Forget about fugu: Japan a tourists taste the squid is a”zombie”
Live food is very popular in this country.
About the controversial dish, “Katsu IKA Odori don” heard for the first time outside Japan a few years ago. Then in a network there was video from the restaurant: in a bowl, with rice noodles, decorated with salmon caviar, moved the live squid.
The dish, whose name translates as “Dancing squid rice bowl”, has quickly gained popularity among tourists. It is served not only at restaurants — now a popular street food.
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“Dancing food”, when the seafood is still alive or sashimi, which has a minimum heat treatment, very popular in Japan. For example, living here, eating a tiny fish Leucopsarion petersii. After the death of her taste quality declined dramatically.
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Dancing squid on the plate is actually already dead. It is prepared in a peculiar way, to appreciate that not everyone can stomach. Squid head cut off, put in a bowl with noodles, then pour soy sauce. Salt causes the muscles to shrink dramatically, and the squid moves.
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