Salt and Pepper Spicy Prawns

The range of fresh, live prawns that is available in Hong Kong is quite astonishing. Many restaurants serve the larger size prawns in this, one of the tastiest seafood dishes I have ever sampled. The shells are left on, as they keep the juices and flavours of the prawns inside. When the prawns are deep-fried whole, the shells become transparent, crisp, and edible – just like a soft-shell crab. The oil, however, must be very hot. Enhanced with aromatic seasonings and chillies, this is