3.1 million for blue fin tuna

[cincinnatikid513]

that's alot of money

[cincinnatikid513]

looks like buyers remorse



Even the most casual, airport sushi-eating consumer will tell you that raw tuna is one of the best fish you'll ever eat. (Step aside, salmon-lovers).So you can almost understand why Kiyoshi Kimura, owner of the Japanese restaurant chain Sushizanmai, recently decided to purchase a 613-pound, $3.1 million bluefin tuna for his restaurant.
Almost.
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Kimura purchased the fish at an auction at Tokyo's newest fish market. In 2015, Kimura purchased a fish approximately half its weight and at half the price.
Still, Kimura seemed to experience some mild regret.
"The tuna looks so tasty and very fresh, but I think I did too much,” Kimura later told reporters. “I expected it would be between 30 million and 50 million yen, or 60 million yen at the highest, but it ended up five times more."

[jts1207]

Probably more of a pissing contest between restaurant owners than anything else

[MinnesotaFats]

Yes, it's marketing

Japanese love their sushi and Japanese businesses love to take clients to the creme de la creme.

This guy will earn back that money just in news coverage

[danwinkler]

Tuna that big is loaded with mercury.

[JMobile]

That's a lot of money.

[MaltedHopsFrenzy]

I bet if you gave one of these "connoisseurs" a blind taste test between this tuna and some flash frozen/thawed sushi grade tuna you could get for $5 a pound at your local grocery store - - 9.5 out of 10 wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

I have the same argument with vodka, wine & bourbon

[Auto Donk]

that's alot of money

ask diggity what we could do with $3.1 million worth of speckled trout on n. padre island.....

our diks would be worn down to nubs after all the action we'd get