I never would’ve dreamed of ordering a raw chicken sashimi sampler for myself but when in Japan 🇯🇵 and with company, why the hell not? This might be the only sampler in Sooty’s history of eating that consists wholly of things of animal origin Sooty’s never had before and that are also raw. It didn’t taste half as bad as I thought. In fact those minced minced chicken balls were quite palatable because they had a yuzu tang to them. The chicken hearts were ok, but probably not repeatable in Sooty’s books. The kimo (liver)...well, there’s never any love lost when it comes to Sooty’s relationship with liver of any origin (including mine). So sorry liver, I gave you one final chance but even the Japanese masters couldn’t make it happen. And of course, gizzard: this had crunchy texture to it which was unsettling, yet unsurprising given what normally stays in there when the bird’s alive. 😳 Here’s to my first only-in-Japan experience...