Originally Posted by
snuggliestbear
When I visited Tsukiji in August one of our escorts was reading off some of the details on the boxes of fish that were near us. Many of the boxes of frozen tuna were from January according to him. Just because it is frozen doesn't mean it tastes bad!
that's 2 things. 1) frozen tuna were bought from different places from atlantic (Spain/portugal are a few importers) for the mass market - think of the many restaurants in japan, how many tunas they need all tgt.
2) The fresh tuna are way more expensive and they are catered for the higher end restaus. some restaurants in HK even fly them in unfrozen from Tsukiji mkt.