Waiting for a blue lobster

Well, my Blue Lobster Bar is certainly waiting for its lobsters, but the matter is in hand. What did I see at the end of my pier, yesterday, but these.

In the meantime, however, there is a great consolation prize. My supplier of super fish and shellfish telephoned today to say there was an arrivage of langoustines and did I want some tails. 'Course I did!. so I rushed off to Kirkwall and picked up a few kilos of these.

So my next guests may, if they so wish, ask for a feast in the Blue Lobster bar that will include these tails cooked to a little recipe of mine, which makes them look like this: