Sushi - Japanese Food Recipes

Sushi Photo

Fugu Nigiri Sushi/Globefish Nigiri Sushi

Sushi Taste

Blowfish has a chewy.
It has a delicious taste.

Sushi Price

Fugu nigiri sushi is very expensive.

Sushi
Best Seas

Best season is winter.

Sushi Cuisine

Nigiri sushi

You would not eat the sushi of blow fish in Japanese sushi restaurants.
Because, blow sushi in Japan is rare and expensive.

Fish Name

Globefish/Fugu/Blow fish/Swell-fish

Fish Photo

Fish Size

Globefish will grow to about 28 inches.

Fish Information

Blowfish has been inhabiting the coastal waters of the sea around the world.
Blowfish fish are rounded.
Blowfish will grow in shallow water after hatching.
Then, move out to sea and puffer fish to grow big.

Blowfish is very delicious. However, it has a deadly poison tetrodotoxin in puffer fish ovaries and liver.

Testes of blowfish Shirako is creamy.
It has a sweet taste and flavor.
It is most delicious.

<Notes>
In Japan, chefs to cook blowfish must learn special skills.
And the cook can get a license for cooking blowfish.

Toxicity of puffer fish
Ovaries and liver of puffer fish has a strong poison.
Intestines of puffer fish has a weak poison.
Muscle,testis and skin of puffer fish has a non-toxic.
General public should not cook a blowfish.
The Japanese have eaten puffer fish from the past.
Many people have died due to poison puffer fish.

Fish Price

Globefish is very expensive.

Fugu Dishes
in Japan

Sashimi,
Blowfish stew,
Fugu tempura,
Fried fugu,
Broiled blowfish,
Blowfish fin sake,
Albino grilled blowfish