I present to you the world's largest burrowing clam.

我將為您呈現世界上最大的貝類。

This is the geoduck.

太平洋潛泥蛤。

And oh my God, it's an alien.

我的天啊，簡直是外星生物！

What the?

這 X 小？

Oh my God, just look at it.

長得真怪！

This is a geoduck.

這是太平洋潛泥蛤。

And well, it looks like a, I guess, yeah.

而牠看起來像是... 嗯...

Anyway.

隨便啦！

The geoduck is a type of saltwater clam

太平洋潛泥蛤是一種鹹水蛤

that only comes from this region in the pacific northwest.

西北太平洋這區海域找得到。

They can burrow themselves several feet underground,

牠們可以把自己藏在地底好幾尺深

which makes collecting them a little difficult.

要捕獲潛泥蛤有點困難。

Isn't that right, Michael?

我說得對吧，麥可？

Yeah, absolutely.

沒錯，完全正確。

So when we're harvesting geoduck,

在捕捉太平洋潛泥蛤時

we use low pressure, high volume water.

我們使用低壓、高水量水柱。

The water comes in through the wand,

水透過長管輸出

and then it makes the ground soft enough,

軟化泥灘

so you can stick your arm down three feet

這樣就可以把手臂伸下去，約三尺深 (91.44 公分)

to reach the neck of the geoduck to pull it out.

抓到潛泥蛤，然後抓出來。

The majority of the time what you're looking for

大多時候要先找到

is these guys sticking up or these little holes

直挺挺的這些傢伙，或是牠們留下的洞。

and that's how you know where they are.

藉此知道牠們的蹤跡。

And viola, a geoduck.

這就是... 太平洋潛泥蛤。

- [Michael] This is the belly,

[ 麥可 ] 這邊是腹部

the softest part of the meat of the geoduck.

太平洋潛泥蛤最軟的一塊。

This is the neck where the majority

這是牠的頸部，最有肉的地方

of the meat comes from, the two siphons are on the end

尾端有兩個口器。

and they're kind of like humans where, you know,

牠們看起來像是人的... 懂我意思嗎？

they're not all the same; it's just everyone's different.

形狀大小、各有特色。

The majority of geoducks farmed here

大多捕獲的太平洋潛泥蛤

will be sent to east Asia,

會送到亞洲

where they are a sought after delicacy.

製成桌上佳餚。

But here in Seattle, they're still a big deal

在西雅圖，太平洋潛泥蛤也是有市場的。

and nobody gets more excited for geoduck than this guy.

沒有任何人比這傢伙，更愛太平洋潛泥蛤的了。

So Tom, how do you prepare it?

湯姆，你都怎麼料理潛泥蛤？

- We have put it in chowders in the past, from time to time,

大多人都把潛泥蛤加到巧達濃湯裡。

but when you come in here to eat geoduck

但在這邊品嘗潛泥蛤

at Taylor Shellfish, you're gonna have it raw.

在 Taylor Shellfish 餐廳，是直接生吃。

It's all about accentuating the freshness

把新鮮的潛泥蛤

of the geoduck chilled on the plate

切片，放到盤子上

with all those other great fresh ingredients.

配上其他新鮮材料。

Prepared right, the texture of geoduck

如果處理得宜，太平洋潛泥蛤的口感

is what really separates it from everything else.

是獨樹一格的。

You think about it as having the sweetness

口感像是鮮甜的

of the scallop, the saltiness of calamari,

扇貝，加上帶有鹹味的魷魚

and you have a really excellent combination.

體驗完美的口感組合。

I love eating geoduck.

我愛太平洋潛泥蛤。

I'll just slice a bunch, put it on a plate,

直接切片，擺盤

squirt a little lemon, throw some salt.

擠上一點檸檬汁、放點鹽。

I couldn't ask for more.

就是這麼簡單美味

And now the most important part, the taste.

最重要的是，味道如何？

Delicious.

美味極了！