Everyone knows that puffer fish is poisonous, but there are many people who eat puffer fish in Japan. There are actually many opinions about whether puffer fish is delicious or not. Let's go and see the price and taste of Japanese puffer fish dishes. How much

The set meal of Xuanpin is 4,-9, yen, including fish skin, sashimi, fried food and salty porridge dishes. The cheap ones are farmed and the expensive ones are wild. It is said that the difference is that the skin of the latter is crisper.

the range can be from more than 2, to more than 1, yen per person.

The cheapest meal I experienced was the lunch set on the second floor of Tanghu Seafood Market in Shimonoseki, and the most expensive was the dinner of tiger puffer fish in Osaka puffer fish specialty store.

The first time I ate puffer fish, a plate of puffer fish skin, a plate of puffer fish sashimi and a plate of fried puffer fish were served in Nara

. How can I put it? The puffer fish in this family really tastes more tenacious than ordinary fish, but that's all. Perhaps it is because the previous rumors have exaggerated its delicious degree so that people's expectations are too high, and I always feel that there is some gap in my heart.

as mentioned above, this restaurant is not delicious, probably because the ingredients are not good enough, or because the chef lacks skills. Never mind, just try another one.

The second time I ate puffer fish was in Osaka

The place where puffer fish were consumed the most in Japan. According to statistics, Osaka's puffer fish consumption accounts for more than 6% of Japan's. In the famous Xinsaiqiao Commercial Street and other places, huge inflatable puffer fish signs always attract the attention of diners. I specially searched a shop on the Internet that is far away from tourist areas and frequented by local people.

Generally, the puffer fish sashimi is thin, but this family's sashimi is uncharacteristically thick, which shows the tenacity of puffer fish meat.

here comes the puffer fish hotpot. Well, what's with this delicious smell? Even the soup cooked with puffer fish meat is delicious, and the vegetables and powder cooked together have become more delicious.

I hit it off with the little brother in the shop. The little brother brought a dish shaped like internal organs and said boldly, puffer fish liver is for you to eat. I didn't worry too much, so I picked it up and ate a slice raw. As soon as the teeth bit it open, the oily smell of the liver quickly filled the whole mouth. The little brother said that this liver can also be used to rinse hot pot. I tried it, but I still found it more memorable to eat raw puffer liver.

by the way, eating puffer fish liver is dangerous to some extent, and ordinary shops are afraid to sell it openly. This store didn't write the liver on the menu either, but it was only for the diners who hit it off.

The perfect ending of puffer fish hot pot is to add the soup left over from puffer fish hot pot to porridge cooked with seaweed, eggs and rice. After a bite, the umami flavor of puffer fish still reverberates in the mouth.

In addition to Osaka, there is another good place for Japanese to eat puffer fish: Tanghu Market in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

from p>1592 to 1598, Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent troops to Korea. Warriors from all over the country went to Kitakyushu to gather for battle. It's surprising that many samurai died of eating puffer fish when passing through Shimonoseki area in Yamaguchi Prefecture, which can be described as an unseemly "but before he could conquer, he was dead". Toyotomi Hideyoshi was so angry that he ordered the samurai not to eat puffer fish.

during the meiji era, the government strictly prohibited the trading of puffer fish. In 1888, the 21st year of Meiji, when Japanese Prime Minister Ito Bowen visited Shimonoseki, he was able to taste the delicious puffer fish and was amazed by it. Now he announced the lifting of the ban. These two historical events related to puffer fish occurred in Shimonoseki, which shows the important position of puffer fish in Shimonoseki.

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture today is called "the field of puffer fish", which means the origin and authentic origin of puffer fish. Next to Shimonoseki Ferry Pier is a whole puffer fish restaurant and a new puffer fish mascot. Tanghu market is also here.

since 193s, Tanghu market has become an important puffer fish wholesale market in Japan. Every Friday to Sunday or during festivals, this wholesale market will be changed into a sightseeing market, selling all kinds of cheap seafood dishes, among which puffer fish is naturally the most sought after by tourists. In Tanghu Market, a place with high cost performance, even if you pick up a piece of puffer fish sashimi, puffer fish sushi, Bai Zi (that is, puffer fish spermary) warship sushi and puffer fish porridge, the cost is only a hundred yuan. In addition to puffer fish, sea urchins, whales, snappers and squid are also famous seafood in Shimonoseki. Walking around the Tanghu market, people with little appetite will soon be filled.

In addition to the common puffer fish dishes, some local specialty shops in Tanghu market also sell various puffer fish foods. Such as dried puffer fish, wine made of puffer fish fins, bamboo wheels made of puffer fish meat, etc. After tasting fresh puffer fish dishes, you can also pick up some special products to take home. I tried bottles of puffer fish fin wine, but after drinking it, I thought the fishy smell was a little too strong.

ingredients are good or bad, and puffer fish is no exception. The cheap puffer fish dishes in that store in Osaka and Tanghu market are generally farmed, and the price is not much higher. If you want to try the real delicacy of puffer fish, you have to visit a high-grade kiosk.

why do you have to visit a high-class kiosk to make puffer fish really delicious?

Because the high-grade kiosks make wild tiger puffer fish. For example, this Michelin-starred restaurant in Fukuoka, Hakata, Tianjin.

The puffer fish restaurant sells three kinds of puffer fish dishes: artificially cultured puffer fish, puffer fish whose wild puffer fish fry have been artificially cultured and pure wild puffer fish. In Hakata, the prices of the three packages are 15, yen, 2, yen and 25, yen respectively, and 8% tax is extra. According to the comments of other diners, there is not much difference between the middle one and the artificial one. Either it is cheaper to eat farmed food, or you can eat the most expensive food directly in one step.

a set meal of wild tiger puffer fish, please.

the starter is puffer fish jelly, which uses the skin and meat of puffer fish face.

puffer fish sashimi. What is the difference between wild puffer fish and other puffer fish? You can tell by the color of the sashimi. The female general of Hakata told me that the best wild puffer fish sashimi will have a unique pink color; If the puffer fish is artificially raised with wild puffer fish fry, the sashimi will be ivory; And our common cultured puffer fish, the sashimi will be gray. At first, I thought that the pink color was due to the residual puffer fish blood. When asked, the woman quickly waved her hand and said that it was too dangerous. The chef in the store would wash it repeatedly to remove the toxin from puffer fish blood to ensure the safety of diners.

I know this dish looks like a condom, but please don't say it, okay? Only wild puffer fish will have such a beautiful and pure condom color!

fried puffer fish. The skin is crisp, and the wild puffer fish meat inside is very elastic, which completely explodes dozens of streets in Nara.

puffer fish hotpot. The puffer fish is boiled and fished out in a pot and eaten with sour orange vinegar. This family's set meal is quite large, and I have been a little full by now. After all, I just finished eating a big plate of condoms.

food and miscellaneous cooking. Namely pickles and porridge. Porridge is also cooked with the soup base of puffer fish hot pot.

I thought I ordered a set meal of grilled puffer fish, but after eating it, I found that it was a regular set meal, so I ordered a small plate of grilled puffer fish. The one on the left tastes like salt, and the one on the right tastes like soy sauce. Personally, I think it's a little salty. I like sashimi and fried puffer fish best.

So, what's the difference in taste between wild tiger puffer fish and cultured puffer fish? One is fresher, and the other is tougher. When the wild puffer fish is bitten down, the elasticity and tenacity are unmatched by cultured puffer fish.

there is also a dish of vegetables and the last fruit. Halfway through the meal, I remembered the puffer liver that my little brother gave me at the puffer fish shop in Osaka, so I asked the female general if there was any here. The female general said that puffer fish liver is forbidden to be sold in Fukuoka Prefecture, but there are many other houses in Oita Prefecture. I asked again, can you eat it raw there? The female general sighed, indicating that she didn't seem to have heard of anyone eating puffer fish liver raw.

I asked the female general, is it dangerous to eat puffer fish liver raw? The female general thought about it and said that it should be okay to wash it clean. Don't you think you are still alive?

I think so.

People often ask, is puffer fish worth dying for?

my answer is: it's worth it if you don't die after eating.

Explain that in Japan, chefs who cook puffer fish need to obtain a special license to cook puffer fish, so there is generally no safety problem. Once, an unlicensed chef handled puffer fish meat privately, and some of it flowed into markets and supermarkets. After the incident was exposed, it caused great panic in Japan. But in fact, in that incident, none of the customers died of eating puffer fish poisoning.

Later, I learned that this chef just didn't have a license, but his level of cooking puffer fish and his moral integrity as a chef seemed to be good.

Another reminder: in Japan, the liver of wild puffer fish is absolutely forbidden to eat, while the liver of cultured puffer fish is non-toxic. Some chefs will give you some to eat when they get to know you well, but generally they will not sell them publicly.