
#Fugu truck series
Web producer Craig Gima tries out new foods in a video and print series every other Wednesday. We headed out to SOWA one Sunday afternoon to grab lunch at the food trucks. So, with my mouth getting numb and enough money left for taxi fare, it seemed like a good time to go back to the hotel to sleep. More of a concern was the feeling of lightness in the wallet. But until the sake, that hadn’t happened to me. I had heard that some people experience a tingling or numbness when eating fugu. I also tried pan-fried fugu, which had a light taste, similar to other white-meat fish. Raw fugu is delicate and was especially good in the ponzu sauce. I also ordered sashimi, cut so thin it was translucent and you could see the plate below.
#Fugu truck skin
It was tasty, the skin crunchy and chewy. The first dish was the fugu skin, served with ponzu sauce and seaweed. I had to hope that nothing was lost in translation. (Mainichi/Yoshiyuki Hirakawa) Workers used a crane truck. You’ll probably be OK but there is that risk.Īt Fugu Ichiro, a restaurant in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo, no one spoke English, so I had to point at what I wanted on the menu. Fugu restaurant Zuborayas paper lantern is seen with the Tsutenkaku Tower in the skies behind it, in Naniwa Ward, Osaka, on Aug. I suppose that’s part of the foodie thrill of the meal.

So lots of people eat it, and very few, really only a small number, die. We can provide all the food and the cooking, you just have to invite your guests We will plan with you to make this a success In addition, you will receive an invitation to our exclusive pre-launch party for some great food and fun. So when my mouth began to get numb, I wondered whether it was because of the poison or the alcohol.Īnd really, should I be eating a potentially poisonous fish?įugu is widely available in Japan, where chefs have to be specially trained and licensed to cut the fish and carefully remove the deadly organs.ĭozens of restaurants specialize in fugu in Tokyo, and hundreds more throughout Japan. To show how much we love your great support, the Fugu Truck Team will deliver a gourmet dinner for you to remember. If you like what you see here, consider getting in touch with Wrap It Boston, the vehicle wrap company that did Fugu Truck’s. It kills when the paralysis reaches the muscles that enable you to breathe. To get your creative juices flowing, here are six examples of awesome food truck wraps Boston’s now retired Fugu Truck can still inspire us with its impressive food truck wrap. The liver, ovaries, eyes and other organs of the fish contain tetrodotoxin, a poison that causes paralysis.
