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Sushi Prepared on a Printer

Ant writes " The New York Times talks about Homaro Cantu's maki, it looks a lot like the sushi rolls served at other upscale restaurants: pristine, coin-size disks stuffed with lumps of fresh crab and rice and wrapped in shiny nori. They also taste like sushi, deliciously fishy and seaweedy. But the sushi made by Mr. Cantu, the 28-year-old executive chef at Moto in Chicago, often contains no fish. It is prepared on a Canon i560 inkjet printer rather than a cutting board. He prints images of maki on pieces of edible paper made of soybeans and cornstarch, using organic, food-based inks of his own concoction. Then, Homaro flavors the back of the paper, which is ordinarily used to put images onto birthday cakes, with powdered soy and seaweed seasonings."

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  1. Mmm by ikkonoishi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Try the soylent green. Its delicious.

    1. Re:Mmm by Eric+Giguere · · Score: 1, Funny

      Talk about being hungry an hour after eating...

      Next we'll learn how to grill steaks on a Lexmark printer... soon there will be no need to leave the computer room for lunch!

      Eric
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    2. Re:Mmm by Eric+Giguere · · Score: 3, Funny

      Oh, I dunno, you might be able to grill a steak on this printer.

      Eric
  2. hmm... by Corporate+Drone · · Score: 2, Funny
    In Soviet Russia, the sushi prints...

    erm..

    I'm on a diet, you insensitive...

    uhh..

    FP?

    *sigh* ... I got nothin'...

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  3. But where? by Fr05t · · Score: 4, Funny

    But where is the eatable electronic ink paper! Ohh I need to go print a TPS report then feed it to my boss - bbl.

    1. Re:But where? by Kredal · · Score: 2, Funny

      The answer is: This is the word the grandparent poster is unable to spell.

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    2. Re:But where? by tomhudson · · Score: 2, Funny
      I'll take edible for $500, Trebek.
      The answer is, "Smells like sushi, tastes like chicken"

      "What is edible sushi underwear."

  4. I tried this at home by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    It tastes like toner.

  5. Thanks by Troll'N · · Score: 5, Funny

    Domo Arigato Mr.Homaro

  6. hehe by essreenim · · Score: 3, Funny
    prints images of maki on pieces of edible paper made of soybeans and cornstarch, using organic, food-based inks of his own concoction.

    Yeah, all obes people should be forced to eat their words!

  7. Is this low carb? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does he also print the nutritional information on the back as well?

  8. There's always ... by SpooForBrains · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... there's something fishy going on here ...

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  9. Tesco Sushi by Vollernurd · · Score: 3, Funny

    Holy crap! I knew that they made it out of old paper. Tesco (UK's WalMart) make everything taste of paper. Now I know.

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  10. bah! by the_unknown_soldier · · Score: 0, Funny

    In korea, only old people eat paper!

  11. New Canon disclaimer by Linker3000 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Only use genuine Canon consumables in this printer. The use of third party soy or fish-based pigments may lead to a poor eating experience, flatulence, bad breath, spots, sore tongue, cravings, stomach cramps and gastric upset for which Canon will not be responsible.

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  12. Re:so it will be finally possible to say.. by DrSkwid · · Score: 2, Funny

    but it did!

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  13. 3rd world by JFMulder · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great, so now we can actually fax them food.

  14. Paging Mr. Tuttle ... er ...Buttle by DrTrogg · · Score: 3, Funny

    Let's see - vast drone-like armies of workers ... corporate marauders ... increased terrorism ... now pictures of food instead of food. If DeNiro shows up to fix my toilet I'm moving to Canada.

    Anyone sharing a desk with their neighbor in the next cube yet?

  15. Good thing it wasn't an HP printer by defishguy · · Score: 3, Funny

    If it were an HP printer when the seaweed part of the cartridge expired youd have to replace the WHOLE cartridge and it would cost $5000 dollars, and expire when there is still 15% sushi left!

  16. Yeah, go on, applaud the criminal by Wylfing · · Score: 4, Funny
    This guy should so obviously go to jail. I mean, you can't tell me those printer cartidges are authorized by the printer's manufacturer. This kind of wanton breaking of the DMCA has to stop if we want companies to continue making the high quality printers we've come to expect. Now someone's family at Lexmark is going to go hungry because Mr. Cantu stole their IP.

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  17. Re:Paging Mr. Tuttle ... er ...Buttle by Anita+Coney · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, if DeNiro showed up, he'd already be in Brazil.

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  18. Why? by pragone · · Score: 1, Funny

    Why would some one want to eat food that isn't food? I mean... I'll buy that if I can pay it with printed money!

  19. Re:Sushi Fishy. by swv3752 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I call bs. You are posting on /. hence you can't have a girlfriend let alone a hot asian one.

    Next you are going to say she likes watching Anime and playing on the PS2. :-P

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  20. Re:Pr0n by liquidsin · · Score: 4, Funny

    good news: You could actually print a picture of Natalie Portman that tastes like hot grits.

    bad news: someone could slip a pic of the goatse guy into your sandwich when you're not looking.

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  21. Re:Sushi Fishy. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, in the same way the kittens = poptarts.

  22. Re:so it will be finally possible to say.. by cyngus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually, now we can say,

    "My dad ate my homework as a late night snack"
    OR
    "I ate my homework, it tasted like an A-."

  23. $240 per person to eat PAPER?!?! by TrebleJunkie · · Score: 5, Funny

    And we wonder why people crash planes into our buildings.

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  24. Torrent? by smiley2billion · · Score: 2, Funny

    So.... Does someone have a torrent link for this? Now all we need is printable beer and we're all set.

  25. Interesting by millwall · · Score: 3, Funny

    "We'll be the first restaurant on planet Earth to use a class IV laser to cook food"

    Anyone got a link to the planet that already does this?

  26. More artifical flavoring and colors please! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Where are the space vitamin pills we were supposed to be ingesting... Here we are in 2005 and all we have is freeze dry ice cream, hot pockets and tang... /sarcasm

  27. Re:Sushi Fishy. by Johnny5000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    You are posting on /. hence you can't have a girlfriend let alone a hot asian one.

    I think by 'hot japanese girlfriend' he meant his computer. Maybe it's overclocked?

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  28. Food stamps! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    A whole new delivery system!

  29. It's Paper! by spun · · Score: 4, Funny

    Soylent Sushi is PAPER!

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  30. Re:Sushi Fishy. by Pirogoeth · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just don't think I could do lutefisk...

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  31. The fine art of sushi takes another hit by genner · · Score: 5, Funny

    When willl they learn that sushi is a art form, not to be duplicated by a machiene.

  32. It's all slightly underwhelming by pandabrand · · Score: 2, Funny

    I went to Moto in November for my birthday and I have to say it's not as wacky and people make out to be, but it's also a pretty good restaurant. That last statment assumes you don't have a problem paying the same amount for dinner that you would for a mini iPod. I don't do often but, I'm a foodie and I like a challenge. There are plenty things to not like about Moto most revolves around his attempts a 'new' ways to make food. The 'sushi' well it tastes kind of salty, kind of like seaweed (go figure). If I remember correctly it was served after a champagne sorbet or some caviar course which was much better (the basics always works). The overall experiance was good, there are plenty of aother places that I would want to go before I go back, but I definitetly would he is at least trying something new.

  33. If it tastes too bland... by Sotogonesu · · Score: 2, Funny

    Tastes a little flat? Just sprinkle some Epson salt on it.

  34. Black Lab Coats? by hey! · · Score: 2, Funny

    At Market District newcomer MOTO, the show starts with waitstaff dressed in black lab coats, ...

    Dude, somebody call PETA quick!

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  35. Since it is by GnarlyNome · · Score: 2, Funny

    Counterfit Susi is it Ok to pay with money I ran off on my printer?

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  36. Re:Sushi Fishy. by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 2, Funny

    No thanks, I'm not going to eat anything whose name sounds even *remotely* like "Hot Karl."