Enjoy pufferfish (fugu) sashimi effortlessly at home with this sashimi set of tiger puffers caught in the Bungo Channel, where waves of the Seto Inland Sea and the Pacific Ocean collide to create one of Japan’s leading fishing grounds, famous for the Seki-aji (mackerel) and Seki-saba (horse mackerel). The natural tiger puffers caught in season in the Bungo Channel is regarded as the top in quality, and have been highly acclaimed by countless food connoisseurs.
The city of Saiki, located at the southeastern tip of Oita Prefecture, faces the Bungo Channel and have been long renowned for its rich natural resources, evident in the historic phrase, “The lord of Saiki is supported by the sea, and the sea is supported by the mountains.” Yanai Shoten teamed up exclusively with local fish farmers, and developed this product to deliver their carefully raised Bungo tiger puffers maintaining continued high quality.
Choose from two types: the chilled type comes arranged on a ceramic dish with ponzu sauce and condiments, so it can be enjoyed as soon as they arrive; the frozen type has a long expiration date of three months, so simply thaw it any time to enjoy. While conventional frozen sashimi tended to become watery or produced an unpleasant smell when thawed, this product employs the Proton freezing technology, which helps to preserve the food’s quality and lock in its flavor and texture, so even when thawed it is equivalent in quality to fresh sashimi. Cut into thick slices, even with a single slice you can savor the taste, texture and fragrance of the Bungo tiger puffer sashimi in its highest quality.