Saturday, October 24, 2015

Photo Essay: The Story of Sushi --Plate to Kitchen (Week 8)

Sushi Tendou, a Japanese restaurant located in Fulton, Md, nearly cleared out around 2 p.m. on Friday afternoon. Photo by: Carly Kempler

Sushi chef, Wen Xiao, crafts beautiful temaki and maki rolls for hungry customers on Friday at Sushi Tendou, a restaurant located in Fulton, Md. Photo by: Carly Kempler

Sushi Tendou's happy hour was brought to a close around 2:30 p.m. on Friday after customers left the restaurant before its closing break from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Photo by: Carly Kempler

Sushi chef, Wen Xiao, adds "just the right amount" of eel sauce to the final shrimp tempura roll of the lunch hour at Sushi Tendou, located in Fulton, Md. Photo by: Carly Kempler

Before adding the final touches, sushi chef, Wen Xiao, prepares to place the sushi elegantly on the restaurant's slate plates. Photo by: Carly Kempler

Sushi chef, Wen Xiao, leaves out the avocados "to let them soften" before rolling them up into delicious sushi for the restaurant's customers on Friday. Photo by: Carly Kempler

Sushi chef, Wen Xiao, works Friday even during his scheduled "break time," by blending together various vegetables for the restaurant's signature ginger salad dressing. Photo by: Carly Kempler

Kitchen chef, Long Xiong, assists the sushi chefs Friday by frying up tempura shrimp that will later be rolled up into delicious shrimp tempura rolls. Photo by: Carly Kempler


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