PrintGiant Tuna Takes New Jersey!
"Fresh Giant Bluefin Tuna Cut Performance." Photograph by MidtownLunch
Come watch a 400-pound giant bluefin tuna get hacked! Mitsuwa, the New York–New Jersey area's largest Japanese shopping center, is hosting demonstrations at 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday, November 8 and Sunday, November 9. Enjoy fresh tuna nigiri 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and an exciting array of soups and snacks at the food court. Browse the aisles and stock up on fresh wasabi, baked goods, and singing rice cookers.
Three-dollar Mitsuwa shuttle buses leave every half hour from the Port Authority. Bergen County's blue laws prohibit the sale of alcohol and appliances on Sundays, so be sure to plan accordingly if you intend to replenish your supply.
Mitsuwa
595 River Road, Edgewater NJ 07020 (map)
201-941-9113
mitsuwanj.com
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7 Comments:
Ugh ...hacking up a blue fin ...
Nearing Extinction - The species in the greatest danger of slipping into extinction is the western north Atlantic population (stock) of bluefin tuna.� Thanks to 4 decades of overfishing, it has been driven to just 3% of its 1960 or pre-longlining abundance - a decline of 97% - as shown in ICCAT's figure at left. �(ICCAT is the international commission that claims management authority over all tunas, marlin, swordfish and the other big fish of the Atlantic) In comparison to bluefin, Atlantic white marlin abundance has been driven to 6% of its pre-longlining abundance, and Atlantic blue marlin has been driven to 20% of its pre-longlining abundance.
http://www.bigmarinefish.com/bluefin.html
redfish at 1:09PM on 11/08/08
@redfish...that's exactly what I was thinking.
coolname at 6:21PM on 11/08/08
I KNEW something smelled fishy!
PerkyMac at 9:36PM on 11/08/08
@redfish: I hope you don't eat Pacific salmon, or most fish for that matter, either!
Cassaendra at 9:58AM on 11/09/08
I have fished regularly since I was 6 years old. With rod and reel, spear gun, cast net, whatever, I catch fish.
Never caught a blue fin (never tried to), though I caught plenty of yellow fin when I used to fish out of Oregon Inlet in the Outer Banks each year. Had to give that up, the seas are too rough out there.
There are plenty of sustainable species that I have eaten hundreds of pounds of.
I don't see the point of allowing the Japanese to deplete our seas of blue fin tuna.
redfish at 2:20PM on 11/09/08
They raised the price of the Mitsuwa shuttle?!?!
feistyfoodie at 3:05PM on 11/10/08
@redfish, et al.: Sad but true. Serious Eats has a good post about how to find out which species are endangered.
@feistyfoodie: Yah! Like the price of postage stamps, it's been hard to keep current on the new hikes.
Tam Ngo at 7:19PM on 11/13/08