Dublin Core
Title
Faux Shark’s Fin Soup
碗仔翅
Subject
Hong Kong food
historical food
street food
soup
boiling
Description
Faux Shark’s Fin Soup is a substitutional version of the expensive banquet shark-fin soup using cellophane noodles, black fungus and chicken or pork shred for a similar effect. Starch is added to make the soup thicker, and soy bean sauce gives it a brown color.
Format
served in bowls
Type
Food
Identifier
HKFood018
Food Item Type Metadata
Time of origin
1960s
Place of origin
Hong Kong
Story of origin
With growing environmental concerns, faux shark's fin soup has become a popular substitute for shark fin soup to save millions of sharks from being kille for their fins.
Taste
smooth
General price
18
Ingredients
pork
mushroom
black fungus
vermicelli
Places available
Street vendors
Food stalls
Cuisine
Chinese
Cooking method
boiling
Cantonese pronunciation
wun2 zai2 ci3
