The best is the Japanese Gibin abalone and net abalone, these two kinds of abalone to Hong Kong and Japan to eat. Thirty to one hundred thousand a piece.
The common and most commonly eaten is the South African dried abalone, not by weight, according to the number of heads. The so-called head number is a JIN has a few, it is called a few head. For example, if there are five JINs, one of them is called "South Africa dry abalone five heads", if one is one JIN, then the abalone is called "South Africa dry abalone one head, five JINs and one on a JIN price is different. The price of South African dried abalone is more expensive, three to five thousand dollars for a single one-jin abalone. Five heads of about four hundred.
In addition, our country often eat fresh abalone is Dalian fresh abalone, commonly known as "small abalone", this variety of abalone from China's Shandong adjacent to the sea, the body shape is small, the price is cheaper, a JIN about twenty-five, in the seafood market more than a hundred a JIN, in the hotel two hundred a JIN.
Dry abalone need to be Professional chef firing, otherwise it is very easy to change flavor. So regular people usually eat in big hotels.
Fresh abalone in the market is also less, because compared with the general seafood is still more expensive. So it is also a big hotel seafood pool raised, small fresh abalone generally have garlic steam, bean drum steam, do pot roast soup, as well as braised, large fresh abalone general sashimi, or cream soup tang burn