Due to work, I have been staying in Tokyo for longer and more time. It is nice to meet up some of my uni friends in here, and also I have been meeting new people in here from work.

After a couple of stays, ramen already cannot attract my appetite, and you know, I am not a big fan of sushi or sashimi, hmm... so looking for better food is always a daily challenging task for me.

Since young, heard Japanese eat pufferfish, and remember when young, went fishing with dad's company, it was the first time I saw pufferfish. However, because of critical toxic, a licensed places to eat pufferfish is very important.

When a friend here gave me choices of food, I of course pointed that I would like to try pufferfish. Then we went to a place called Torafugu (虎河豚) in Akasaka. If you asked me what does it taste like, it is a very non-fishy fresh fish; not much of bones also.

For a 河豚 set I had, first of course is Sake, and only in Fugu shop you can have this Sake, hire sake (鰭酒), and it came with hot Sake with a lid and there is a few pieces of Smoked Fugu Wings inside. Before you drink it, it normally comes with matches, so you can ignite the steamed alcohol on your glass, or course by carefully open the lid. Don't throw the match inside~!

Even being a Chinese, on and off I have problem in finding the proper way of eating the food here in Japan. Anyway, then the next course was a fugu skin salad, it is like jelley, fresh, and not fishy, again. Also there were some pieces of deep fried fugu. It actually tempura fugu, quite tasty. After that, the main course, fugu in piece, cook in hotpot. Well, we are master in hotpot, so it is not difficult. The thing is the fugu, even in piece, the meat is still stretching... Comparing to eat live frog heart, it is a lot more civilized. The meat of course, was very smooth. Even I don't like much abotu fish, I enjoyed the food.

After the main course, of course not very full with that pieces of fish... It served cooked rice and eggs. Not to fry it, but to use the fugu soup to mix the cooked rice and egg together. With seaweed and sources, I was so satisfied.

Compare with nice beef shabushabu, seems having Fugu set is also a good choice in Japan.