User:TunaSushi
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- Tuna sushi is a Japanese dish consisting of thin slices of fresh raw fish wrapped with seaweed around a cake of cooked rice.
- In Japan, a tuna maki roll is referred to as tekka maki. Its name is derived from the gambling casinos known as Tekka-Jo, where rolIed sushi was served because it was easy to eat while gambling.
[edit] Most Expensive Fish
According to the Millennium Edition of Guiness World Records, in January of 1992, a 715 pound bluefin tuna sold for $83,500 USD in Tokyo, Japan. The tuna was reduced to 2,400 servings of sushi for wealthy diners at $75 per serving. The estimated takings from this one fish were $180,000.