The late scholar Liang Shih-chou, a master masticator in his own right, once composed a monograph explaining that the succulent flavor of the jioukong oyster is the finest of all the tender mollusks, but it cannot compare to abalone.
生前頗有吃名的文學家梁實秋曾經為文表示，新鮮的九孔味道鮮美，在蚌類中獨樹一幟，然而卻比不上鮑魚。