Photo of the Day: O-toro
My first thought when seeing Jon Cheng's photo of o-toro (fattiest part of the tuna) in Tokyo was, "That's a big chunk of tuna." And then a moment later, "That's a huge-ass knife."
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7 Comments:
That is the biggest knife I've ever seen!
AJ1280 at 6:56PM on 11/15/07
That's enormous!!!!
Sarahrm at 7:03PM on 11/15/07
Maybe it's not a big knife or a big slab of otoro. Maybe this person is just very very tiny.
Definitely still makes me hungry though.
Joseph Bayot at 8:53PM on 11/15/07
i saw the 400 lb. tuna cutting demo at mitsuwa last weekend. the sushi chef used that loooong knife to slice through the skin and all along the edges of the giant spine, then a 45 degree angle cut through the level of the tuna belly and then 2 or 3 chefs lifted the full length hunknormous quarter of the 400 lb. of fish flesh off.
that huge knife seemed like a metal toothpick when it's half buried inside that giant 400 lb. (minus the head) tuna. the sushi chef had to hold the knife with both arms to pull it through the enormous tuna.
eat 2 love at 5:49AM on 11/16/07
Why did the image of John Belushi doing the Samurai deli just pop into my head? Dig that knife.
ExpatChef at 10:13AM on 11/16/07
Both the knife and that huge chunk of fatty tuna are equally impressive. What impresses me even more are the knife skills these sushi chef's have, especially when handling these large machete-sized knives in the kitchen.
philn at 11:48AM on 11/16/07
i didn't even notice the knife there until i read that last line. gosh, the otoro really diverted all my attention away from the knife.
xxoos at 1:33PM on 11/16/07