🇦🇺🐙🇯🇵 // Fremantle Octopus Kara-age with ume (plum) ponzu; aud18 from Ichirin Japanese restaurant, Leeming. Menu on @perthfoodmenu or click #PFR_Ichirin Crispy deep-fried and tender springy octopus within. Can’t go wrong with Fremantle octopus! The slightly sweet, tangy Ume ponzu and fresh zesty lemon paired well with the karaage, taking away some of the oiliness that came with the deep-fried coating. 🤤 In placing the two flags between the octopus emoji, I remember Paul the octopus who used to pick the winning country at the 2010 World Cup football matches. 😆 Fun Wiki Trivia: “During divinations, Paul's keepers would present him with two boxes containing food. The boxes were identical except that they were decorated with the different team flags of the competitors in an upcoming football match. Whichever box Paul ate from first was considered his prediction for which team would win the match. His keepers at the Sea Life Centre in Oberhausen, Germany, mainly tasked him with predicting the outcomes of international matches in which the German national football team was playing. Paul correctly chose the winning team in four of Germany's six Euro 2008 matches, and all seven of their matches in the 2010 World Cup—including Germany's third place play-off win over Uruguay on 10 July. He also correctly chose Spain as the winner of the 2010 FIFA World Cup final. In all, Paul amassed an overall record of 12 correct predictions out of 14: a success rate of approximately 85.7%.” #ichirin #ichirinperth #leeming #japanese #octopus #karaage #fremantleoctopus #buywesteatbest #perthfoodreview (at Ichirin Japanese) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD1YS2GD-xE/?igshid=1exn1esowv30m