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.
Tuna tongue, marrow and eyes: a new era at the Ricardo Fuent...
A logbook by Sensei Hiroshi Umi. According to the dictionary, to which I always turn with curiosity and often amazement, a laboratory is defined as a place equipped with the required means to conduct research, experimentation and work of a ...
When did bluefin tuna become the king of sushi?
A logbook by Sensei Hiroshi Umi. Let’s turn our thoughts to an awful, apocalyptic dystopia. Imagine a world without tuna. No toro nigiri. No akami sashimi. No fiery tartar or mild tataki coated in sesame. I’m not talking about i...
Fuentes bluefin tuna tapas: talent to scale
A logbook by Sensei Hiroshi Umi. Internationally speaking, they are the most recognisable trait of Spanish cuisine. As universal as sushi or pizza. Supposedly they had a twofold origin: a matter of hygiene, and what might be called whetting...
How to judge –and win– a bluefin tuna competition
A logbook by Sensei Hiroshi Umi.. A gaggle of TV cameras and photographers mills around the main stage in Hall 8 of Salón Gourmets (IFEMA, Madrid), trying not to fall over one another before the event begins. Just a few moments ago an outs...
Tora: a tiger on the loose in the Salamanca district
A logbook by Sensei Hiroshi Umi. A talented, self-made sushiman, an investor who is an elite footballer, and a hugely elegant venue in the heart of Madrid’s Salamanca district. These are the calling cards of Tora (tiger in my mother t...
El Doncel: bluefin tuna 1,000 m above sea level
A logbook by Sensei Hiroshi Umi. He gives off the aura of days gone by, out of the ordinary, like a man of the Golden Age, veteran of a thousand battles, arising from a literary world. A rakishly piratical beard, professorial glasses, sharp...