King Prawns

[Rod Serling]

When you go to an Indian restaurant ans ask for something with King prawns, be it a curry, tandoori style, etc, invariably you get what can ony be decribed as reformed lobster. Is this the case or are they a crude version of generic 'king prawn/lobster', with a seafood taste? They look nothing like the sort of king prawn or tiger prawn you get at Iceland!

[another-view]

They will be Surimi Prawns. Looks it up on google. Yummy!

[Donquixote]

I'd definitely find a new Indian restaurant! :os

[squarebear]

Yes, Surimi is basically fish bones, heads and lots of other muck which is squeezed into a paste with a machine. This paste is then shaped into crabstick shapes or prawn shapes and falvoured.

The thing is, it may be advertised as Surimi Prawns and many people will just think that's a type of prawn!

[woofgang]

my local indian has huge prawns in its kingprawn dishes, they aren't surimi but the real thing, more like a crevette or a crayfish...very tasty