Then you cut the head into two or three parts, depending on the size of the fish, which is edible once boiled. (If you burst them while removing them, they will release toxins into the flesh.)įillet as normal for sashimi, cutting up against the bone. Be very precise with your knife because the ovaries and liver contain most of the poison. You can eat the outer skin when cleaned and blanched but there is great skill involved in removing the spines: hold the skin in one hand and slice them all off with a knife in one movement. Wash off the jelly now coating the fish with salt. Cut around the mouth and, from there, pull the skin off. There are many species, but only eat the "torafugu" - tiger puffer - it has less toxic blood. But, purely in the spirit of curiosity (ie don't try this at home), how does one go about preparing a blowfish? Nearly all fatalities occur when untrained persons prepare and eat them. It is gelatinous, doesn't smell fishy, and has the most umami of all the fish." The blowfish sashimi, or "fugu", on the other hand, "is delicious and usually eaten in winter. Nevertheless, he says, "I don't agree with eating this part and wouldn't recommend anyone else doing so." "The testicles aren't normally eaten in Tokyo or Osaka," he says, "as it's against local laws, but there are places where people eat them, because they're tasty."Īccording to Kurokawa, there's a lot of toxin in the testicles, but pickling them for up to a year will dilute the poison. Takanori Kurokawa, executive head chef at Soseki, London, held a blowfish licence about 12 years ago when working in Tokyo. "This is very difficult to get and takes years of training." The chef involved in this week's disaster was not licensed and is now in the hands of the police.ĭo they serve this dangerous delicacy at Nobu? "It is illegal to import blowfish to the UK and eat it here," says our chef gravely. With joy, confidence and love."Japanese chefs must have a licence to prepare blowfish in Japan," says a member of the sushi team at esteemed Japanese eatery Nobu Berkeley St, in London. As the chefs, FUGU will only serve you the best! Today we are here launching FUGU 29. Bad preparation can lead to death as the fish is highly poisonous. The restaurant preparation of the fugu is strictly controlled by law in Japan and several other countries, and only chefs qualifying after years of rigorous training are allowed to prepare the fish. By the way, the brand FUGU comes from the butter fish “Fugu” - a delicacy in Japan. Today we are proud to show the result and hope you will love it as much as we do. ![]() We parented up with them, the best boat designers and construction partners and FUGU 29 is the first result of our teamwork. We understood the possibilities with their idea. In 2016 we met the founder of Petestep and loved their innovative hull. Boatbuilding should be done with innovations resulting in high comfort, less fuel consumption, less owning costs and accordingly, less environmental footprint. At FUGU we bring innovations to the sea with comfort, design and costs as key elements. Today we know that there are new ways of producing efficient hulls and boats with stronger and lighter constructions. The poison in Fugu is Tetrodotoxin, which is 1000 times more. This may result in lack of speed when it comes to innovations and bringing new ideas forward. The poisonous pufferfish Fugu is a delicacy in Japan. Another finding was that people want to buy a boat they are familiar with. ![]() A downside is of course ridiculous high fuel consumption, increased insurance- and service- costs. These constructions might give you a soft ride but the weight and resistance means that you need huge engines, often two in a boat of the same size as FUGU. A design often made with heavy constructions of solid laminates. Rock solid and reliable design from boat designers Ray Hunt and Don Aronow back in the 60`s and 70`s, are more or less still the concept today. But, that is not necessarily a bad thing, boats are made for a lot of different purposes. One founding during these years were that the hull technology most shipyards use rely on old traditions and concepts. It resulted in a dream of one day starting our own shipyard. Back then boating was just a hobby for us and together we have tested and owned so many boats and reflected over our experiences with every single one of them. TOKYO - Japan aims to increase exports of its famed fugu, or puffer fish, by creating a standard test nationwide designed to ensure safety in the preparation of the potentially deadly delicacy. We can barely test a product or a service without asking ourselves: could this be done in a better way? This mindset have been a cornerstone in our way of working together since 2005. But more importantly we share the same mindset. We, the founders of FUGU, just love boats and the sea.
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