These creatures are hunted on Taiwan's Pratas Island. Their innards are taken out while the remaining meat in the shell is steamed. The restaurant suggests that its taste is akin to lobster or crab.

China has carried out regular flights over the international waters between the southern part of Taiwan and the Taiwanese-controlled Pratas Islands in the South China Sea in recent months.

Last week, Taiwan said China carried out two days of mass drills off its southwest coast, between mainland Taiwan and the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands, which China called a “necessary action ...