For this reason, fugu chefs must undergo a rigorous two-year training before they can work with it, ensuring that each dish is safe to eat. During this extensive training period, aspiring chefs ...

The Korean raw dish consisting of octopus tentacles poses a choking hazard and could be fatal. Octopuses are killed before preparing the dish, but due to the highly complex nervous system ...

An old saying states: “Eating fugu is great but risking your life is worse.” Believe it or not, the dish is offered at eateries in Mikawa as part of efforts to revitalize the local community.

People call him “Dr. Fugu” (Dr. Pufferfish) in a nod to his expertise. As a cooking instructor, he helped promote ways to safely consume the otherwise dangerous fish. Some 50 kinds of blowfish ...