Sushi night in Montpellier

Stef posted a sushi chez moi for 15 people on OnVaSortir ; Stef was going to Japan in next few days and he wanted to have a fun Japanese night at home. Mark and I registered right away as we were very curios to see what French people know about sushi and how sushi is in France. In Montpellier there are only a few sushi places and not very popular; it will take a while for the French to learn to like Asian food and sushi.

Stef has mentioned that if you want to help in sushi preparation to show before 8 pm; Mark and I got there around 7 pm willing to help. When we got there was only one other guy there making nigiri, and a open sushi book on the counter, it turned out that Stef never made sushi before. I offered my help which was well received. I start making sushi but it was difficult because the rice wasn’t sushi rice, vinegar was not sushi vinegar, and on top of that the rice was warm.

Well I tried my best and this is the sushi that I manage to make.
As per Mark these were the worst sushi that we ever had.

Stef was very generous in buying all the fish and everythig needed for the sushi dinner. His place is very nice, a little charming French house and interior garden that looks like nothing from outside.

People there were very nice and friendly. We brought wasabi mames and Japanese crackers, others brought wine, sake, more crackers, pina colada, and moroccon tea. We chatted in French and English and listen to some French jokes that we did not get, we had a great fun evening!