In a chic Sardinian restaurant (an Italian island in the Mediterranean), a tourist made a rather unconventional choice. She ordered a $200 lobster with the specific request that it be delivered to her table alive and then released back into the sea, according to a report in The Telegraph. A video of her act has gone viral on social media and sparked a debate. Some people praised her for the good gesture, while others said she just did it to attract attention.
Swiss tourist pays $210 for lobster at luxury restaurant in Sardinia, pets it and then sets it free pic.twitter.com/lN6RTBBcE3
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At the Gente di Mare restaurant, lobsters are usually prepared in dishes such as spaghetti or “alla Catalana”, where the crustaceans are boiled and then dressed with a sauce made from tomatoes, onions, lemon juice, black pepper and salt. However, in this particular case, a Swiss tourist noticed the lobster in a water-filled tank near the entrance to the restaurant. She decided to pay $200 to have it brought to her without any cooking or damage.
“The lady entered our restaurant and was immediately struck by the aquarium we have at the entrance,” said the restaurant’s owner, Antonio Fasolino. The Telegraph.
“She asked me if she could free the lobster and release it into the sea. At first I thought she was joking, but then I saw that she meant it. I said, ‘That’s no problem for me!'” he continued. .
The lobster was presented to her in a bucket. She went outside onto the dock with her husband, carefully removed the lobster from the container and appeared to tenderly stroke it as she uttered a few words. Finally, she gently placed him in the calm waters of Golfo Aranci, a bay in northern Sardinia, near the island’s exclusive Costa Smeralda coast. As soon as it hit the water, the lobster swam away.
The tourist insisted that she would perform the act of liberation herself, rather than leaving it to the restaurant staff.
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