Japan is the land of raw fish eaters and Japanese sushi and Sashimi is getting popular in many countries like the United States, South Korea, China, Taiwan and Russia.
In this country which is crazy for seafood,tuna is the king. In Japan,we have many different names from maguro to otoro for different varieties of tuna and all its edible parts. However the shortage of tuna has recently sparked sushi panic in Japan, and many Japanese sushi chefs are considering extreme alternatives like red colored smoked deer meat or raw horse meat to replace tuna.
Global fishing bodies recently began restricting tuna catches in The Eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea,and this has helped to push up the prices of bluefin tuna which is considered the best tuna to eat raw.
Tuna is disappearing from supermarket shleves and revolving sushi chain restaurants. Many sushi restaurant owners believe that sushi has to evolve to keep up with the times, and so they are experimenting with substitutes like smoked duck with mayonnaise and sea urchin with crushed daikon.
However, I feel that sushi without tuna just won’t be sushi!