Shrimp? – Dalian

I have no idea what this one is called. After all that effort to find squilla, I’m just not doing that again. If you can read this blog and you find yourself in Dalian, you can probably only point to it anyway so you’re better off printing my picture…

This one is a little mix of lobster and shrimp but looks a little bit like crawfish. Its texture is a softer, sweeter meat. The thin, flexible shell is soft enough to feel like a skin and easily yields under the peeling of deft fingers. It carries the savory seafood flavor, a sharp mix of lobster tempered with the sweetness of shrimp.

I may not know what it’s called, but a rose by another name would smell as sweet, and this shrimp by any name had better taste like this.