BEIJING (Web Desk) – It’s not the most beautiful dinner to look at and it has a very odd name, but in China the geoduck is an expensive delicacy, which comes from North America’s Pacific coast, reported BBC.
The first thing people notice is the shape – it’s not nicknamed the King Clam for nothing.
Its long, probing siphon bulges out of its shell and burrows through the sand – sucking in sea water, and squirting it out again from its tip.
Even its name sounds peculiar when pronounced correctly: “gooey-duck”.
It is the largest burrowing clam in the world and can weigh up to 16lb (7.25kg), but it has another claim to fame.
It tastes delicious.
So delicious in fact that diners at high-end seafood restaurants in China will pay up to $300 for a fresh geoduck imported live from Canada or the US.
“You really feel a mouthful of the Pacific… it’s slippery, it’s very tender, very sweet,” said diners in Beijing.
