Another Crustacean?

The other,other,other night. . someone gave us these. . Thank you. Clueless about the name of this crustacean.

I still haven't even found the name of the other crustacean  I bought in a market long time ago.

I'm just pretty sure both kinds aren't lobsters. The real one looks like the illustration above. But if we would try to connect both crustaceans we would somehow come up with an image near the real lobster.



Anyway, with my magic cooking wand, I turned them into a savory spicy ala chili crabs dish. They weren't  so meaty thu'. Between the two unnamed crustaceans, the other (seen at the second image above) one got more meat. Both are deliciously tasted like crabs.

Are They Crustaceans?

Anybody out there who knows how you call these crustaceans (that's my opinion :>) either in english or tagalog?



I bought them from a wet market and forgot to ask what they were called. I just knew from the memories of my childhood that they are edible, I'm sure about this thu'. But I had forgotten how they tasted. I asked the vendor how to cook them.
It's like the way you cook/steam your shrimps and crabs.Basically, just sprinkle with salt, cover it and cook until it turns to color red.



My hubby taught me how to open the shell. It's similar to opening a lobster. You press the soft side of tummy part, then tear it apart easily.

Oooh soo yummy. It tastes like shrimp and crab combined.