Over time the mantis shrimp has gradually gained prominence in the culinary world, going from a product to be discarded or used only for soups or stocks to becoming the central product for food tours that feature multiple restaurants participating to prepare a wealth of traditional recipes and a wide variety of creative dishes featuring this type of shrimp.
Its exquisite flavour has made it ever more popular to eat as a regular seafood dish, whether grilled or boiled. It tastes so good that it’s easy to forget how difficult it is to strip it of its armoured shell.