Residential Life hosts annual Sushi Night

On Nov. 11, Residential Life hosted the annual Sushi Night, this year with a sushi-making competition. In groups of two and three, teams competed in three rounds of seven minutes to create the best sushi roll. In order to give the competitors a bit of challenge, they were given mystery bags each round. These mystery bags included three ingredients, and the teams were required to use two of the three items. With those items, they were also allowed to grab other ingredients like sweet potato, tofu, and peppers.

The judges for this event included David Kabanje, Kianna Kabanje, Renatta Richardson and Matthew Graves (unprofessional editor’s note: According to Annika Cambigue’s math, each judge ate 21 pieces of sushi, 18 savory and three sweet. Kudos to their iron stomachs). Lyndsey Elsey, one of the second place winners, expressed concern for them, asking for “prayers for the judges.”

Appreciation and thanks to Student Association for sponsoring and to Denise Serack and Union Market for sponsoring and providing great support for the event.

For the first round, breakfast sushi, teams were given a raw egg, honey and Stripples (vegetarian bacon). Four microwaves were provided along the back wall for heating food and cooking the eggs. At the end of the round, four teams were eliminated, and seven continued to round 2. Aubrey Benton, second place winner, feels the raw egg was a risky choice to give to college students. However, judge Renata Richardson says that while some of the eggs served were certainly over-easy, none of the teams made the bold choice to serve raw egg.

For round two, a savory sushi, teams were given goldfish crackers, string cheese and peanut butter. After this round, another four teams were eliminated, and three continued to the final round.

The final round’s mystery bag included vanilla frosting and pop rocks, both of which were required to be used. Accordingly, the theme was dessert sushi.

At the end, the Star Trek themed team, Picard & Riker, was announced as the winning team, receiving the $150 prize.

By Annelise Jacobs