The smell of the salty sea and fresh seafood was quite refreshing.
I guess that's the advantage of living so close to the ocean - fresh seafood all the time...and so cheap.
My aunt bought a live sea urchin for three dollars and forty cents. I've have never seen the inside of one and trust me, it's not a pretty sight. The porcupine-like shell can be cracked open with a pair of scissors and gloves. You only eat the roe which is yellow ochre in colour. My aunt said the ones off of the West Australian coast tasted better. I had a tiny bite of this one to compare to the one I tasted a couple years back at a Japanese restaurant. This one resembled the taste of lobster tomalley but raw. I'm personally not a big fan but it's a popular delicacy eaten as sashimi. But boy, it's one ugly little creature.
ooooh yummy!
ReplyDeleteMy aunt thought so too, lol! It's a little to slimy for me...
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