My time in Japan has seen me try many of the various unusual and strange delicacies that Asia has to offer. I have tried and eaten almost anything that swims, mostly raw and fresh from the ocean, but also things like fried grasshoppers, raw horse and various offal of all species, but today was a special day being new years day, and my wifes family decided a special meal was due for me.
First course of the day was Toadfish (Fugu) sashimi and jellyfish (kragen). Now jellyfish tastes like you imagine it would, pretty much like flavourless gelatine or hard clag glue. Toadfish on the other hand isnt all that bad - a simple white fish with fairly firm flesh and little or no flavour. I dont suggest you try filleting the next big toadie you catch, as here it requires a licence and a lot of patience to serve - we ate the fillet, skin and a bit of catilage, and 3 hours later I am still alive and can tell the story. Finally one of my dreams and list of achievements in japan has been fullfilled. Second course was some intestinal mush that tasted absolutley awful, and third course was fresh sushi of raw squid, squid eggs, prawn and the stomach lining of tuna - yum yum - hehehehe - you would be suprised how wasteful us Aussies are of the fish we eat and how careless we are at handling them, believe me when a fish is consumed here nothing is wasted...... would you like to hear what cod testicles taste like???
Happy new year everyone,
cheers, Raef
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