![]() Sometimes, the slices are so thin they become transparent. Today, the most common way to eat fugu fish is to cut it into thin slices, wrap it with spring onions, and dip it in vinegar and soy sauce. Shunpanro may have been the first restaurant in Japan to be officially licensed in preparing dishes with fugu, but many others now serve the poisonous puffer. He was so impressed by its flavour that he decided to lift the ban and declared Shimonoseki the “home of fugu.” In 1888, Itō Hirobumi, the first prime minister of Japan, ate a dish with the blowfish during a visit to the Shunpanro restaurant in Shimonoseki. In fact, eating fugu is so dangerous that it was outlawed in the 16th century, though many secretly kept the tradition alive. If improperly prepared, fugu can be toxic to those who consume it, so only registered chefs with special licenses can create meals with this finicky fish. By Jessica Poitevien Japan’s potentially poisonous blowfishįugu (or blowfish) is by far the country’s most dangerous dish, and it’s the one that Shimonoseki is most known for. ![]() ![]() In Yamaguchi Prefecture of Japan, that could mean trying a dish that’s potentially life-threatening. ![]() Sometimes, that means eating parts of an animal they’re not used to or chomping on insects and unfamiliar fruits. For many travellers, part of the fun of exploring the world is trying new-to-them foods that are unavailable back home. ![]()
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