Federal prosecutors in the US have charged the owner of a California restaurant over alleged sales of whale meat, which was labelled sushi.
The owner was summonsed after marine activists accused him of serving them the illegal whale meat.
The owner of the Hump restaurant in Santa Monica, Kiyoshiro Yamamoto, 45, was charged with illegally selling an endangered species.
If he is found guilty of the offence, he could be fined $100,000 and spend a year in prison. The company itself could be fined $200,000.
The whale was allegedly served to customers under the chef's choice menu item, in which the dish was described as a $600 delicacy.
Two diners who requested the dish were working undercover for the producers of the Oscar-winning documentary, "The Cove," who were themselves secretly recording the incident.
| By Orca, 03-11-10, 06:30 AM |
Whale meat found on US restaurant menuWhat’s the big deal? Our local Malaysian chinaman restaurateur serves everything from tiger’s balls to lion’s penis and gets away scot free. The more successful of them are even bestowed awards and royal honors by the government! Haven’t you heard of Datuk Man Kee Soop? |
| By Sheet Head, 03-11-10, 12:32 PM |
| Good work folks. Funny how peope, who want to appear |
| By Pontotoc Bill, 03-11-10, 10:12 PM |
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Orca;190719:
What’s the big deal? Our local Malaysian chinaman restaurateur serves everything from tiger’s balls to lion’s penis and gets away scot free. The more successful of them are even bestowed awards and royal honors by the government! Haven’t you heard of Datuk Man Kee Soop?
Problem is that whale meat is illegal in the United States. It cannot be sold for food by law.
Understand? |
| By Unregistered1, 03-11-10, 04:01 PM |
Good Job!Now lets give the seashepards some torpedos! Go Paul Go |
| By Randee Brownoser, 03-11-10, 08:15 PM |
| They should have stiffed them, but then again, these shysters usually make the servers pay for dash & dines. What sort of self-important freaks would pay $600 for a plate of whale meat anyway? Too bad they didn’t give us more info on who the clientelle are. A@@holes for sure. SOme people have way too much money, and far too few brains. Hope they throw this piece of crap in jail, and make him give up the names of his suppliers as well. Asians seem to be really bad at respecting endangered species. Who do they think they are. They overpopulate the earth, disrespect other forms of life, undercut North Americans in labour & product pricing, yet still send many of their people over here to pull off their greedy stunts. Hope an expose is done on his customers too. Go PETA. He probably serves dolphin meat too. And seals. |
| By crusty, 03-11-10, 08:19 PM |
| These people will cook anything - YouTube has recipe for cooking dog, clips of Asian restarant that was closed for serving pets -dogs & cats they picked up around the neighbourhood. Seagulls. Pigeons. Cockroaches. And my liberal mother used to tell me that the stories we heard about Asian restarants weren’t true. Look maw - you lied!!! Hope that they go to jail & have to pay a huge fine. It’s ignorant for them to create a market for endangered animals.
Greedy greedy greedy. And yeah - what kind of people pay $600 for sushi? Isn’t that usually RAW (gag) fish?? |
| By Anonymous, 03-11-10, 10:21 PM |
Orca, you are a moronTiger ball and lion penis in Malaysian chineses restaurant? You think there are so many tiger and lion around in Malaysia? Who are you kidding? As for whale meat, sorry for the restaurant owner, you must obey the law of the land. |
| By goomba, 03-11-10, 10:48 PM |
The Hump?I presume then this was humpback whale. Feed the owner to Tillikum the hungry orca. He will feast on Jap meat. (with a side order of fat american children stuffed with cheeseburgers) |
| By hey nonny mouse, 03-11-10, 11:14 PM |
| Tiger balls, lion penis? You disgusting impotent freaks. Haven;t you ever heard of viagra? Leave the animals alone, stop smoking, stop eating rubbish and get some exercise. Oh and stop watching porn. Then maybe you’ll get your libido back. |
| By soux she chef, 03-12-10, 12:14 AM |
| recipe for sushi: take one Yamamoto gluteus maximus. slice thinly. roll with rice and seaweed paper. charge customers a fortune. laugh all the way to the bankrupt bank. |
| By Anonymous, 04-13-10, 01:51 AM |
whale meat?This whole event about the whale meat is a huge deal. Seriously, who goes around selling whale meat for SEVEN years and doesn’t get caught? That is simply idiotic. The owner and chef had it coming, which is why they are taking the whole thing as a laugh matter. As for the stupid people who actually bought the food there, i only have this to say |
