Breaded and fried, with lemon and red cocktail sauce? Spaghetti and squid? Wok'd or Hot Pot Calamari?


A green "aurora" illuminates the night sky over Nangan, in Taiwan’s Matsu islands, on Sept. 6. Chinese [fishing] vessels use the [green] lights to lure squid, but the effect leaves [Taiwan's] locals feeling uneasy. Credit: Alicia Chen for The Washington Post.

quote MATSU, Taiwan — As dusk falls, green lights appear one by one along the horizon off Matsu, a chain of Taiwanese islands near China's coast. Soon, an eerie, fluorescent glow fills the night sky. The lights, used by Chinese fishermen to attract squid, leave residents of Matsu feeling uneasy and surrounded. “It’s so unnatural. It’s like being in a science-fiction film,” said Huang Kai-Yang, who works in youth development and ecotourism in Matsu. On Facebook, residents shared photos and theories. “Suddenly many squid boats appeared. I felt like the whole island was under siege,” said Chang Liang-Wei, 58, a fisherman from Matsu’s Beigan island. Almost every night for the past four months, dozens, often hundreds, of Chinese squid boats have plied the sea off Matsu near the invisible boundary known as the median line, an unofficial buffer between Taiwan and China. Mounted with green LED lights that envelop the islands, the flotilla represents the latest Chinese encroachment on Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own and has threatened to seize by force. Officials and residents say the lights threaten tourism and marine life, and are a reminder of their helplessness in the face of Chinese actions. . . .

"Green sky at night over Taiwan’s islands heralds a different kind of squid game"
Alicia Chen and Lily Kuo for the Washington Post; October 15, 2021.
https://www.washingtonpost....7a2a4b915_story.html

The article starts with a dramatic video segment.

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quote Originally posted by williegoat: To find squid prepared properly, is nearly impossible, but worth the quest. The last time I can remember really enjoying it was in an Asian (can't remember more specifically) restaurant in the L.A. area about 20 years ago. It was both tender and savory, the way an Asian dish should be.

Properly as in traditional Asian style or properly as in Asian American style?
very popular and common Asian snack, sold especially in every movie theater in Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Thailand.
The places reek of the odor, just as our movie theaters smell of popcorn.

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