It has a dead squid on top that “dances” when Soy Sauce is poured on it,
activating it’s neurons (Odori don - The new dish where a squid comes
"back to life" and dances on your plate ...
Diners in Japan looking for a moving experience over dinner can now order
a squid that dances off their plate.
A restaurant has created a dish, named
Odori don - literally meaning dancing squid rice bowl - by adding soy sauce
to a fresh squid. The high salt content in the sauce reacts with ions in cells
of the squids' tentacles creating voltage differences, and making the squid
move.
To prepare the dish, chefs at Ikkatei Tabiji, in Hakodate, Japan, first remove
the head of the squid before serving the body, with tentacles intact, over a
bowl of sushi rice. Seasoned soy sauce is then poured over it.
As the squid
is served so fresh, when the sauce is added signals across nerve cell membranes
are re-activated temporarily, making it 'come back to life'. The body is then
removed and prepared by the chef to be served as a side accompaniment.
The meal, which is proving popular with diners, costs around ¥2,000, about $20.00 or £15.30
per person.
The dish is such a success that the restaurant have patented the
name of the creation. Now other restaurants in the area have begun making
their own versions of the Hakodate dish, under different names.
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