I always thought that puffer fish can only be found in Japan or elsewhere. If it is found in Singapore it is probably in some Jap restaurant. I've tried it once in a Jap restaurant at Robertson Quay, tasted like bak gua. Subsequently, I read that if the fish is not prepared properly, it can be lethal. Oh well...We brought Oliver and Heidi to East Coast Park to cycle today, and as we reach the end of the long Bedok Jetty, I saw a few teenagers crowding around this uncle in blue. He was holding a puffer fish!
He seemed to be quite an experienced fisherman, and was friendly too as he showed the catch to curious onlookers. As he put the fish back into the styrofoam box, the puffer fish let out its breath and became just like any other fish. But the guy picked it up again, tickled it somewhere, and the fish inflated again. Once inflated, it looked like a cat or an owl. Amazing!
