Anybody Out There Ever Eat Fugu Before?

[JimBoy]

Fugu is the Japanese cuisine name for the poisonous pufferfish dish.

It is prepared by highly trained Japanese chefs and there are only a handful of Japanese restaurants in the United States qualified to serve it. New York has the most, 13 restaurants, and there are a handful around Washington D.C. and California where there is a huge Japanese population.

If not served properly the eater dies in a matter of hours or days. The toxins inside the fish causes paralysis and the eater dies from asphyxiation.

Have any of you out there ever had this dish before? Would you ever want to try it?

 

[Timewarp]

Not really.

Though the chances of accidental poisioning of fugu is significantly low among professional trained cheifs.

In my knowledge the most cases in which people are poisoned by fugu is not by resturants but fishermen who fail to recongize the fish and accidently eat the poisoned parts.

And with the rise of fugu farms, I would fullhardly take a bite.
(Fugu raised in farms don't feed on the bacteria the makes the poision making them poison free)

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

Scrumptious entree vs paralysis leading to asphyxiation?

Uh-uh. I don't care HOW great it is... :unwell:

 

[Duke Diablo]

Loose my life over a fish?!

Were it meat, ok... but a fish?!

 

[MistressValerie1]

As much as I love seafood, I would pass on the fugu.

 

[Tom Tickle]

i'm not big on fish at the best of times, despite what my art may lead you to believe.

 

[N/A]

I had it once, at a nice restaurant in Japan on a business meal. Very fancy presentation, but the fish itself had a neutral (almost bland) taste. Hardly worth risking one's life for.

 

[TyrantRaveAB]

love seafood. but in light of the possibility of dying, i think ill just stick to my mac and cheese.