Squid (calamari) balls? Please help.

Hi,

There's this popular café called Lollicup, which mainly serves
smoothies and Boba drinks. They also sell a few yummy fried snacks;
they put them in bags and poke sticks into them. They have:

* Popcorn shrimp: A big no-no, unfortunately, due to the flour!
* Calamari balls: I have no idea. Are these okay?
* Calamari triangles: Same as above, except in a triangular shape.
* Fried tempura: Again, no idea, but I'm betting it's pretty high
carb.

So, please give your opinions on the calamari balls/triangles and
tempura. This is an Asian café, so maybe someone who's more familiar
with the ingredients can help me out.

Thanks!

Mary wrote:

* Popcorn shrimp: A big no-no, unfortunately, due to the flour!
* Calamari balls: I have no idea. Are these okay?
* Calamari triangles: Same as above, except in a triangular shape.
* Fried tempura: Again, no idea, but I'm betting it's pretty high
carb.

http://www.lollicup.com/


preesi


--
My Personal Site
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/preesi/Begin.html
(Hear me Bitch, Moan and Complain, Cook One of My Recipes, Play One of My
Games, Peruse My Links THEN Sign My Guestbook Dagnammit!)
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Splenda1/petition.html
(Sign the Low Carb Splenda Petition-Get Liquid Splenda on the Market!)
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/TheLinkSource/Index.htm
(Specialized, Categorized Links For Everyone)
http://www.dietbites.com/south-beach-diet.html
(Why The South Beach Diet Is a FAD!)

Calamari balls? How do you get their little legs apart?


"Preesi" wrote in message
...
Mary wrote:

* Popcorn shrimp: A big no-no, unfortunately, due to the flour!
* Calamari balls: I have no idea. Are these okay?
* Calamari triangles: Same as above, except in a triangular shape.
* Fried tempura: Again, no idea, but I'm betting it's pretty high
carb.

http://www.lollicup.com/


preesi


--
My Personal Site
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/preesi/Begin.html
(Hear me Bitch, Moan and Complain, Cook One of My Recipes, Play One of My
Games, Peruse My Links THEN Sign My Guestbook Dagnammit!)
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Splenda1/petition.html
(Sign the Low Carb Splenda Petition-Get Liquid Splenda on the Market!)
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/TheLinkSource/Index.htm
(Specialized, Categorized Links For Everyone)
http://www.dietbites.com/south-beach-diet.html
(Why The South Beach Diet Is a FAD!)

Mary wrote:

Hi,

There's this popular café called Lollicup, which mainly serves
smoothies and Boba drinks. They also sell a few yummy fried snacks;
they put them in bags and poke sticks into them. They have:

* Popcorn shrimp: A big no-no, unfortunately, due to the flour!
* Calamari balls: I have no idea. Are these okay?
* Calamari triangles: Same as above, except in a triangular shape.
* Fried tempura: Again, no idea, but I'm betting it's pretty high
carb.

So, please give your opinions on the calamari balls/triangles and
tempura. This is an Asian café, so maybe someone who's more familiar
with the ingredients can help me out.

Thanks!

Oooh. Don't even MENTION Lollicup! I'd hate to think how many of
my extra pounds are from their pearl (boba tea), which I love. My
Lollicup doesn't have the fried goodies (for better or for
worse). Are they dipped in batter? Is the filling roughly
chopped or smooth? I am thinking it might be something like the
shrimp fillings in dim sum or the paste that you put around sugar
canes in Vietnamese cooking, but made with squid. Look at recipes
for those and even the Thai tod mun for possible clues. I have no
idea whether this is the right track though, since I have not
experienced the squid balls myself.
--
Jean B.