Updated On: 04 June, 2023 07:56 AM IST | Japan | A Correspondent
Taipei restaurant serves up a unique dish—ramen with a topping of a deep-sea parasite

The white meat of the Giant Isopod is said to taste like lobster and crab. Pics/Instagram
A Taipei-based restaurant has been getting a lot of attention for its newest addition to the menu—a ramen dish topped with a steamed 14-legged isopod that looks like something out of an Alien movie.
The Ramen Boy restaurant recently took to Facebook to announce its latest dish, a bowl of ramen featuring a generous helping of giant isopod (Bathynomus giganteus), which it describes as a “dream ingredient”. Called “Giant isopod with creamy chicken broth ramen”, the dish consists of a large bowl of ramen and a large isopod steamed in its own shell.