In a move criticised by locals and culinary enthusiasts, thousands of vendors selling dishes such as spicy prawn soup and papaya salad will disappear by the end of the year in the interests of "order and hygiene", according to city hall.
Prawn Crackers Deep fried prawn crackers are made from starch and prawn flavorings.
And when you consider that snails are a delicacy in nations including France, people in Thailand already happily tuck into grasshoppers and crickets, and not much separates a prawn from a scorpion, then it all seems a lot more palatable.
The Chinese name for lobster is "dragon prawn".
Possible causes include the presence of green algae that can accumulate high levels of beta-carotene, a red-orange pigment; haloarchaea, a type of microorganism that appears reddish in large blooms; or a high concentration of pink brine prawn.
If some more modern dishes make it on to the menu, such as grilled prawn tart with baby spinach salad and frothy lemongrass sauce, the desserts are the stuff of nostalgic fantasies: profiteroles, floating island, crème caramel, flaky apple tart.
Fillings can range from pork to prawn and green vegetables.
