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A whole glossy bluefin tuna lying on a long wooden board beside neat blocks of red tuna and a long knife

Whole Bluefin Tuna Share

$220,000 play money

A share of a whole bluefin, cut and portioned in front of you. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $220,000 in play money, which puts it in the Ultra tier ($2,000 and up). It is one of the few dishes that can use up a large part of the budget in one click.

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Key facts

Cuisine
Japanese
Menu section
Seafood & Sushi
Price tier
Ultra ($2,000 and up)
Play-money price
$220,000
Main ingredients
a share of one whole bluefin tuna
How it is served
A whole glossy bluefin tuna lying on a long wooden board beside neat blocks of red tuna and a long knife

History, tradition and origin

Eating sliced raw fish is recorded in Japan for many centuries, and the knife work is treated as a craft in itself. Lean red tuna was once the prized cut, while the fatty belly was thought too rich and was discarded or sold cheaply. Refrigeration and changing tastes reversed that in the twentieth century, and the belly is now the costliest part.

Food economy and industry

Bluefin tuna is among the most valuable fish in the sea, and the first auction of the year at Tokyo's wholesale market regularly makes headlines. Catches are limited by international quotas after years of overfishing, and some stocks have begun to recover. Fish to be eaten raw is usually frozen first to very low temperatures, which also makes it safer.

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