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 Tiger Fugu Some people like to live life on the edge, and while seek their adrenaline through extreme sports, others do it through extreme cuisine. The world’s most deadly food is Torafugu or Tiger Fugu, the filet mignon of blowfish. The epitome of dangerous luxury meals is Tiger Fugu sashimi, served totally rare, to preserve each and every toxin. “Among the intrepid TV hosts and iron-stomached bloggers who span the globe looking for horrible things to eat, a potentially deadly blowfish dinner is a badge of honor, the thrill-seeking gastronome’s equivalent to scaling Mount Everest,” New York magazine says. The fish is loaded with lethal poisons; you’d have to have a very strong mix of courage and an intense lack of common sense to eat a meal like this. Then again for some, the bragging rights are worth it. No one could argue that this was done purely for the taste—this is to demonstrate your bravery (stupidity?) and willingness to endure any challenge; no way anyone would choose to eat this dish alone at home.
 The dish used to be confined, thankfully, to Japan, but adventurous diners can now enjoy it in the States (Philadelphia, Chicago, and L.A. all have restaurants that serve fugu), though not in Europe, where it’s largely still banned. Something like a ton of blowfish is imported every year to New York, where fugu now appears, seasonally, on the menus of the city’s elite Japanese restaurants.
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