Whale meat dishes are widely available at specialty restaurants, in supermarkets, and online, and some Japanese consider it a delicacy.
"It has active volcanoes, semi-tasty whale-based dishes, and a kick-ass travel advertising campaign.
(Typical chapter headings include "The Whale as a Dish" and "Measurement of the Whale's Skeleton").
For the next dish, whale yaki-niku (Korean barbecue-style), the staff first tied bibs around our necks and seasoned the tabletop grill with lard.
That's where he scored the hilarious vintage aluminum serving pieces in his kitchen - a whale-shaped caviar dish, a suggestive swan tureen, a bunny wine cooler - by Arthur Court Designs.
There, for the benefit of their readers, they bravely get stuck into the dishes on offer: sizzling whale steaks, delicate sashimi (sliced raw meat) and rich, marbled ono-mi, the prized, fatty meat from the tail.
So I did a crudo dish that was horse, whale, and fatty tuna all on the same plate.
Thoughts of Viking delicacies such as skyr and marinated whale steak, and hakarl, the fermented shark dish which smells of Jeyes Fluid and is the most disgusting edible thing in the world, made their senses reel.
One beautiful wooden feast dish depicts a canoe, a killer whale and the heads of men.
Dish up dolphin burger, porpoise stew or whale steak to an American or European and it may be the last time they accept an invitation to dine out.
