Red or Brown Spiny Lobster

Many call it the lobster of the Mediterranean. This crustacean, with its spiny orangey or brown shell, exists on the Portuguese mainland coast and on Azores Island, preferring the rocky sea bottoms. This kind of lobster is captured in our waters, but also the Deep-sea Lobster. Many other species come to us from other latitudes, some fresh, and other already frozen: Cape Verde, South Africa or Caribbean, for instance. But eating a fresh spiny lobster, just out of the water, is something else! There is a special flavour and energy when that happens. The juices, the aroma and the textures are unique and unrepeatable.