I tried lots of food yesterday. Starting with shark fin soup. And yes; I am aware of what becomes of those poor marine creatures after they're deprived of their fin. But I'm in China and as a food lover I couldn't not try once one of this country's most famous dishes.
Fortunately, I didn't like it much. It's not that it was bad or anything, but the flavour didn't come as anything too spectacular. It was quite soft and had some little translucent thread-like meat bits -the fin, I presume. Texture was okay, but not enough to order it again.
I had heard stories about this dish, but I didn't think I would come across it so soon. Duck tongues cooked with soy sauce. As an overall experience, it was tough. I constantly had the feeling I was biting my own tongue (that kind of texture), and the cartilage kept on prickling the inner side of my mouth.
Uf. It wasn't too terrible, but eating them one by one, feeling cartilague crunch and the cold and jelly-ish consistency of the meat did affect me in some way. I tried some shrimp dumplings later and I still had the sensation I was chewing tongues.
The aforementioned dumplings. They were awesome. In the upper photo, the ones in the bottom had shrimps and the others chicken soup. I loved the concept of soup inside dim sum.
And, finally, dessert. The name was very ad hoc to the occasion: it translated as "Chinese birthday buns" =)
They were filled with bean paste (if I'm not mistaken) and a bit of egg. Soft, spongy and moisty. A good way of finishing an adventurous meal.
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