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When I realized there were cooking classes here at Sur La Table, I was online the next day looking at options/dates. I figured this would be an awesome date night for me and the girl! Yelp doesn't have any reviews on the cooking classes, so I thought I'd give it a shot and leave a detailed review.
Starting with the options online; there were a ton of different cooking classes. My only gripe with the options was the majority of the classes involved pork dishes. (Which I religiously don't eat) Almost all of the non-dessert cooking classes involved some kind of pork, so I was a bit limited. Either way, we both love sushi so we thought we'd go in to learn how to roll sushi. The menu sounded great. California Rolls, Spicy Salmon Roll, and Vegetable hand roll. The price was $79, more expensive than most cooking classes offered from Sur La Table but I figured why not? Dinner and a great date night and the girl would be happy!
What a disappointment! First of all, the set up. For some reason, I'm not sure if it was a lack of equipment, but they had everyone sharing large bowls to keep aside chopped vegetables. So the vegetables that I chopped up with my hands for mine and my girls sushi, was mixed into the vegetables that the people next to us had chopped up with their hands for their sushi. GROSS!!!!!! It made her and I not even want to eat the sushi, right off the bat!
Next, the instructor. David Barbour. He told us that he's not so great at rolling some of the sushi. Told us he did all these recipes "last night" and is a certified PASTRY chef. I'm sorry, but if I'm paying $79 a PERSON for this, why am I being taught by someone that has only done this once at home?
Next, the materials. There were about 20 people in the class, for which Sur La Table provided around 8-10oz of salmon.....FOR THE WHOLE CLASS. The "spicy salmon roll" was more of a rice roll with the smallest sliver of salmon for each roll. Another big disappointment. And nothing was added to the roll to make it spicy. When I asked the instructor, is this all the salmon we had? He insisted, it's not about the amount of fish in the roll, it's about making sure all of the flavors come through. (Yeah, right) Okay sure, even if that's the case, there was so little salmon that you could hardly taste it in the roll! Next, they said the avocados they had were too ripe so they couldn't provide us any avocado for our rolls since they need to be firm and not mushy... Another mess up by Sur La Table.
Overall, this class was very very frustrating and not at all worth the price. From the way it was run, it seemed like they were trying to save every dollar they could! With the little amount of salmon provided, to the sharing of vegetables between everyone in the classroom, to hiring a pastry chef to do the work of a real sushi chef, it was a HUGE disappointment and a big waste of money. My girl and I walked away knowing how to roll sushi, but hungry and disappointed with the quality of the cooking class. My friends and family are so happy I advised them not to waste their money by signing up for the Sur La Table cooking classes and I hope this helps yelppers understand what they're getting into!
I only gave it 2 stars because of the amazing selection of products offered at Sur La Table. I love the store!
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