As FoodJapan.net describes the dish<\/a>, Odori-don consists of a live squid with its head removed and served on top of a bowl of sushi rice, accompanied by sashimi prepared from the head, along with other seafood.<\/p>\nThough a traditional dish for the area, the method of pouring seasoned soy sauce on top of the squid to make it “dance” prior to preparation is a relatively new phenomena made popular by the numerous YouTube videos patrons have been sharing of their recent dishes.<\/p>\n
In honor of “Video Week” here at TheExpeditioner.com, I’ve decided to put together five of my favorite — okay, frightening — Odori-don videos for your viewing pleasure. As an editor’s note, I’d recommend not watching any of these videos within two hours of eating, sleeping or operating heavy machinery. So, basically, 2:37 p.m. is the only time you should watch these.<\/p>\n
1)<\/strong> This is the video that kicked off the recent craze, and will be the cause of many sleepless nights here in the Stabile household.<\/p>\n2)<\/strong> This dish’s presentation actually looks amazing, even inviting with the red complementing the earthy colors of the bed of vegetables and other seafood under the squid. Then a human gets involved and it’s all downhill from there.<\/p>\n3)<\/strong> This video just makes me sad to be a part of the human race. I’m officially becoming a vegetarian.<\/p>\n4)<\/strong> My roommate just walked in and asked why I was screaming at the top of my lungs, “Stop poking it! For the love of God, leave it be!”<\/p>\n5)<\/strong> After watching only a few seconds, this one literally caused me to run and hide behind my shower curtain in my bathtub\u00a0while crying helplessly.<\/p>\nOdori-don, which literally means “dancing squid rice bowl,” is a dish popular in the Japanese port city of Hakodate, as well as a newly-popular viral video craze. As FoodJapan.net describes the dish, Odori-don consists of a live squid with its head removed and served on top of a bowl of sushi rice, accompanied by sashimi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,18],"tags":[2381,2382,2384,20,2383,2386],"yoast_head":"\n
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