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Roll with it: Sushi chef selling DIY kits and will lead a class on Instagram

Ken Sze of Tuna Bar had wanted his sushi kit to be perfect. But these are special times.

Sushi kit from Tuna Bar includes rice, vinegar, fish, and a bamboo mat.
Sushi kit from Tuna Bar includes rice, vinegar, fish, and a bamboo mat.Read moreCOURTESY TUNA BAR

For some time, even before the pandemic, Ken Sze of Tuna Bar in Old City had been trying to come up with a home sushi-making kit for customers.

“The design just wasn’t there,” he said the other day. “I wanted it to be perfect. Then the virus hit and my wife [Cortney] was like, ‘Hey. Don’t worry about the design. Make it easy.'"

Sze pulled the trigger, packaging sliced fish, rice, nori sheets, assorted sauces, wasabi, tempura flakes, ginger, a sushi mat, chopsticks, and gloves for sale ($60). Pickup will be 3:30 to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 16 from the restaurant, 205 Race St. As for instruction: Sze will get on Instagram Live at 7 p.m. to demonstrate.

You’ll get four to six rolls — tuna, salmon, and California — out of the kit, depending on how much you like to fill them. Details via Tuna Bar’s Instagram.