Nobu London: Bluefin offerings
 

On 2009-06-18 21:27:17 -0700, noauth > said:

> Celebrity hotspot and renowned Japanese restaurant Nobu has
> written a note to diners warning them not to eat the bluefin
> tuna on the menu because it is endangered.
>
> It calls the $50 dish on its own menu “environmentally challenged.”
> It asks patrons to “ask your server for an alternative.” estimates
> breeding stocks could disappear in just three years, because his
> Japanese chefs insist upon it.

I wonder why they offer it if they don't want to serve it.

Sorta like a vegetarian restaurant that offers beef but warns you it is
a terrible thing to eat and the cooks are disgusted by the process of
cooking it and the servers are horrified to bring it to you.
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