There’s has dried abalone, dried scallops, and sea cucumber as well as shark fin. it has duck as well as chicken but no pigs trotters. someother seafood as well (only fish like thing is the shark fin). They say they need two...

Repost: Here are some typical dishes. Sichuan/Chuan:Hot Pot; Smoked Duck; Twice Cooked Pork; Mapo Tofu Hunan/Xiang: Dongan Chicken; Peppery and Hot Chicken; Immortal chicken with five elements; Stewed fins Guangdong/Cantonese: Shark...

Hunan/Xiang: Dongan Chicken; Peppery and Hot Chicken; Immortal chicken with five elements; Stewed fins Guangdong/Cantonese: Shark Fin Soup; Steamed Sea Bass; Roasted Piglet; Chrysanthemum fish; Braised Snake porridge Shandong:...

The crab is a really popular dish. I forget exactly what its called, but its like a salt and pepper crab. I believe they do other styles of crab as well. Also I see a lot of people with the soup. Perhaps its shark fin. It seems...

I was just there last night! It’s in Sunnyvale and they are affliated with the one on Geary Blvd in SF. We had the set menu for 6 and it was good. We substituted the soup for shark fin soup, which was delicious. Also good...

's actually real sharks fin. About a 2"x 1" piece of fin was hidden underneath the dumpling. I was so pleased with this dish that I bubbled over with enthusiasm to the manager when I paid the bill at the register. He pointed out...

flavors – which enabled us to eat more and more... shark's fin dumpling http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/cynsa/IMGP2001.jpg sticky rice chicken wrapped in lotus leaf...

I like Dunlop’s Hunan one a lot—there are lots of posts on her book from when it and her Sichuan book were COTM (March of 2008, I think). Her memoir "Shark Fins" or whatever it’s call has a few interesting...

mai, seafood dumplings), salt/pepper shrimp/squid, fried rice, Peking duck, ginger crab, and the Shark Fin soup. I also enjoyed other types of food like the kal-bi and seafood paella and shrimp/scallop pasta from the pasta bar. I...

I am just in the middle or reading the book "Shark Fin and Sichuan Pepper" by Fuschia Dunlop and chapter 8 “The Rubber Factor” reminded me of this discussion. It is a very good book that really gets to the heart of...

It’s definitely a delicacy, especially for Cantonese people. It doesn’t have much of a taste, but a lot of Cantonese dishes emphasize the texture and uniqueness of the ingredients. The same is true of shark fin soup....

with multiple parties, or not big enough. I’m looking for a banquet in the $500-600 range per table that would include (as a sample): Cold cut platter Shrimp with broccoli and walnuts Seafood nest Shark fin soup Abalone with...

this one, and don’t even miss the meat. Surprisingly, I have enjoyed pizza at pizza pizza at 16th and Woodbine. There is a 5 topping medium pizza for $8.99. They have a lot of fancy toppings like asparagus, roasted red...

: 3.5 lg $4.2 kitchen $6 deluxe shark's fins set dinner $368 for 10pp/ $188 for 5 pp limit 4 tables deluxe abalone set dinner $428 for 10pp; $230 for 5 pp limit 6 tables abalone, lobster, shark's fins set dinner $488 for 10 pp; $255...

Now that she’s written a book that’s about eating, not cooking, we may have to add Fuchsia Dunlop to the list. Her "Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China" is a great read so far (just...