April 19, 2004

Death of a prawn

calbee.jpg

Lin Kiat called me today, after returning to Singapore safely. Alas, our pet prawn, Calbee is feared dead. He's missing from the tank and Lin Kiat thinks that the other prawn (the kind we eat. This fellow was brought back from the market to be cooked but left in our tank for storage, and he extended his stay until he ate up the resident prawn) is responsible.

I'm glad I took this picture of him. We were were proud that his feelers were incredibly long and aristocratic. It'll be tough to find another as splendid as Calbee.

I should write an ode to Calbee. An Ode To A Prawn. But not tonight. Tonight, I'll have to finish my stack of pages.

Posted by Monoceros at April 19, 2004 10:39 PM
Comments

actually it was moi who took Calbee to make some "Har Gow"

Posted by: dimsumdolly at April 19, 2004 11:35 PM

*giggles AND points accusingly at DSD*

Posted by: Monkey at April 19, 2004 11:40 PM

awww.. sorry to hear that calbee's no longer around... sob..

Posted by: tiggie at April 20, 2004 8:39 AM

You can take this current market prawn as your 'har gow' I'd gladly give it to u.

Posted by: Lin Kiat at April 20, 2004 10:09 AM

Oh Joan! How could you! =) But LK's right, you can take the naughty prawn and have HIM for har gow.

Posted by: Van Heng at April 20, 2004 7:31 PM

Har Har Har.

Posted by: Van Tan at April 21, 2004 5:34 AM

Calbee looked so beautiful and elegant in the picture. Poor fella. Hope you can find another calbee soon, Lin kiat!

Posted by: irene at April 21, 2004 10:00 PM

Lin Kiat, Adam's and my pet prawn, Jambalaya (who is nowhere near as pretty as Calbee), wanted to pass along his condolences. We're at fish shops all the time, and I'll keep my eye out for a comparable prawn. If I run across a prawn like Calbee, I'll forward you the information.

Posted by: April Reed-Smith at August 5, 2004 5:02 PM