Expensive Blueberry Shrimp… Hungry?
Chinese food is a lot different in China than it is here.
If your a real fan of American Chinese food then you might think you would have no problem eating in China, but you would be in for a shock when you sat down to eat your first real meal in China.
My first time eating in China, I was taken aback by one specific meal that was served.
It was a bowl of shrimp swimming and jumping around inside a bowl of red wine. My friends and family all would reach into the bowl and pulling out a live, wine filled, shrimp and pop it into their mouths.
Another interesting type of shrimp from China has been gaining some popularity as of late.
Blueberry Shrimp are regular shrimp but have a blue color to them. Sometimes dark blue to black in color and sometimes carrying only a light blue shade, it is in questions as to whether these blue shrimps are the result of genetic mutation or being dyed in some way.
“Some blueberry shrimp are indeed Red Cherry Shrimp which have been altered to show blue colors, but the young are born as Red Cherry. True Blueberry shrimp are born clear and take on the blue colors as they grow.”
Either way they should make one hell of an exotic pet, or an afternoon snack. Although at about $6 per shrimp and never really knowing whether it used dyes to make them blue, your probably snacking on one of the most expensive and risky seafood bites around.
it’s called drunken strimp…
i never liked it neither..
shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey’s uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There’s pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that’s about it.
okay mr. “he who watches forest gump too many times”
I’ve had it too, but in stronger liquor. It tastes of nothing much. Shrimp are nicer cooked like freshly cooked jumping shrimp. Much more flavour.
You may want to make clear that the “blueberry shrimp” are not actually for eating. They’re freshwater shrimp that grow barely over 3/4 of an inch. And $6/shrimp is nothing. The crystal red shrimp with it’s various grades (depending on the proportion and size of the alternating white and red bands across the body) can run minimum of $10/shrimp. Highly sought after in freshwater aquariums.
the “chinese” food you had in America is not really real chinese food, i never heard of “chicken balls” in China
in fact.. these foods were invented by chinese when they first came to America to please the taste of white men
au contraire….american “chinese” food was invented by railroad cooks to feed the chinese laborers who were imported to build the railroads across western USA in the 1850-1880 era. The chinese would not eat the food served to the american laborers, so the cooks had to “invent” dishes which the chinese would eat…chow mein, chop suey, etc.
Fortune cookies too
that kinda looks gross =-=”
at least the wine shrimp die either happy, or too piss drunk to notice. that gives me an idea for capital punishment….
Ewww
Yes, this particular dish was popular in Shanghai maybe 4-5 years ago? The dish is called “Qiun-Xia” (or Chi-un-Sha, I forgot how to use ping-ying), which literally means “drowning shrimp”. I actually like to eat raw shrimp (ama-ebi in Sushi joints, or the actual drunken shrimp “Tsuai-Sha” in Shanghai), but to bite the head off the shrimp while its alive, with the rest of its body flipping in your mouth is disturbing.
Food in large Chinese cities such as Shanghai are like fashion trends. They come and go year after year. I have not had this dish for years.