Sashimi lovers all know that apart from albacore, whose whitish meat is used for "sea chicken," the meat of other tunas comes in various shades of red. The bluefin's red belly meat-priced at hundreds of NT dollars per bite-is streaked with layers of white fat, coloring it an appetizing pink.
喜吃生魚片的人都知道，除製作海底雞罐頭的長鰭鮪，魚肉顏色較白，其他鮪魚多屬「紅色系列」，色澤層次由暗紅到鮮紅，黑鮪魚肉也不例外，號稱一口上百元的腹部，則在紅肉中夾雜著濃厚的白色凝脂，粉紅透白，讓人食指大動。