![]() ![]() It’s a rather bland fish that doesn’t come close to competing with all the delicious sushi Japan has to offer. I first tried fugu at a restaurant in Shibuya, and though it was neat to be able to tell people I ate the deadly poisonous blowfish, the meat itself was not super flavorful. You can order a set menu that allows you to try fugu as sashimi as well as several preparations of cooked fugu, which is white and flaky like trout or cod. If you’re able to put your fears aside, Tokyo is home to quite a few eateries that specialize in fugu. In general, while there is the possibility of ingesting poison, the danger is a bit over-publicized, and you don’t actually have much to worry about. If someone died eating a restaurant’s food, they wouldn’t stay open for long - unless we’re talking about Jack in the Box, which is still going strong. While there have been fatalities from fugu this century, it’s unlikely any of them came from a restaurant. However, it’s not as scary as it sounds: chefs that prepare fugu must be licensed and trained in the art, and use special tools to extract the meat. It’s true that fugu are poisonous – in fact, ingesting fugu when it hasn’t been prepared properly could be fatal, and people have died in Japan from eating fugu. If you’ve heard of fugu, it’s probably from the classic Simpsons episode “One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish,” where Homer eats a poisonous blowfish at a sushi restaurant and fears he will die. Fugu is a Japanese pufferfish that has a reputation for being extremely poisonous. ![]()
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