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[InfiniteBento]

Recently, I was given an incredible opportunity to apprentice in an expensive traditional Japanese sushi bar in my town.

I'm learning all the basics of prep currently but the 3 owners are anxious to teach me as much as possible. They want me to invest in a professional grade Japanese knife set and invest in other culinary tools.

However, I have no idea where to start. They recommended Korin knives and I'm currently looking into their 6 inch chef knives but I was curious if anyone on here has any other recommendations for a solid foundation knife. Along with any other pointers for culinary equipment or even books to check out.

I'm strongly interested in learning Japanese cuisine along with French pastry. So any & all recommendations for foundation tools/books would be awesome

 

[thespot84]

GAF kitchen knife thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=458439
Iron Gaf: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=136205 (lots of home cooks and a few pros).

 

[InfiniteBento]

I'll check out IronGaf but Knife Gaf hasn't been bumped in almost 2 years so I figured making a thread would be a bit more beneficial. :/

 

[maxcriden]

Japanese cuisine and French pastry. The best thing you can do for sure is research and practice. You'll be a stage at a kitchen which is terrific. I'd get every book from the library you can on the subjects, and read everything you can online from reputable sources. Get cooking hard and learn to cook quickly. You can do it!

You might also bother gimmick to come in here, he's a professional cook.