Taiwan serves ramen with a giant isopod (6 photos)

A restaurant in Taiwan has a dish that immediately attracted the attention of visitors and netizens. This is ramen who is served a 14-leg giant steamed isopod right in the shell. This fellow looks like something from the movie "Alien".





The Ramen Boy restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan has a new addition to the menu, which immediately attracted the attention of the audience. This dish - ramen with a steamed 14-foot giant isopod Bathynomus giganteus. This is a genus of large isopod crustaceans. They say its meat tastes like lobster and crab, and some parts are sweet.



The idea to introduce such a dish in the menu came to the owner of the restaurant, when he traveled in Japan. He saw isopods in aquariums, and decided that they would make excellent ingredients for an exclusive dishes. This ramen is made from chicken broth with squid and tuna flakes. One serving costs $48, and because of a limited number of isopods the dish is only available to regular restaurant visitors.



The giant isopod Bathynomus giganteus itself lives at depth up to 7000 meters and feeds on the remains of other marine life. also in his diet includes those who move slowly - sea cucumbers, sponges and nematodes. The length of his body is from 19 to 36 cm, but there were also individual individuals are 76 and 50 cm long.