Wednesday 30 December 2020

You Might Remember This Fearsome Creature,

a nearly blind eel like fish,


with a set of teeth that look like they belong in a horror movie, we actually made a post about them in October 2019the mud flats of Japan’s Ariake Sea are home to this fish that is reportedly as delicious as it is disgusting-looking, introducing the “Warasubo”, an eel-like fish that for obvious reasons is known as the “Alien of Ariake Sea”, the green eel goby, aka “warasubo” can only be found in Japan in the Ariake Sea, a large bay in Kyushu, although it can be found in other parts of Asia as well. However, it’s in towns and cities around the Ariake Sea that the Alien-like creature can be enjoyed as a scary-looking delicacy,

and here they are again, this time served as delicious dumplings,

first introduced in 2017, as a promotional collaboration between the Saga prefectural government and Tokyo-based restaurant 蔓餃苑 (Dumpling Kingdom), Ariake dumplings got a lot of attention online at the time, due to their unusual appearance. They consist of traditional dumplings with the xenomorph-like fried or boiled heads of warusobo fish sticking out of them, 

according to Asahi, Ariake dumplings were served for a limited time at Dumpling Kingdom, but you can most likely find them at restaurants around Saga Prefecture as well. After all, the warusobo fish is very popular in this area,

and here is the video above, of how to make this treat, for myself, thanks but no thanks!


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