Torafugutei – Poisonous Fugu!

Posted on September 10th, 2008 by Ed Lau in Food and Fine Dining, Travel


  1. Jenny said on September 10th, 2008 at 10:02 pm

    Interesting! Pufferfish is not consumed in my country due to the toxin. Reading you post, make me curious to know the taste.

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  2. Paul said on September 10th, 2008 at 10:35 pm

    That movie of the fish chunk moving looks so unreal! For 5000yen that’s a steal!

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  3. Custom T-Shirts Toronto said on September 11th, 2008 at 11:12 am

    Eek, I”m not sure if eating poisonous food is on the same level as base jumping or driving a F1. With the latter, whether or not you get hurt is in your hands (sort of). With this, it’s in the chef’s hands! Reminds me of that episode of the Simpsons with the blowfish lol.

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  4. Michael Kwan said on September 11th, 2008 at 7:02 pm

    I love how the only way I know about fugu is the Simpsons.

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  5. Ed Lau said on September 12th, 2008 at 6:14 pm

    @Michael Kwan:

    I think most people know fugu from the Simpsons. I know that was the first time I had heard about it.

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  6. Thrifty said on September 16th, 2008 at 2:57 am

    I have heard that puffer fish are incredibly poisonous, I can’t even think to eat something like that.

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  7. The [ED]ition Contest! said on September 29th, 2008 at 11:44 am

    [...] posts include, Lost in Harajuku!, Sushi Dai @ Tskukiji Fish Market, Yebisu Beer Museum, and Torafugtei – Posonous Fugu! It is really great that Ed blogged his trip, it gave people like me who have yet to travel to [...]

  8. Five Things I Miss About Japan | the.[ED]ition said on September 30th, 2008 at 4:21 am

    [...] is…you can get totally decent food at just any hour. While you aren’t going to get any poisonous sushi at 3am (although you could head to Tsukiji at 5…), many Tokyo restaurants are open very late. [...]

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