乾煎九孔 Pan fried Taiwanese "abalone" _ @ 阿全鵝肉海產 , 高雄, 台灣 A Quan E Rou Hai Chan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Jun 2017) _ These 9-holes are often considered as small abalones (though technically speaking not the same) as they are almost identical. At A Quan they pan fried the whole piece with the shell. The green part was not the liver but the ovaries of female 9-holes (the male ones have an orangish part which is their sperm sac) and the black part attached is the liver. They might be relatively small compared to abalone but they were thick, meaty and very succulent. If you are in Taiwan, don't miss them out! _ #littlemeg_kaohsiung #高雄#kaohsiung #littlemeg_taiwan #localfood #littlemeg_chuengoosemeat #阿全鵝肉 #海產 #seafood #food #foodies #foodpics #instafood #jj #instagramers #yolo #followme #yummy #amazing #gourmet #iphonesia #lefooding @lefooding #photooftheday #bestoftheday #igdaily #theartofplating #gastroart #gastronogram @theartofplating @gastroart @gastronogram#abalone #トコブシ

乾煎九孔 Pan fried Taiwanese "abalone" _ @ 阿全鵝肉海產 , 高雄, 台灣 A Quan E Rou Hai Chan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Jun 2017) _ These small abalone-like shellfish is actually called "Jiu Kong" which translates to "9-holes". It is in the same family as abalone but smaller, and they usually have more breathing holes (6-9) as compare to abalone (usually 4-6). _ Here they were pan fried with salt and spices and eaten with the livers and ovaries. I tried to link it back to the Japanese ones I had before, and they are "トコブシ" (Tokobushi) in Japan, often show up on menu when abalone (鮑 Awabi) is not in season. The version I tried in Tokyo before was cooked with butter in sizzling clayplot at Shimada (you can see in #littlemeg_shimada ). So good! _ In Hong Kong, we also have these small 9-holes, and the most common ways to cook it is of course, steam! With preserved mandarin peel or deep fried with salt and pepper! _ #littlemeg_kaohsiung #高雄#kaohsiung #littlemeg_taiwan #localfood #littlemeg_chuengoosemeat #阿全鵝肉 #海產 #seafood #food #foodies #foodpics #instafood #instagramers #yolo #followme #yummy #amazing #gourmet #iphonesia #lefooding @lefooding #photooftheday #bestoftheday #igdaily #theartofplating #gastroart #gastronogram @theartofplating @gastroart @gastronogram#abalone #トコブシ