the rapid pace of life.

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JC Uni-tec: Japanese garnishing made easy

Since its inception, JC Uni-tec has been providing both professional and household chefs with high-quality kitchen equipment that make food preparation a convenient and pleasurable experience.

The Japanese cuisine is renowned not only for its sumptuous, exotic dishes, but also for its exquisite food preparation. It is recognized worldwide and has inspired chefs to learn the proper way of preparing and serving renowned Japanese dishes such as sushi and sashimi.

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The Japanese usually serve sushi and sashimi with garnishes and relishes not only for aesthetic and flavor enhancement. For instance, roe fish sashimi is typically served with daikon tsuma and wasabi. Aside from enhancing the look and taste of the dish, the daikon also has a sterilizing effect known as the dokukeshi effect.


With eight years of industry experience, JC Uni-tec continues to develop its fine collection of Taiji and Kanjen products, which are fashioned only by Japanese master craftsmen.

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The Japanese have taken garnishing up a notch that it has evolved into an art of its own. Stirring their creative juices, chefs would carve even the most mundane fruits and vegetables into intricate, decorative pieces. These delightful creations can be quite enticing, inspiring others to create their own garnishes. However, it’s not as easy as it looks. Depending on the design one wishes to make, creating a single garnish may require the use of several complicated knives, cutters, and carving tools. For instance, the tsuma (angel hair) and the katsura (paper thin) garnishes entail expertise in using several types of Japanese knives.

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With JC Uni-tec’s Vegg-Q, amateur home chefs can do away with the hassles of making garnishes. Quite a versatile tool, the Vegg-Q was designed with the single purpose of mimicking the precise and delicate cutting techniques required to create tsuma and katsura garnishes.

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JC-Unitec: Aestheticizing sushi presentation

Since 1990, JC Uni-tec has been one of the main providers of high-end Japanese culinary equipment to the American market.

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Long before the advent of fine dining in the West, the Japanese have already long associated aesthetics to food preparation. As a matter of fact, most Japanese connoisseurs attach as much importance to the food’s artistic arrangement as its actual taste.

Sushi, one of Japan’s most famous cuisines, is also accorded the same intricate treatment—that is why making sushi has gained notoriety as an especially convoluted process. Sushi chefs need to have the proper amounts of patience, dexterity, and experience in cutting up the fish and shellfish, cooking rice, shaping the different types of sushi, and compartmentalizing them in preferred containers.

JC Uni-tec understands the complexities that surround sushi preparation. For the Japanese, this is given so much attention that the combination, color harmony, and overall presentation of food have been included in the ancient study of Wabi-Sabi.

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This presents a great challenge to sushi bar owners who are not only expected to come up with delicious sushi but also display them in a manner that conforms to tradition. JC-Unitec provides a viable solution through its line of sushi showcases that reliably serves it purpose without compromising the exacting art of sushi presentation.

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In consonance with Japanese aesthetic conventions, the sushi showcases are engineered with the minimalist concept in mind, melding traditional designs with a few innovations of its own. It also effectively maintains consistent low temperatures to ensure that raw ingredients are kept fresh even if they are displayed for a long time.

For 22 years, JC Uni-tec’s products have helped many sushi bars achieve a high-end feel. To learn more about its products, visit JCUnitec.com.

Rice Hygiene 101: Benefiting from Jc-Unitec's MJP Rice Washer

The following blog discusses how JC Uni-tec’s MJP Rice Washer can be an invaluable tool in cooking rice.

Rice is one of the world’s largest cereal grain produce. As a matter of fact, it is a staple in the cuisines of many nations—particularly in the Eastern region where rice cultivation has been commonplace for the past couple thousands of years. This is seen alongside the increasing popularity of Chinese and Japanese fares in the west, leading more Americans to cook rice in their own homes.

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But cooking rice is not as easy as it seems. There are particular guidelines in the preparation of rice for cooking, including meticulous pre-washing. In the advent of technology, however, what has previously been a manual task can now be conveniently performed through an effective mechanical system.

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In this respect, JC Uni-tec’s MJP Rice Washer does more than just clean the rice. It also brings the following benefits, some of which may prove worthwhile to the already shrewd homemaker:

• Flavor enhancement. When washing rice, some mucus are left in the fluid, causing it to be reabsorbed as the rice is further rinsed in the wash water. To avoid this, MJP Rice Washer is specifically designed to immediately dispose the contaminated wash water, keeping the flavor unsullied and thus making the cooked rice richer and more flavorful.
• Water conservation. The system’s washing cycle consumes only three to five times the volume of water, just equivalent to the amount of rice being washed.
• Time conservation. Washing cycles only last for an average of five minutes.
• Electricity conservation. The process does not entail any electricity as the system only makes use of water pressure.
• Ease in operation. The contraption only requires basic assembly know-how, with unsophisticated parts and straightforward set-up instructions.

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Visual gastronomics: Japanese cuisine in anime

Anime is as distinctive a cultural facet of modern Japan as its cuisine has been in the course of human history. Interestingly, Japan has a knack for fusing cultural elements into their modern advances; that is why somehow, Japanese cooking has found its way into the fairly recent anime craze.

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The following enumerates some Japanese delicacies that have become commonplace in some eminent anime shows:

• Omurice, Hanasuka Iroha. Omurice, the universal Japanese comfort food, is a contemporary fusion cuisine consisting of fried rice wrapped in omelette topped with an abundant amount of ketchup. In an episode of the series Hanasuka Iroha, the dish became a matter of dispute among the characters when it was nowhere to be found in their menu. It just goes to show how popular this dish is not just in real life, but also in the animated world.

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• Ramen, Naruto. The ever-ubiquitous ramen is the favorite food of the immensely popular ninja, Naruto Uzumaki. In the series, Naruto is portrayed to have an insatiable appetite for the dish. The association became so widespread that in real life, a New York noodle shop was eventually named “Naruto Ramen.”

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• Dorayaki, Doraemon. The confection, which the iconic character seemingly worships, has been frequently used as a plot device throughout the series. The robotic cat usually falls for anything that baits him with dorayaki—sometimes leading to catastrophic (albeit hilarious) results.

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• Onigiri, Just about any anime. This might as well be a staple food in Japan’s animated world. Apart from being the typical meal, these rice balls are the characters’ go-to food in times of distress. They also lend themselves well to romantic scenes—sometimes providing a central segue in the development of the love story.

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JC Uni-tec has been the leading provider of Japanese kitchen and culinary materials to the American market since its establishment in 1990. Learn more about the company by visiting JCUnitec.com.

JC Uni-tec and the warm towel: Using “oshibori” outside the restaurant

The team behind JC Uni-tec knows that the warmth of a clean and heated towel on the skin before or after dining brings much comfort to the diners. Towel warmers are products that can provide such luxury. Towel warmers also expand the practice of using warm towels outside the confines of Japanese restaurants.

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Using warm towels originated from the Japanese tradition of using “oshibori” or wet towels to clean the hands before meals. Others use the towels on their faces. Over the years, this Japanese practice has evolved and has become famous in other sectors where the practice varies.


Many Western restaurants offer heated wet towels before and after meals to clean the fingers and the mouth.

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Warm towels are also used by hotel guests to warm up after a shower or bath. Towel warming machines are best in warming and drying wet towels, preparing them for the next use.


Several airlines give their first-class passengers warm towels immediately after takeoff. For longer flights, attendants also provide wet towels after a meal or just moments prior to landing.


Warm towels are traditionally 100 percent cotton and are simply moistened with water. Some put lemon juice extracts on them for an added fragrance and for cleaning purposes. Others just put cleaning agents on them like alcohol.

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JC Uni-tec’s JPC 1000 rice cooker: Saving energy while maintaining rice quality

In 1990, JC Uni-tec opened its doors to the American market by offering Japanese kitchen products and culinary equipment that are one of a kind.

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Japanese cuisine is said to be about the combination of gohan (white rice) with one or several okazu (side dishes). With its prevalence in Japanese meals, even rice is being handled and cooked by the Japanese with utmost care and delicacy, in order for it to have the flavor and consistency fit for their acquired taste.


Using the JPC 1000 for Japanese-inspired rice


Professional cooks, restaurant owners, and even ordinary people who want to cook Japanese-inspired rice can now do so by using the newest product of JC Uni-tec, the JPC 1000 gas rice pressure cooker.

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The JPC 1000 boasts of the following qualities:

- Extremely effective for high altitude area cooking
- Extremely effective in a low temperature environment
- Has the cooking capacity of 6.6 to 15.4 lbs. (3.0 to 7.0 kg.)


The cooker uses higher steaming heat and pressure, making rice cook faster. With this technology, energy consumption is lessened without comprising the taste and consistency of cooked rice.

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Aside from having quality and energy-saving technology, the JPC 1000 gas rice pressure cooker also offers the versatility of cooking various rice including wild rice, brown rice, and the variety of long, medium, and short grain rice.


JC Uni-tec’s products are engineered by experts with quality, safety, and convenience in mind. For more about its products, visit its website.

JC Uni-tec: Merging art and technology in the kitchen

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Preparing Japanese dishes entails careful preparation to preserve the flavors of the dish. With the help of Japanese kitchen equipment distributor JC Uni-tec, preserving the delicate flavors of Japanese food can be achieved in less time, with little effort.

As more people are gradually changing their lifestyle and making “eating healthy” a priority, particular focus has been placed on Japanese food because of its emphasis on healthier ingredients. According to Michelle Powell-Smith, eHow contributor, with the rise of the popularity of Japanese cuisine, people are also starting to purchase the latest kitchen equipment for faster cooking and preparation. Typical kitchen appliances needed in preparing and cooking Japanese dishes include pressure cookers for rice and vegetables, and sushi showcases as Japanese food is not only about freshness but also presentation.

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At JC Uni-tec, home and restaurant owners can get hold of innovative and well-crafted kitchen equipment that have cutting edge technology and easy-to-operate features. These products preserve the art and taste of Japanese cuisine with the efficiency and time-saving amenities needed for modern-day cooking. Each unit is engineered by the delicate hands of experts who have decades of experience in manufacturing such equipment.

JC Uni-tec has grown to not only provide high quality kitchen equipment, but also to offer consulting services for safety and sanitation certification. To know more about its innovative kitchen appliances and other services, contact the company at (310) 323-5299 or visit www.jcunitec.com.

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Something fishy: JC Uni-tec and the best fishes for sushi

Among JC Uni-tec, Inc’s top-quality culinary products are sushi showcases that look good in any Japanese restaurant. Any entrepreneur aspiring to serve sushi to eager customers ought to have more than just high-class equipment, though. Proprietors must possess knowledge about their products and the services they offer. In this case, the owner of a sushi restaurant should at least know the best fish to use for the dish, because customers deserve only the freshest, tastiest, and the most flavorful slices set on their table.

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Sushi is essentially the reflection of the Japanese people’s fused ties with the earth and the sea. The prevalence of sushi-related products like those from JC Uni-tec, Inc attests to the dish’s popularity especially in its home country. Apart from its cultural significance, it mirrors the Japanese’s attention to detail, manifested in the choice of specific fishes to roll in rice and nori. The six most popular fishes used to make sushi are:



• Bluefin tuna is a constant favorite of the Japanese. There are three basic cuts used for sushi: Akami or the back of the fish; Chutoro, found in the belly and with a very rich taste, and; Otoro, the fattiest part of the belly.

• Big-eye tuna is smaller than the Bluefin, and has a milder flavor.

• Yellowfin tuna is also smaller than the Bluefin and is found in tropical waters. It has a mild flavor but firm texture.

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• The Red snapper has a mild and delicate taste, but possesses great texture.

• Japanese yellowtail or Hamachi has a buttery texture, and a nice bold flavor with a tangy finish.

• Salmon has a rich and flavorful taste. However, it must be flash-frozen before being served.

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JC Uni-Tec: Uncovering the benefits of brown rice

Companies like JC Uni-Tec--a distributor of Japanese food service-kitchen equipment, have a firm grasp of how significant brown rice is in the diet of many rice eaters worldwide.

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The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published a study conducted by Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital. It emphasized on eating whole grains, like brown rice, to maintain an ideal body weight. Furthermore, the study also stated that choosing white rice over brown rice resulted to weight gain.


The wonder of this simple food is more than what meets the eye. Although this staple food is not as appealing as it looks, it’s packed with nutritional benefits. Kitchen distributors like JC Uni-Tec, provider of food safety and sanitation consultancy and certification to restaurants and businesses, understands this and the reasons people should start eating brown rice.

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Some of these notable reasons are as follows:



1. A cup of brown rice provides an ample amount of the daily value for manganese.


2. Brown rice is filled with fiber and selenium.


3. Whole brown rice contains the kind of oil that lowers cholesterol.


4. Daily intake of brown rice decreases the risk of having high blood pressure.



JC Uni-Tec materializes for its customers the Japanese’s love for rice. This is seen in the company’s rice-related equipment.

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JC Uni-Tec: Rice for all

JC Uni-Tec, a leading supplier of quality kitchen equipment and products, understands the importance of rice not only to one’s diet and health, but also to the economy of nations which consume mostly rice.

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According to Rice-Trade.com, rice is the second largest produced cereal grain in the world.
Societies that consume rice agree that rice is packed with dietary benefits. For one, it has low traces of fat and calorie content, and high in fiber and other nutritional basics. It is rich in carbohydrates plus vitamins and minerals like vitamins D and B1, calcium, selenium, manganese, and niacin among others.
Needless to say, rice is more than just a staple food for many countries. Companies like JC Uni-Tec agree to this fact.

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Here are some of the health benefits of rice:
• For those suffering from hypertension, eating rice is best since it is low in sodium.
• Because rice is full of carbohydrates, it boosts energy level and helps in normal brain functioning.
• Experts say that regular consumption of rice aids proper bowel activity and decreases dangers of certain internal organ diseases.
The advantages of rice is not only limited to the health benefits from eating it. Its versatility and by-products have become popular through the years as well. Powdered rice is now used in the cosmetics industry as facial foundation and as treatment for some skin problems. Processed rice is fermented into wine and made into cereal products. Some parts of the rice plant can be molded into materials like bricks or turned into animal food.

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JC Uni-Tec: Sushi presentation at its best

JC Uni-tec knows that high-end Japanese restaurants painstakingly showcase their sushi in the most creative way possible. This will not only reflect what kind of food preparation and service the restaurant brings, but it will also attract many customers.

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Sushi lovers always look for decent sushi restaurants that present their sushi with pride. Sushi must be served at the table fresh and with unique presentation. To the most discriminating eye, sushi presentation is as important as taste. Sushi is a culinary art form in the first place.
Here are some tips on how restaurants can explore and experiment with their sushi presentation techniques:

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• JC Uni-tec’s line of sushi showcases can add to a unique and eye-catching presentation
• Never sacrifice cleanliness in the sushi preparation process.
• Play around with traditional sushi presentations and add something innovative.
• Sushi makers can expand their line of sushi recipes with decorative rolls and unexpected flavor combinations.
• Nori-maki style rolls are very easy to make and serve. There are endless possibilities that chefs can devise out of them.

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JC Uni-tec carries The Fuji Sushi Showcases with three series that focus on style, durability, and ability on keeping the best ingredients fresh. These are the KRG Series, KRD Series, and KRJ Series. These will give a high-end look to sushi bars.
Find out more about JC Uni-tec’s sushi showcases at www.jcuni-tec.com.