Space Sushi
Soichi Noguchi, a Japanese astronaut decided to do something rather unique and try to make sushi in space. 220 miles above Japan via a space to ground video interview Soichi Noguchi made sushi for Fuji TV, he even had his chef hat on.
In a demonstration, Noguchi held a piece of seaweed in one hand and used a spoon to nudge a floating clump of rice into it. With a few quick twists, he wrapped it all up in a neat roll.
“The first hand-rolled sushi in space, there you go,” a proud Noguchi told Fuji TV reporters after making a sushi roll while floating inside the space station’s Japanese-built Kibo laboratory. “It has salmon inside.”
Noguchi made the sushi during a space-to-ground video interview with Fuji TV reporters on Wednesday. He spoke Japanese, with an interpreter on Earth providing an English translation.
“You have a gourmet cooking corner in your show, too, so I would actually like to cook here for you,” he told them before wowing the reporters with his zero gravity culinary skill.



[...] Japanese Astronaut Makes First Sushi in Space: Ending on a lighter note that has nothing to do with anime, a Japanese astronaut has made sushi in space. Made by Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi aboard the International Space Station while doing an interview with Fuji TV. Wonder how it tasted ^_^ Posted in News | Tags: anime, blu ray, eden of the east, funimation, News, space sushi [...]