Animal Lovers Furious Over Yin Yang Fish
Animal lovers have slammed a Taiwanese chef for serving a gourmet dish that included a deep fried fish with its head still twitching, a newspaper reported Sunday.
The chef serves the carp with its body deep-fried and covered with sweet and sour sauce, the mass-circulation United Daily News said.
“When eaters pick the fresh meat with their chopsticks, they can watch the fish’s stirring mouth,” the report said.
Animal lovers have criticized the practice, saying deep frying the fish while alive puts it through extreme pain.
The chef in the southern city of Chiayi said the dish — called “yin yang fish” — is popular in China, where chefs use it to show customers how fresh the food is.
“I’ve tried my best to offer my customers the finest dishes,” the report quoted the chef, who was only identified by his surname, Wang, as saying.
Officials in Chiayi promised to persuade Wang to drop the dish from his menu, the report said.
By Aki Nakimura on 09-07-2007
Comment by Chau
September 18th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
brilliant name…how….odd…though…
Comment by unknown
October 6th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
i do no think that she should drop the dish because it is a popular dish and it will take the income of that chef down.
Comment by jux
May 17th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
People serve “live sashimi” in Japan, which is like carving out a fish while it’s still alive, so I don’t see too much of a difference in terms of “animal cruelty”. Maybe they should be attacking those sushi chefs as well. More or less the same idea.
Comment by xs
August 6th, 2008 at 12:10 am
I love animals…they’re delicious!
Comment by rosey
August 12th, 2008 at 1:22 am
at least give it a valium first, damn. if anyone wants to deep fry me, please kill me first.
Comment by DF
September 22nd, 2008 at 7:01 am
So because some vegan can’t handle the fact that humans were given thumbs and higher power brain functions to rule the food chain, a chef is being persuaded to take an item off the menu that brings in good income.