“Marina Bay Seafood Restaurant : Part II”
2008
It would not be a complete seafood restaurant if you do not see those seafood live in front of your eyes. Well, in this second part of my visit to the Marina Bay Seafood Restaurant, I present to you pictures of my visit to the aquarium of the restaurant. The aquarium of the restaurant is just next to the restaurant itself. It’s a huge aquarium I must say and you can find lotsand lotsa live sea creatures inside in any size. Big, small, long, hard, slimy - name it!
Some prawns. I don’t really know what type of prawn but those are prawns to me anyway
This is an American big ass spider crab. Spider crabs usually have ong legs, in a way like a spider and that is why it is called spider crab. Now, I don’t know whether this is a real spider crab or the restaurant owner is trying to be genius by simply naming this big ass crab as spider crab- assumming that everybody is a fool, hnestly it doesn’t look like a spider crab to me. I’ve seen one, believe me. But maybe because the one that I saw was a Japanese spider crab, which is a lot uglier compared to this one. It has longer legs than this one and thinner too but I guess maybe the Americans preffer their crabs to be more of a Tobey-spidey-liked rather than the Daisuke Oku-liked. Oh well, Americans!
Another interesting to look at. No, this is not the latest dildo in town and also nothing related to a duck but it is something that they called a Geoduck. Interestingly the thing does look like an overgrown albino penis. It’s humongously huge and even larger than a horse’s penis for God sake! Little that you’ve known, this penis-liked creature is actually a species of a clam.
According to wiki :
The geoduck (pronounced /ˈguːiːdʌk/ “gooey duck”[1]), Panopea abrupta, is a species of large saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk. The shell of this clam is large, about 15 to over 20 cm in length (about 7 to 9 inches), but the long siphons make the clam itself much longer; the “neck” or siphons alone can be one meter in length.
One meter in lenght? Good God! Imagine I had one like that - I don’t mean by the little brother down there. That would be the worst nightmare man. Where to hide?
These are called the Mantis Shrimps. Now, these shrimps are cool in a way because they have spearers armed with spiny appendages topped with barbed tips, used to stab and snag prey and
Smashers, on the other hand, possess a much more developed club and a more rudimentary spear (which is nevertheless quite sharp and still used in fights between their own kind); the club is used to bludgeon and smash their meals apart. The “punch” delivered has roughly the acceleration of a .22 caliber pistol.[5] The inner aspect of the dactyl (the terminal portion of the appendage) can also possess a sharp edge, with which the animal can cut prey while it swims.
And for that reason, *winks*winks* said that they have to be separated in one aquarium - with bottles.
Another interesting fact about these creatures is that they are notoriously difficult to catch when established in a well-stocked tank and have been known to destroy aquariums by cracking the glass. Gees, If you were thinking of having those as pets, get a bulletproof aquarium.
This one, we don’t have to look far for it. These creatures can be found in most places in Sarawak because we are quite rich in mangrove forest. These are a few bunch of the locals in this aquarium because the rest, most of them are shipped from other countries. These species are called the Scylla serrata (often called mud crab or mangrove crab, although both terms are highly ambiguous, as well as black crab) is an economically important crab species found in the estuaries and mangroves of Africa, Australia and Asia. In their most common form, the shell colour varies from a deep, mottled green to very dark brown. Generally cooked with their shells on, when they moult their shells, they can be served as a seafood delicacy, one of many types of soft shell crab. Some consider them to be among the tastiest of crab species and they have a huge demand in South Asian countries where they are often bought alive in the markets. In the northern states of Australia and especially Queensland, mud crabs are relatively common and generally prized above other seafood within the general public.
So, that’s why it is quite cheap.
Oy, mate! Why so serious? Now doubt as one of the finest oysters in the world the Austalian Oyster No bigger than the top half of a little finger, bulbous rather than flat, Australian oysters glide down the throat with ease. These oysters are not for chewing, and with the help of frosty cold beer, connoisseurs slurp down a dozen in a few minutes. That is just so - delicious!
Another shot at the best oyster in the world
If you’re looking for a fresh from the water kind of seafood, this is definitely a place for you to visit. I don’t mind spending some bucks having a fine dine in this place. Love it!
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