The first time I went to a restaurant to eat abalone, the waiter asked you how many heads you wanted. What should you answer?

Many years ago, my wife and I traveled to Hong Kong, and it was inevitable to taste the delicious food in Hong Kong. So we booked a very famous local restaurant and got ready for a good meal.

The decoration of the restaurant is elegant, but it is a little old, which may be the reason of the old shop. Looking at the menu, there are many Hong Kong cuisines that can be named, many of which appear in movies. At this time, my wife asked me if I wanted to eat abalone. Remembering that abalone has appeared in many Hong Kong movies, I thought it would be delicious, so I decided to order two abalones to have a taste.

When ordering, the waiter asked us how many abalones we wanted. When I thought about it, just my wife and I should eat two, so I said two. At that time, not all restaurants were clearly marked, but we didn't care. After all, it is just a meal. How much will it cost if we open it?

After a long time, our abalone was served. Abalone is not small, it must be as big as the palm of your hand. The taste is really strong and delicious, and it is really delicious with soup and rice, which makes my wife and I feel very happy that you came.

As a result, when I checked out later, I actually spent 12000 Hong Kong dollars, which surprised me. I think, we don't drink expensive drinks either. How can it be so expensive? So I quickly asked the waiter for the bill. I saw that the price of those two abalones alone reached 10000 Hong Kong dollars. Now I think the hotel is deliberately killing customers. As a result, I searched the relevant knowledge of abalone, and I can only admit that it is a species, because two abalones are really so expensive.

It turns out that the number of abalones does not describe how many abalones there are, but measures the weight of abalones. The less abalone, the more expensive abalone. The more abalone, the smaller the abalone, and the cheaper the price. So the price of the two double-headed abalone we asked for was really expensive, and the store really didn't kill us, so we had to pay for it and leave. Fortunately, it tastes really good, but it's a little expensive.

Then the first unit of measurement means how many heads can reach the weight of a Sima Jin. Sima Jin is a special unit of weight. One Sima Jinda is almost 600 grams, which means that if it is two abalones, that is to say, two abalones weigh 600 grams and one abalone weighs 300 grams. If it is abalone, it means that this abalone weighs 600 grams.

In addition, there is a folk saying that a few abalones can reach a catty, that is, 500 grams, or even a few abalones. In fact, this is not true, because in Hong Kong, the weight of abalone is calculated by Sima Jin, which is more than one kilogram100g, so the abalone reaching this weight is relatively larger and more expensive.

Another thing to note is that the items measured by Sima Jin are generally dry goods, which means that the abalone here is the weight of dried abalone, not the fresh abalone with shell, because it is not so difficult to reach a Sima Jin if the abalone has shell and water, so it is necessary to calculate the net weight of shell and water, which is why one or two abalones are so expensive, because they are really rare.

But in recent years, the heavier abalones such as two abalones and three abalones are much cheaper than before. First of all, because most of the previous abalones were wild, the size was not guaranteed. Now many abalones are farmed, and the artificially farmed abalones are much larger than the wild ones, so it is entirely possible to want to be heavier. In addition, abalone from South Africa and Australia are also being imported continuously. These abalones are characterized by being very large. Because of different varieties, the taste may be worse, but these abalones can easily meet the standards of two or even one abalone, but they taste much worse than the previous abalones, which is why people think that abalones are getting less and less delicious.

Therefore, when you just go to a restaurant to eat abalone, you must first ask the price, and then decide how much abalone you want according to your actual needs. Generally speaking, 10 abalone is more suitable for ordinary families. Of course, once in a while, it's ok to eat two abalones, as long as the wallet can bear it.