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NATURE & GASTRONOMY

 

 

 

  sea cucumbers as food

 

Thailand

Sandfish, also refered to as Garlic Bread Sea Cucumbers, are an edible species of sea cucumber and widely used in Oriental cuisine for their healing qualities.

 

In cuisine, both the creature and the dish are usually referred to by the French term bêche-de-mer. These ones are kept fresh on ice in Bangkok's Chinatown, where they are known as pling thalae khao or pling khoa.

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