Because I once saw a TV program that reported on this snack, I had some expectations for it. Of course, perhaps my expectations were too high, which led to a greater sense of disappointment 🙂‍↔️.

📝 The small shop has a simple pricing system: $40 for one skewer, $150 for four skewers. The owner keeps recommending whether to buy four skewers, but having already eaten a proper meal, we couldn’t eat that much.

Each skewer is quite large, and it is really tempting when choosing them, but that excitement faded before we even had a bite.

This time we ordered cuttlefish balls and shrimp rolls. The cuttlefish balls looked quite big, with four pieces on a skewer; the shrimp roll was a long strip. The fried skin wasn’t thick, it was relatively thin, but… the skin wasn't crispy. Yes, I'm extremely disappointed.

The fried skin wasn’t thick, and even after being double-fried, it was still not crispy. The color remained the same as when we chose it; it didn’t turn that golden color you expect from fried food after being cooked a second time.
The filling was even more disheartening. The cuttlefish balls looked large, but most of what I tasted was fish paste. Fish paste is quite fragrant, that's true, but there was little cuttlefish. Saying it's fried cuttlefish balls might be more accurate if you called it fried fish balls. This creates a huge disparity for me since I thought I was eating seafood by the sea. The shrimp rolls were not much better; I could hardly taste the shrimp at all, perhaps it was all mixed into the paste. It felt like I was just eating a piece of fried fish paste snack.

I was genuinely very sad eating this, and I don't think I will want to come back again next time.