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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.
One of a species: don't mix your bigeye up with your bluefin
A logbook by Sensei Hiroshi Umi. On my travels to destinations, markets, restaurants and coastal or marine landscapes, I have learned to identify the different varieties of tuna. And I can attest that tuna tricksters, con artists or simply ...
Arahy: Rajoy, magic and tuna
A logbook by Sensei Hiroshi Umi. For a mere observer and man of measured words like me, with my Japanese minimalism, for someone to speak in torrents to express themselves, to tear open their apron or shirt, verbalise their enthusiasm and l...
Fuentes and Japan: a love story
A logbook by Sensei Hiroshi Umi. For an oriental tuna-lover and gourmet like myself, along with so many other Japanese, raised among izayakas (inns), vinegared rice and sushi of every kind, discovering Spain is a blinding vision, a burning ...
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 ...