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tiger prawn

noun

  1. a large edible prawn of the genus Penaeus with dark bands across the body, fished commercially in the Indian and Pacific oceans

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Some of the dishes that seem to be fall flat are Samuel's tiger prawn carpaccio with a prawn cracker, Dawn's West Indian-flavored filled pastry with coconut and Gabri's mextalpique-inspired, messy-looking dish — in which he forgets his chicken emulsion which would've helped tie it all together.

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Thai Airways began advertising meal boxes in April, when the pandemic struck, selling anything from stir fried tiger prawn to beef cheek with cumin sauce.

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Takeout customers can get lemongrass crusted fresh salmon or shredded phyllo-wrapped tiger prawn but they can’t get the dining experience “eating them in a little box at home,” Yates said.

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The earthy recado negro makes a reappearance in a garlicky seafood dish of expertly grilled tiger prawn, plated over a Pollock-worthy splatter of drippy, inky blackened chile sauce.

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Instead of chicken and chips with a cola or beer, Dabbers offers salted edamame, seared tiger prawn skewers or pumpkin and spinach falafels with caesar salad alongside its bingo cards.

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