When I worked in an Italian restaurant (in Toronto) I have taken off the heads and tails of thousands of shrimp (Shrimp Paesano was the specialty of the house) to prepare them for the chef.

I was really surpried, my very first day in Greece, at what I saw served to me in the restaurant when I ordered a shrimp dish. I mean, they put batter on the outside of the shell before deep frying them and serving them, head, tail, shell and all! What's the point of that? It makes for a very messy eating experience :-)

Good thing that the rest of Greek cuisine is so good LoL