Okay, WHAT the hell is a “TikTok Sushi Bake”?

«Daaaad? Can we make a sushi tray? Mmm!”

That’s what the 14-year-old daughter said recently after being asked what we would cook for dinner.

And I was Gen X grandpa again ignorant (to cite a hit movie from *my* generation). What the hell is a «baking sushi” are?

The answer:

“It’s all over TikTok. And it looks SO nice.”

And for further explanation she sends me this video right after:

4.3 million likes. ok wow

Okay, three things immediately struck me: First, the Helmet Baby is *incredibly* cute. Second, this dish is analogous to real sushi, like those shady American pasta corruptions (yes, right, That) to real Italian food culture. And third… this recipe, in all its mess, could turn out pretty good after all… hmm.

These are the ingredients:

^{(Amounts according to your own taste and common sense)}

And this is how it is done:

In fact, that’s quite nice. Fine in the “unfortunately awesome” version, because I can’t quite shake the feeling of a guilty pleasure here, but for once a TikTok recipe that is edible! And also, as my daughter rightly pointed out, as a family dinner, this is an efficient solution.

(And chopping the crabmeat with scissors is a cool hack.)

(According to the Swiss school grades: 6 the best grade, 1 the worst, 4 a passing grade.)

Point average: 3.5
_{A slight improvement but still not enough sweet TikTok.}