Some of the fish in this list sell for upwards of $4,000 a pound, and most of them are only available in the most upmarket restaurants. We asked chef Shin Yamaoka, who operates Omakase Room by ...

This rigorous regulation means that while the fish can be lethal, far more people die from eating oysters than fugu each year. All of the skill and training that goes into preparing this fish ...

An old saying states: “Eating fugu is great but risking your life is worse.” Believe it or not, the dish is offered at eateries in Mikawa as part of efforts to revitalize the local community.

Eating unripe Ackee fruit may result in the metabolic syndrome known as ‘Jamaican vomiting sickness’, which can cause severe vomiting, seizures, hypothermia, coma, and death. This Japanese ...

In most parts of the world, eating fugu is prohibited, but in Japan, if you pass the ' Fugu Chef License ' set by the prefecture, you can cook and serve fugu. Different parts of fugu contain ...

FUGU or pufferfish is not something that can be savoured at just any Japanese restaurant as a chef must be licensed to prepare and serve it. Prepared wrongly, consuming fugu can result in death as ...

fugu (the name of prepared blowfish) is often served raw and thinly sliced or added to soup. So why take the risk of eating it when the stakes are so high? Well, in Japan (and other countries ...

Zuboraya opened in 1920 and has been providing fugu dishes at reasonable prices for ... way to encourage customers in carefree outfits to eat sloppily to their contentment. The restaurants ...