Pufferfish is a luxury winter delicacy in Japan, but a license is required to prepare and serve "fugu," as the fish is known, with any bite potentially containing a lethal toxic surprise.Fugu is not commonly consumed in many other countries, but Vu Thuy Linh, a Vietnamese researcher at a university near Tokyo, hopes to cultivate the culinary art of the pufferfish in her Southeast Asian nation to create a bridge between the two countries.In Vietnam, a country with a long north-south coastline, about 60 species of fugu are believed to inhabit local waters, but national law has banned the sale…READ FULL ARTICLE
