Today, was a day that I lived again. A day where I completed one of the items on the list of “stuff to do before i die” with special attention to the “to Eat” section.

I had been dreaming of eating toro for quite some time. Being a more partial to maguro whenever I order japanese food, I have been craving an even better cut and even better cut of fish for quite some time. However, the cost has always been putting me off trying it. I mean, there should be a limit to what we should spend on food right?

Toro, the fatty stomach of the tuna fish. True blue sashimi eaters know that this is one of the best things that you can ever eat in life. And today, as I walk in Takashimaya’s Cold Storage, I saw, the most amazing item on sale. 12 pieces of chutoro, going for the amazing price of $12.60 cents. And I bought it. I BOUGHT IT, and ATE IT.

Have you ever experienced your mouth going to heaven, while the rest of your corporeal form remains on earth? I did today. The succulent flavours made me forget quite a lot of things. My job, my trepidation at having to bring in $100,000 of business in a month, etc, vanished. And I realised the reason behind the denial of the Japanese that they were hunting the blue fin tuna to extinction. It is probably true, because they would not be the only people in the world to do so. Everyone who had eaten toro before would probably crave it. Can you believe that it is at least 100 times better than a nice piece of jyo-karubi. It does not come with the oily feel of a marbled piece of beef, further more having a fragrance that seem to defy the fact that oxidation of fish fats should give out a dreadful odour.

Today, I lived again.

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