People Are Making Sushi Trains During Lockdown And They're Perfect For Anyone Missing Restaurants

If you're missing your favourite sushi restaurant as much as we are, good news - foodies around the world are recreating their own sushi trains at home during lockdown.

Mimicking a sushi conveyer belt - also known as 'rotation sushi' - one creative woman in Australia came up with the idea using her four-year-old daughter's train set.

Freelance writer Katherine Bowman, 29, set up the track on the dining room table, complete with plates of homemade sushi - and her daughter Sienna was ecstatic when she saw the display.

"She was so excited! Even her two-year-old twin sisters were excited. They all wowed at it and jumped straight up onto their chairs for dinner," said Katherine.

"We no longer live near a sushi train, but any chance she has, she chooses sushi, and if we are away from home and there's a sushi train, she gets really excited to go there.

"I don't normally go to this extreme for dinner. This was just a special bit of fun because we're all starting to get a bit bored at home."

And it seems other people have been picking up on the genius idea too, with Instagram flooded with other DIY sushi trains.

In one image, a woman can be seen balancing plastic lunchbox lids, filled with dumplings, on top of train carriages as they travel around the track.

Another mega creative display features plates of sushi circling the loop, with a huge selection of California rolls and salmon sashimi in the middle of the table.

Meanwhile, one selection features both sushi and other tasty treats including gyoza dumplings, cucumber and carrot sticks.

"Sushi train fun for the boys today to celebrate the weekend and screen free day!" The post read. "We just made do with whatever food we had in the house."

We never realised lockdown mealtimes could be so much fun. Now we just need to find a toy train set and we're good to go...

Topics: Life News, Tasty Food, Home, Coronavirus, Food And Drink

Lucy Devine

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