Welcome to the FUENTES Blog, set up with the aim of extending and presenting information about the finer points of Bluefin Tuna. And at the helm of our ship, Hiroshi Umi, a tuna sensei (wise man) and culinary critic, who will be guiding us through the fascinating world of Bluefin Tuna. Anchors away.
Fuentes is born: the excellence of Bluefin Tuna
Where do you imagine the world leader of the bluefin tuna industry is to be found? Somewhere on the coastline of the Orient or the cold North Atlantic, or perhaps some exotic setting on the Pacific, right? Far from it. This illustrious and ...
Toch: good bar, great seafood, even better bluefin tuna
A logbook by Sensei Hiroshi Umi. The dependability of simplicity, craftsmanship, product and experience. The certainty of perfection after almost two decades of hard work. It all adds up to a classic. That is how we could define Toch in jus...
Naoki: bluefin tuna and talent East of Eden
A logbook by Sensei Hiroshi Umi. Talent arises in unexpected places, and knows nothing of place names or genders. It may flourish in metropolitan eateries, roadside inns, cafés in busy metro stations, gastrobars or any venue set up to serv...
Spectacle, jungle and plenty of bluefin tuna: welcome to SLV...
A logbook by Sensei Hiroshi Umi. There are places that far surpass the culinary act. That become a happening in themselves, a celebration that extends beyond the quality of the product and the social enjoyment of sharing lunch, dinner or an...
Xinito: irresistible bluefin fusion
Gastronomy offers an unrivalled pleasure, as anyone with even a basic sense of taste would acknowledge. The satisfaction is all the greater, though, when the recipes or culinary narrative involve or bring together a spectrum of nationalitie...
Why stop off in Tobarra to sample bluefin tuna?
It makes a comforting staging post for summer holidaymakers from central Spain who opt to unwind on the coast of Murcia. It also has a drumming ceremony entered on the World Heritage List (held during Easter, 104 hours of incessant percussi...
Notting Hill Fish+Meat: where the Beckhams and chutoro cross...
A logbook by Sensei Hiroshi Umi. As you stroll around Notting Hill or nearby Holland Park and the local vicinity, you half expect to bump into Hugh Grant waiting for Julia Roberts with a bunch of roses. You imagine that at any moment 007 wi...