Jumbo tiger prawns..!

[BreguetRolex]

While at our winter home in Sri lanka for 6 months of the year, we enjoy what I think has to be some of the largest if not the largest shrimp in the world. These range from 3 to 6 per kilo. You are looking at them cleaned, shelled and ready to broil on a 13 inch full size dinner plate. The literally swell/plump up to mega size when cooked. There is only one place here in Sri Lanka where they are found and thats up in the NE Part of the Island called KALKUDAH Bay. We will make several trips up here and buy 10-15 kilos at a time and bring them back with us to Colombo to eat. I love SHRIMP and Beer and these bad boys are the grand daddy of them all. I have never ever seen any shrimp this large anywhere to buy and back home in Ohio all I get to buy is tank raised crap from VIET NAM at COSTCO...


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[BreguetRolex]

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[Patton250]

Excellent. Yum. Those are some biggins. Your avatar says you are from Ohio yet you spend six months of the year in Sri Lanka? Very cool. I would love to hear more about what it’s like there. Thanks for the pictures.

[Pw92676]

Looks delectable. Enjoy my friend.

[BreguetRolex]

Originally Posted by Patton250

Excellent. Yum. Those are some biggins. Your avatar says you are from Ohio yet you spend six months of the year in Sri Lanka? Very cool. I would love to hear more about what it’s like there. Thanks for the pictures.

I have been coming to Sri lanka since 1975 when I was a very young Marine PPSU guy at the American Embassy in Colombo. I have virtually fallen in love with this place for the unreal awesome weather of 365 days a year and love the food too. My wide of 44 years is from here and we have quite honestly the best of both worlds in my opinion. I am a very serious road cyclist logging close to 9000 miles per year and the weather here allow me to cycle every single day. I am also extremely careful of what I eat and the fruits here are over 65% of my diet every single day. We all have our reasons for something and this awesome place just works for me. If it were not for my children and grandchildren, I would be here year round with zero regrets.

My wife and I are very central to all the places we love traveling to like Dubai, Maldives, Bangkok, Singapore, Seychelles, Jakarta etc etc all being within 4 hours of Sri Lanka. This extreme heat and humidity may not be for everyone but it sure is for me from freezing ass cold NW Ohio along the banks of lake Erie..Well here is just the tip of the iceberg of why I love this place so much. I am already counting (DREDFULLY) the days until we return back in mid April to the damp, cold and ugly spring weather..:)

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[BreguetRolex]

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One of my seasons of choice here in Sri Lanka..! Way to many bicycles for sure..

[THC]

Nice shots, in the New Orleans area, those are called Ruby Reds ... very good eating

[BreguetRolex]

Originally Posted by THC

Nice shots, in the New Orleans area, those are called Ruby Reds ... very good eating

So you can buy shrimp weighing 1/2lb each..? I guess its possible but never ever seen any (WILD SHRIMP) in USA of this size forsale......

[Jim Smyth]

I have tried some shrimp like that once. They were very good and to me seemed like mini lobsters. Looks like you have the best of both worlds. Enjoy......

[THC]

Originally Posted by BreguetRolex

So you can buy shrimp weighing 1/2lb each..? I guess its possible but never ever seen any (WILD SHRIMP) in USA of this size forsale......

Not sure if half pound each, but still Yuge..

[TNT009]

That is eating well!

[Burlington]

Wild black tiger shrimp are great !

Have they got mantis shrimp available too ?

[BreguetRolex]

Originally Posted by Jim Smyth

I have tried some shrimp like that once. They were very good and to me seemed like mini lobsters. Looks like you have the best of both worlds. Enjoy......

Quite honestly they are as big as most lobsters you would get at COSTCO or ALDI... It is hard to put in perspective how big these suckers are. I am a pig when it comes to eating food and it takes all I can to eat three of them. These are mainly for export to places like Singapore, Dubai and Europe to 5 star restaurants .. The weather here in Sri lanka is worth the price of admission in my opinion..Thanks..

[BreguetRolex]

Originally Posted by Burlington

Wild black tiger shrimp are great !

Have they got mantis shrimp available too ?

They have mantis Shrimp with those vicious flicking claws but not much meat and nowhere the size of these... Mantis rimp here in Sri lanka are sold to the pet industry trade of salt water aquariums

[locutus49]

Those aren't shrimp, they are Lobsters.

[Burlington]

Originally Posted by BreguetRolex

They have mantis Shrimp with those vicious flicking claws but not much meat and nowhere the size of these... Mantis rimp here in Sri lanka are sold to the pet industry trade of salt water aquariums

When I was in Vietnam we had mantis quite a lot on the menu. Also some great tiger prawns too

It’s a great protein source

[Blansky]

I can't eat an oxymoron.

I'm allergic. Actually afraid.

Once it gets inside, who's eating who?

[DonRickles]

But, is it safe to wear your Rolex while eating them?


Oh, nice Trek!

[CortlandtPT]

Nice pics.

Made me miss the fresh seafood and tropical fruits I grew up eating.




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[037]

Damn. Those are huge.

They look great.

Nice Trek as well. Ever have issues with crosswinds?

[larryccf]

"...3 to 6 per kilo..." HOLY MOG, 3 per kilo would mean .7 lbs each

nice life though, you've got me envious....enjoy

[Patton250]

Really great stuff. Thank you so much for the pictures too. Sounds like a beautiful place and you have me intrigued. Thank you for sharing.

[BreguetRolex]

Originally Posted by 037

Damn. Those are huge.

They look great.

Nice Trek as well. Ever have issues with crosswinds?

Yes this bike is with me here in Sri Lanka now and there is only issues with a extreme crosswind but usually no problem. This bike is hardly rode being I have 6 bicycles here with me on The Paradise iIsland as I call it..

Here is a few pictures with me and that bike cycling in the Arabian Desert in DUBAI last year..


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[BreguetRolex]

Originally Posted by Patton250

Really great stuff. Thank you so much for the pictures too. Sounds like a beautiful place and you have me intrigued. Thank you for sharing.

This place is just the bomb here for me and can not get enough of the awesome food and sunshine 365 days a year...

[BreguetRolex]

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[Danny83]

Wow I would love to try those

[77T]

On Oahu there was a little shack on the road to North Shore that kept live ones that large. I’m sure they were aquacultured but from live to your mouth in 8 minutes was huge fresh taste.

That was 30 years ago in another life so don’t know if they are still around.


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[BreguetRolex]

These are dynamite in spice/heat factor but ohhhhh so so good.. My shrimp intake here on the Emerald Isle is quite excessive to say the least...


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[037]

Originally Posted by BreguetRolex

Here is a few pictures with me and that bike cycling in the Arabian Desert in DUBAI last year..

That photo makes me feel like I'd be blown over in a desert wind.

[Kowaco]

Great pictures


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