Well, turns out I did survive the Fugu night out - both in terms of not getting poisoned and not getting any sicker than I already was. Yes, eating badly prepared fugu can kill you, but it's way safer than, say, driving a car or crossing the road, and anyways, now there's one thing less on my checklist of things I have to eat in Japan. I still have to think of something since everyone's asking me whther there's still something I'd want to eat, and of course one should use all the chances to get new culinary experiences at other people's expense.
I think I prefered the grilled fugu, since fugu sashimi doesn't really taste that much... It's got a nice feel to it, though, and if someone would offer it to me in the future I certainly wouldn't turn the offer down. *g* We also had raw fugu skin, grilled fugu skin, boiled fugu and 2 kinds of fugu sashimi, thinly sliced and thickly sliced. And then hot sake with grilled fugu tail fins in it, which tasted a bit strange - it was good but the taste was very unlike anything I've had before.
The other funny thing with fugu, especially the grilled one is that you eat it with your fingers with the juices running all over your hands. Mmm.... Messy and good. The meat around the mouth didn't actully feel like fish meat at all, but I don't really know what else I could compare it to. It had a much softer and fatty feel to it than what I usually associate with fish meat.
All in all, I'm happy I didn't cancel like I thought I'd have to when I woke up in the morning unable to speak... I think the meds are helping, at least my voice is much more stable now - it's still husky and low, but it doesn't break anymore like it did yesterday. Now I'll just have to take things slowly and be a good girl and take my 4 kinds of pills and the white powder 3 times a day.
I should also start getting ready for the unavoidble fact that I must leave the country in a month - and the dorm even faster. I still haven't booked a place to stay for my last week, and I have yet to find out a way to ship all my books back home. Sigh.
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Laita ne kirjapaketit vaikka heti postiin! Postin kautta kestää 5 viikkoa kun ne seilaavat sieltä, ja halvalla! Oon kuullut kauhu-juttuja eri logistiikka/kuljetusfirmojen selvitys- tms. maksuista. Mun kirjat tuli ainakin Koreasta hyvässä kunnossa takaisin ja maksoi 50 e/20 kg.
Ja jos mä oisin nyt Japanissa söisin ihan kauheesti mocheja! Mielellään soijajauholla tai mustilla sesaminsiemenillä päällystettyjä...tai mansikkaisia. Oikeestaan ihan mitä vaan.
T.A
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