Shellfish

🇵🇼Palau

Ukaeb

Ukaeb is minced crab mixed with coconut milk, lime, onion, and chilli, then served in the crab shell as a rich Palauan shellfish dish.

🇵🇼Palau

Ulkoy

Palauan ulkoy are shrimp and squash or pumpkin fritters seasoned with herbs and pepper, then fried until crisp outside and tender inside.

🇯🇵Hokkaido, Japan

Uni

うに

Uni, sea urchin roe eaten from the shell or the wooden tray, is a named Japanese delicacy with regional grading and a real season, not merely a nigiri topping.

🇫🇯Fiji

Ura Vakalolo

Ura vakalolo is crab or other shellfish simmered in coconut sauce with aromatics until the meat is tender and the sauce coats the shellfish.

🇫🇯Lau Islands, Fiji

Vakasakera

Vakasakera is a Lau preparation of chopped leafy greens with fermented coconut and seafood folded through coconut milk; it is savoury, creamy, and softly textured.

🇺🇸New Orleans, United States

Viet-Cajun crawfish

A Gulf Coast fusion of boiled crawfish tossed in garlic butter with Vietnamese seasonings.

🇬🇼Coastal Guinea-Bissau (Bissau / Bijagós Archipelago), Guinea-Bissau

West African Bloody Cockle

Combé

West African bloody cockle (Senilia senilis) harvested from Bijagós mudflats; thick-shelled bivalve with red hemoglobin-rich flesh; lives closer to the mud surface than other shellfish; important in ceremonies; harvested by women using sustainable traditional methods.

🇲🇶Martinique

White Sea Urchin

Chadron

White sea urchins (chadrons); a Martinican delicacy with a short and tightly controlled season; eaten raw with lime; the chadron that is a seasonal Martinican delicacy. Martinique's Chadron is a named sea-urchin delicacy sought in season when legal harvest permits it.

🇵🇬Papua New Guinea

Wild River Prawns

Freshwater prawns from PNG's rivers, grilled or cooked in coconut cream — a prized seafood featured on Port Moresby restaurant menus and eaten in riverside communities.

🇮🇪Ireland

Winkles

Bairíní

Periwinkles boiled in seawater and picked out with a pin, a traditional Irish seaside snack.

🇵🇭Philippines

Woodworm Ceviche

Tamilok

A shipworm (wood-boring mollusk) from mangroves, eaten raw as kinilaw, a Palawan delicacy.

🇦🇺Australia

Yabby

Small freshwater crayfish found in dams and waterways, smaller than marron but similar flavour, lively if live with intact and fresh appearance, a familiar Australian freshwater seafood.

🇨🇻Cape Verde

Zé de Lino Octopus Stew

Polvo a modo Zé de Lino

A specific Cape Verdean octopus preparation named after its creator, cooked with local seasonings and vegetables.

🇻🇳Phú Quốc, Vietnam

Ốc len xào dừa (Sea Snails in Coconut Milk)

Ốc len xào dừa

Oc len xao dua, sea snails stir-fried in coconut milk and sucked from the shell, is the named anchor of Vietnam's snail-eating culture.