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“Go ahead, bite the whole head off the flower,’’ the bartender says. “Wait about 30 seconds.’’ In the meantime we’re sipping nervously from our cocktail, an Electriquila (tequila, sake, yuzu juice, salted rim with crushed “electric’’ buttons, $12, pictured) expecting something weird to happen. There’s no effect at first, in fact the flower has a rather mild seaweed taste. Maybe we’re just imagining that flavor as we’re sitting at the bar at Haru. A couple of minutes pass and our lips begin to tingle slightly. Sort of an odd sensation. Then out of nowhere we’re hit with a jolt of energy surging on the lips. Like licking a bowl of salt attached to a car battery, I’d imagine. My mouth somehow feels both numb and crackling with spice at the same time. It’s not like eating a hot pepper where it’s an isolated heat on the tongue; it’s a whole mouth experience.
“Some people freak out,’’ Katie DellIsola says from behind the bar, waiting for us to recover. “I ate two at one time once and I went crazy. I couldn’t even talk.’’
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