Chef's Choice = Endangered Whale Sushi

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Santa Monica Restaurant Charged In Whale Sting

Typhoon Restaurant, Inc., which owns The Hump restaurant and Kiyoshiro Yamamoto, a 45-year-old Culver City resident, were charged Wednesday with illegally selling an endangered species product, a misdemeanor.

Two undercover diners requested whale as part of an $600 "omakase," or chef's choice, meal. They pocketed a sample and genetic testing confirmed that it was meat from the endangered Sei whale.


http://cbs2.com/local/Sei.whale.The.2.1552343.html
http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/restaurant-charged-with-serving-whale-201003010

Second article has more information, including the fact that:

In subsequent visits, informants were offered whale -- as well as blow fish and horse meat -- by a waiter, according to the affidavit.

'The Hump.... ...with views of the Santa Monica runway and Pacific Ocean, has apparently been untouched by the recent negative publicity. The restaurant is open as usual, a server said.'


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Posting for anyone who happens to frequent these places...

[Canuckistanian]

1. That chef COULD have avoided being charged

So it really was "his choice".

[Vinnie From Indy]

2. "you eat like whale"

"you go now"

[lonestarnot]

3. I hope they're run out of business.

[flvegan]

4. Why have they not been visited by the authorities?