The unpredictable patterns on this crustacean's carapace indicate its freshness and depth of flavor when cooked.
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Cousins to the Yanxian tiger prawn, these crustaceans are scrutinized at market like a cut of expensive beef─per the gastronomically astute, the more vivid and varied the pattern of the carapace, the richer the flesh will be.