Whatever it is, the soup, topped with plump little shrimp, is delicious.

A shrimp ravioli ($15) entree also yielded plump, pasta-wrapped shrimp in an herb-flecked cream sauce.

Bedding three plump shrimp on greens and a saffron sauce brought out nuance without masking flavors.

Garnished with a plump shrimp, it melts in the mouth.

You can plow your way through, stabbing forkfuls of onions and sausage or plump peeled shrimp, and not have to stop your conversation.

Wick noshed into another plump shrimp and tossed the shell onto the growing heap.

So too did gang sarong - four, large, plump, deep-fried shrimp wrapped in crunchy chow mein noodles.

A simple serving of linguine and broccoli in garlic and oil ($10.95), topped with five plump shrimp, is also a recommended choice.

Fishermen were unloading their catch when we arrived and women came to collect baskets of the sweet, plump shrimp we would eat that night.