"Do you eat the green stuff?" asked a tourist, referring to the very end of the snail-like insides of the sazae.
Sazae is sometimes translated as "turban shell" because the shape of its shell resembles a turban. But it would be incorrect to presume that just because these sea snails wear turbans that they are religious.
Perhaps in an attempt to skirt the issue, the one restaurant on our island offers an English menu which includes "turbo shells" instead. Yep, the fastest gastropods in the Inland Sea! Just try catching them as they slither down your throat.