Thursday, January 5, 2012

Pass The Wasabi, Please

   In Japan, this might not really sound all that crazy. Seems a 590 pound bluefin tuna, sushi grade of course, sold for 736 THOUSAND dollars in the main fish market in Tokyo. The winning bidder was, naturally, the president of a sushi company.
   If the math was right, that means a single slice of the bad boy would cost around 92 bucks. That's a sushi size slice. But our guy must have deep pockets, since he's selling it for roughly 5 bucks a slice. Kiyoshi Kimura paid the hefty price, because he didn't want to see the fish, which is scarce due, not surprisingly, to overfishing, go out of the country. About 75% of the world's bluefin catch ends up in Japan
   Kimura-san said he wanted to win the best tuna so that Japanese customers, not overseas, can enjoy it. Last year's prized tuna ended up in Hong Kong.
   Oh, well. Back to my tuna fish sandwich.
   'Nuff said.

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