99 Things To Eat in L.A. Before You Die: Urasawa's Fugu
On Thursday the Weekly will publish our Restaurant Issue: 99 Things to Eat in L.A. Before You Die. For the days leading up to the issue, we'll be posting a few of Jonathan Gold's items on the blog. Check back each day as we count down. 
Anne Fishbein
Urasawa's Fugu:
Eat before you die? If you get it from the wrong guy, blowfish can be what you taste rather immediately before you expire -- tetrodoxin, the nerve agent concentrated in the gallbladder and ovaries, is enough to paralyze a charging bull elephant, and is rumored to be the agent used to turn men into zombies. Usually, we satisfy our fugu cravings at Dae Bok, the Koreatown specialist that cooks the blowfish into a spicy, garlicky stew, but everybody should experience, at least once, the translucent petals of fugu sashimi prepared by Hiro Urasawa in its early spring season. But be warned: If the toxins won't get you, the size of the check just may.
Urasawa: 218 N.Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills; (310) 247-8939.
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