Japanese Street Food - LIVE FUGU PUFFERFISH Puffer Fish Japan

Fugu (河豚 or 鰒; フグ) is the Japanese word for pufferfish and the dish prepared from it, normally species of genus Takifugu, Lagocephalus, or Sphoeroides, or porcupinefish of the genus Diodon. Fugu can be lethally poisonous due to its tetrodotoxin; therefore, it must be carefully prepared to remove toxic parts and to avoid contaminating the meat.

The restaurant preparation of fugu is strictly controlled by law in Japan and several other countries, and only chefs who have qualified after three or more years of rigorous training are allowed to prepare the fish. Domestic preparation occasionally leads to accidental death.

Fugu is served as sashimi and chirinabe. Some consider the liver to be the tastiest part, but it is also the most poisonous, and serving this organ in restaurants was banned in Japan in 1984. Fugu has become one of the most celebrated and notorious dishes in Japanese cuisine.

[lolmcswagger]

It’s crazy how fast they break down the fish, avoiding the puncturing of the guts and all, where the toxins lie. You can tell this chef has been preparing this his whole life

[ffourstarss]

Who’s here from that one person feeding a pufferfish carrots and then he grabs the knife.

[hybrid]

That man just saved that fish from drowning

[kumanomi]

I'm Japanese, but I have never had puffer fish cuisine. puffer fish is a luxury food. It is a fish that only a chef with such technical skills can prepare, so it is understandable that the price is high.

[zingu]

Pufferfish: all the organs in my body are toxic enough to be fatal to human’s who consume me
Japanese: ok and?

[edfaceeh]

Pufferfish: Spends millions of years evolving the perfect defense so that predators can't eat them
Humans: *_cut_*

[gabrielrocha]

Korean cutting up a pufferfish: Lets be careful

Japanese cutting up a pufferfish: I am speed

[pseudotatsuya]

I really respect the first person who tried to eat this poisonous fish.

[jayseywaysey]

*Meanwhile in Bikini Bottom:*


Spongebob: Where’s Mrs. Puff?

[thischannelwasamistake]

Other people: Its poisonous, so dont eat it-


Japan: *F O O D I S F O O D*

[iram]

Pufferfish: God gave me a toxins so you couldn't eat me .
Japanese: ..and?

[versthappening]

imagine waiting for your fugu pufferfish to be prepared and you overhear the chef saying “oops”

[soltha]

Most of the puffer fish cooking videos: careful and slow

This guy: *SPEEDRUN*

[RazeNexerion]

Just imagine: One wrong cut and everything is wasted. Goes to show how skillful a person has to be in order to prepare something like this.

[davidbatin]

I admire people that have the courage & the confidence in the chef that prepared this fish to eat it knowing it could end their lives.

[cincoosaan]

Mr. Krabs: “So what happened to Mr. Puff?”

Spongebob:”...she doesn’t want to talk about it.”

[kylei]

Imagine clicking on a video about a fish being prepared for food, then complaining about it.

[Tetsuza_]

As a chef currently shadowing my mentor to become certified to prepare torafugu it takes not only ridiculous knife skills, but also muscle memory to safely prepare the stuff. One wrong nick and you could potentially endanger someone's life, but when done properly and safely its one of the finest sashimi fish you can eat.

Just don't eat too much, it has a tendency to make your face go numb

[nozdoesrandomthings]

Pufferfish: Evolves toxic venom that can kill 20 people so it can escape predators

Humans: eat it safely

The pufferfish: *Am I a joke to you?*

[BadKarma]

I watched a Pufferfish get killed after moaning on some carrots and now I'm on a seafood slaughter binge