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Sunday, 13 September 2009 00:00 |
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About 5 or 6 years ago, my Father-in-law asked me if I could try find him dried abalone. I said, "dried abalone...what's dat?" He told me in his hanabattah days, plenty boys used to carry around a hunk of dried abalone in their pocket. Throughout the day they used their pocket knife to shave off thin slices to munch on. When he was telling me about the dried abalone days, he had the nostalgic tone in his voice and twinkle in his eyes, so I knew it meant a lot to him to taste it again. So I went all over Chinatown, the fish markets, poke shops and called some local seafood distributors, but everyone had the same answer, "nobody make dried abalone anymore." He was pretty disappointed when I told him no can find, but I told him I would keep an eye out for it. All the years passed and then couple months ago, my bro told me that Alicia's Market (#1 limu poke in the WOW Grinds blind taste test) had dried abalone. I went the next day and picked up some pieces. The guy at Alicia's said they started drying their own abalone again recently. I not sure if this is the same thing my Father-in-law had back in the day, but was tasty. Had a sweet salty glaze on the outside...more on the sweet side. The meat was slightly chewy, but still tender enough so your teeth sink in easily. And then had that oh so ono oceany flavor that abalone usually get. I still gotta take some to my Father-in-law...hopefully soon. Would be nice if it brings him back to his hanabattah abalone days. Btw, Alicia's Market making abalone poke too.
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