One of Sardinia's delicacies, 'Sea urchins' are in season from November through to March.

Several 'Kiosks' have recently been erected along the coastal path all offering sea urchins, oysters, calamari and fried fish "al fresco" which are noticeably popular with the locals.



Sea Urchins are eaten raw and whilst on the outside they don't look very appetising, inside the orange 'roe' segments deliver a surprisingly fresh and unique flavour of the sea very similar to oysters.



Following on from this platter of prickly creatures we were then served 'spaghetti con ricci di mare' (spaghetti with sea urchins). This is cooked spaghetti with raw sea urchin mixed into the hot pasta just before being served - it was delicious!

It was only after we finished that we found out that sea urchins are believed to be a powerful aphrodisiac ;-)