A Santa Monica, Calif., sushi restaurant has been charged with serving endangered whale meat to its customers. read more
For those who find its unrefined flavor off-putting, whale is cured, marinated, or slathered with a flavorful sauce. Whale bacon, marketed in shrink-wrapped packages of thin marbled slices closely resembling pork bacon, is offered at some Japanese markets. Whale meat curries are sold from a few Tokyo lunch trucks. read more
I can't tell you how they taste I would guess like whale meat/blubber because they are in the whale family and I also would guess that it's illegal to hunt killer whales/orca unless you are Inuit (native Alaskan) then I believe you can hunt for whale,seal,etc for food. read more
The whale meat normally eaten in Japan is from the Minke whale (minku kujira), which is one of the least threatened species of whales, and quite commonly found in Japanese supermarkets, thanks to Japan's "scientific" whaling program. read more