It sounds like the other 10 or so restaurants in the US that supposedly serve fugu are the farmed/frozen kind (most of the restaurants are in NYC, one or two in LA, one in Seattle). Morimoto in Philly might have it but don't quote me on that. ... CHOW Tour: North America...
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Fugu Availability; Most Japanese cities have one or more fugu restaurants. They may be clustered together, as past regulations had placed limits on where the ... Perhaps the most well-known fugu story in America was when the fictional character Homer Simpson of the TV show The Simpsons ate fugu served by an amateur chef.
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Fugu is one of the most fascinating and notorious dishes in the world. Prized in Japan as a delicacy, it is prepared from the flesh of the pufferfish (Fugu is the Japanese word for pufferfish). The flesh itself is edible, but the skin, liver and ovaries contain lethal amounts of the poison tetrododoxin. ... Death by Fugu...
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New York City is known for having some of the best restaurants in the world, and gourmands know they’ll have to fork over some serious cash for the best dishes. One of the those expensive gourmet dinners is fugu, valued by the Japanese as a culinary delight. ... Fugu Comes to America...
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The First is the only purveyor in the United States that distributes fugu to restaurants. The BFSCS provides regular and ... Because all fugu is imported to the United States, all the poisonous parts are removed before arriving here. Therefore, one only needs to become qualified by the TBAA to serve fugu in America.
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Japanese restaurants in America that serve fugu generally import the fish from Japanese chefs who have already removed the poison and purified the meat. Even without a fugu chef on staff, restaurants can charge upwards of $150 for a plate of this exotic fish.
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Do you know how many restaurants in Japan serve fugu and how much fugu is consumed each year? How many restaurants are certified to serve fugu in America? There are many restaurants in Japan that serve fugu. They include fugu-only restaurants and others that also serve sushi or traditional Japanese food.
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See a list of the few, the proud, the restaurants that are licensed to serve fugu in the United States. ... Taste Your Fate; Restaurants That Serve Fugu...
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I would suspect more people die from tainted ground beef served at fast food restaurants in America than fugu in Japan. The main issue people bring up is cost because it is not cheap to eat fugu.
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