Here's something I'd never tried before: a cold platter of shark jelly from the Teochew Cuisine Restaurant. As best as I could make out, this was basically bits of shark meat sitting in a mildly sweet gelatin. It sounded and looked weird, but I didn't mind it that much. In fact, this platter also came with slices of some kind of pork jelly too, which was kinda like headcheese except you got a vinegary ginger dip to go with it. Is this kind of stuff common in Teochew cuisine?
yes, this is common in teochew cuisine. and cold crabs too
ReplyDeleteI think it's common in teochew cuisine, but I also have also seen similar dishes in many places in Beijing.
ReplyDeleteGrew up eating these cold savoury "jelly" as my father is a teochew cook and had a stall selling teochew porridge/rice with cooked dishes.
ReplyDeleteyes its common teochew dish, this jelly thing usually 2 version: 1) Pork jelly (the soup become gelatin llike due to the collagen of the pork skin) 2) Shark jelly (the soup become gelatin due to collagen from shark skin and bone marrow i think)
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