Turtle Jelly

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Title

Turtle Jelly
龜苓膏

Subject

Chinese food
Chinese medicine
historical food
dessert
boiling

Description

Turtle Jelly is a traditional food made of plastron and Chinese herbs

Creator

Lu Xiufu

Format

Served in bowls

Type

Food

Identifier

HKFood012

Food Item Type Metadata

Time of origin

Late South Song Dynasty

Story of origin

A special medicine made to cure the emperor

Taste

bitter

General price

8

Ingredients

plastron
Chinese herb

Places available

Herbal tea shops

Cuisine

Chinese

Cooking method

boiling

Cantonese pronunciation

gwai1 ling4 gou1

Geolocation