July
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Animal Heads of Welcome
Nothing says “Come on in and have a splendid meal!” like an animal head outside the front door. I had to stop to admire this stuffed wild boar noggin at a nice restaurant in Ebisu because it’s so unusual to find mammals doing the honors. Usually here, it’s fish heads.
This venerable dude was soliciting customers outside a restaurant featuring grilled bonito heads on the menu.
This trio of toothsome lovelies are chorusing, “Fish of Welcome!” “Come in!”
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I want the grilled bonita head – and while the stand-alone boar’s head doesn’t look very tasty, Uncle George’s Greek Restaurant in Astoria, Queens, has roasted lamb’s heads on the menu. 🙂 (http://www.whyleaveastoria.com/profiles/blogs/lambs-head-at-uncle-georges)
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The grilled bonito head looks gross, but it’s actually pretty tasty. I don’t eat the eyes or anything gross, but the cheek meat is deliciously tender and smoky-tasting. I did butch up and look at the roast lamb’s head pix on that site you pointed to, and discovered that WHEW it doesn’t look too lambs-heady on the plate. Kind of…temptingly roasted, in fact.
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I would love the grilled bonito head. 🙂
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