Sentence examples for paua from inspiring English sources
noun
A large, edible abalone, Haliotis iris, native to New Zealand, whose shell is used to make jewelry.
The larger species are called ormer in England, abalone in the United States, paua in New Zealand, and awabi in Japan.
A sparkling standout is the 14-karat pendant by Keith Rifenburg, a local craftsman, that depicts a tiny tropical scene on a paua shell ($895).
I had paua patties (abalone, the surprisingly tasty slug of the sea), squeaky fresh tuna on a herb risotto, and liquorice and five-spice ice-cream with rhubarb compote.
My job was to remove paua (a form of marine snail) from their shells.
Grass-fed beef vies with lamb on restaurant menus, along with gifts from the seas that gird the country: enormous spiny lobsters from Kaikoura, whose very name means "food lobster" in the Maori language; meaty paua, or blackfoot abalone, which graze on seaweed in icy southern waters; richly flavored green-lipped mussels, now widely farmed; and fat turbot caught off Milford Sound.
He makes delectable ravioli with paua and spikes them with a lime beurre blanc.
They lavish us with a lavender-inspired feast of pea-soup drizzled with lavender oil and baby Paua violet-coloured sea shells, with pearls of pork belly and tentacles.
Paua guts are surprisingly squirty, and – unlike the rest of their bodies – are not considered a delicacy! trevelraj The "assistant manager" position I took up at a holiday hotel in the Carpathian mountains of Romania turned out to be that of a full-time porter.
