Puffy Foods

Adventures in food with Mistress Puffy

Friday, June 30, 2006

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Chinese Food

I'm off to Shanghai on Sunday and WAS excited about the new and whacky foods to discover until I was talking to a woman who's brother had just come back from China. She said the Chinese are crazy about really really fresh food - so in order to prove that your food is fresh, they serve it to you still breathing! Her brother was served a whole fish that had been prepared with it's head wrapped in a towel, the rest of it's body deep fried then served up on a platter with it's mouth still moving!

There was also a story about a live fish having one fillet removed then dropped back into the tank for the next customer. This is a little frightening to me. I mean, I like rare beef, I love sushi, but I'd rather the creature was dead before I ate it, that way I won't try to give it a name and make friends with it.