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  kung ten

 

Thailand

Kung ten, which literally means ‘dancing shrimps’, are fresh water shrimps that are eaten alive, mixed with spices. It is a favourite dish from Phayao, where they are caught from the Kwahn Phayao freshwater lake (fig.).

 

They are also sold by street vendors in other places and on markets, where they are  kept alive in fish tanks, as seen here with this itinerant street vendor in Bangkok.

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