No Repeat Customers...Blowfish Testicles Poison 7 in Japan

by leconcierge | January 29, 2009 at 07:14 am

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They might survive their meal but I doubt that the unlucky few mentioned in Blowfish testicles poison seven in Japanese restaurant (Guardian, January 27) will be repeat customers of the Tsuruoka establishment.

I did learn that in order to serve this 'delicacy' known as Fugu to Japanese you need a fugu licence.

The owner of the Tsuruoka eaterie did not have one.

While asking if Fugu is the deadliest fish Setsuko Yoshizuka teaches us that "in western Japan, fugu is called "fuku," which means to blow or happiness" and also that "the kanji (Chinese characters) used to write fugu indicates river pig." ...

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nyctuber

at 07:58 on January 29th, 2009

Who knew fish had testicles?

sara star

at 21:09 on January 31st, 2009

Yeah... really?

Barry Artiste

at 06:48 on February 21st, 2009

Or chicken had teeth~

doug_and_robyn

at 14:06 on January 29th, 2009

Thank goodness that there were no testicles in the fugu sashimi that we ate in Shibuya, Tokyo! We ate at a restaurant that served nothing but fugu -- grilled, fried, raw and in soup.

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Darryl Parvin (not verified)

at 14:46 on January 29th, 2009

I ate some cheap fugu the other week.. Deep fried chunks like chicken nuggets. Dodged that bullet! I hear the poisoning is extremely painful! Sheesh, I'm already hungry for some more....

suomynona

at 16:23 on January 29th, 2009

One of these days I'm going to have Fugu at Urasawa.

basilc

at 18:50 on January 29th, 2009

Although we had multiple courses of fugu, each prepared differently, they were all incredibly bland. Coincidentally, the testicles had the most flavour.

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polkad0t

at 11:51 on January 30th, 2009

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unyo_unyo

at 20:09 on January 30th, 2009

It is "Tezsa" of the Japanese Shimonoseki Karato market

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Emilio Lizardo

at 20:21 on January 30th, 2009

"Revenge of the Blowfish" ...

Wasn't that a SF movie from the 50's ?

lefty_liberated

at 22:22 on January 30th, 2009

yes this fish is dangerous to consume.

beatfat

at 04:15 on January 31st, 2009

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Barry Artiste

at 07:39 on January 31st, 2009

Okay, if your joy in life is sucking down a fishes "Nutsack", then perhaps you're not too high on the evolutionary ladder to begin with!

sara star

at 21:17 on January 31st, 2009

It's right up there with Rocky Mountain oysters.... Yummm..

René

at 22:18 on January 31st, 2009

Except Rocky Mountain Oysters are not going to kill you.

Barry Artiste

at 06:47 on February 21st, 2009

I disagree, especially if your trying to gobble em and the animal is still attached to them and alive!

yurina

at 01:54 on February 1st, 2009

BTW, Blow fish's fin & hot sake is great for winter!

Try it ! It's not dangerous.

madmadman300

at 04:54 on February 3rd, 2009

blow up the fish ......i'm still alive

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Bob Greer

at 13:43 on February 19th, 2009

This is the sign above the Tentake restaurant next to the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, Japan. They specialize in fugu and offer it prepared many different ways.

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