{"id":30801,"date":"2014-11-03T07:40:47","date_gmt":"2014-11-02T23:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/?p=30801"},"modified":"2014-11-03T10:14:46","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T02:14:46","slug":"fuku-fugu-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/zh\/2014\/11\/03\/fuku-fugu-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuku Fine Fugu Kaiseki Restaurant, Mohamed Sultan Road: I Too Like to Live Dangerously"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"fuku
\nThe trick about eating poisonous\u00a0fugu<\/em> (puffer fish) is to bring\u00a0a friend along, and let your friend eat first. If your friend lives, you can itadakimasu<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fuku (which derives its name from the Chinese character \u798f, fortune) is the first full-fledged fugu\u00a0<\/em>restaurant in Singapore. Most ingredients are imported from Japan. The best season for\u00a0fugu\u00a0<\/em>is during Oct – Nov.\u00a0Set meals range from 6-course farmed fugu<\/em>\u00a0($150\/pax) to 9-course wild fugu\u00a0<\/i>($580\/pax), which requires 5-day advance booking to fly the wild fish in. \u00a0We were treated to a 9-course meal ($250\/pax).<\/span><\/p>\n

\"fugu
\nFugu sashimi<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

This is my second time eating\u00a0fugu<\/em>. My first was at\u00a0Torafugutei\u00a0\u3068\u3089\u3075 in Tokyo<\/a>\u00a0so I more or less knew what to expect. Eating fugu<\/em> is really about the experience. Unlike salmon or tuna, fugu<\/em> itself is rather bland and chewy. The fish leaves a tingling, prickly sensation in your tongue. Unfortunately (or fortunately), Japanese strict authorities only allow cleaned fugu<\/em> to be exported, so while the fugu<\/i> at Fuku won’t\u00a0leave\u00a0a tingle, the plus side is\u00a0you won’t die.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"fuku
\nThe set menu\u00a0serves\u00a0fugu<\/em> done in different ways: parboiled, sashimi-ed, deep-fried, grilled, braised, and hot-pot. My favorite was karaage<\/em><\/strong> (deep-fried, pictured above), partly because the batter added taste to the otherwise bland fish, and partly because my fat-boy DNA screamed FRIED FOOD.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"fuku
\nI seldom admit that others have more sophisticated taste than me, but William, my skinny friend, may be the connoisseur here, preferring\u00a0yubiki<\/em><\/strong> (above), or\u00a0fugu skin<\/em> parboiled to a gelatinous texture, dipped in a zest ponzu shoyu<\/em>.\u00a0The\u00a0zousui<\/em><\/strong> (below)\u00a0was a belly-warming way to end the long flight of fugu<\/em> course: rice and egg were added to the fugu<\/em> hot-pot, so the rice absorbed the essence of\u00a0fugu<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"fuku<\/p>\n

Besides the set courses, Fuku also offers a la carte items like\u00a0fugu shirako<\/em><\/strong> (sperm, below), and sushi. Also try the\u00a0hiresake<\/em>,<\/strong>\u00a0a hot, strong, piercing sake with sun-dried\u00a0fugu–<\/em>rather interesting.<\/span>
\n\"fuku<\/p>\n

My qualm was $250 for a meal was expensive. But considering I had a 5-course fugu<\/em> meal in Tokyo at S$110, $250 for 9 courses seems reasonable?<\/span><\/p>\n

\"fugu
\nBraised fugu<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

I said previously that eating fugu is about the experience, not taste, the experience of dauntlessness, or the experience of remembrance. When I left the restaurant, I saw 4 or 5 tables of homesick Japanese salarymen. They were longing\u00a0for home, trying to remember things past, things lost–and perhaps they found it here.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fuku Fugu Singapore<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

14 Mohamed Sultan Rd, #01-01 Singapore 238963
\nT: +65 6235 8216
\nmenu<\/a>
\n6-11pm daily
\nRating: 3\/5<\/strong>
\n\"\"
\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Written by\u00a0A. Nathanael Ho.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks Melody for the invite.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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