In Daly City, CA, a busy restaurant called "Koi Palace" serves the BEST shark fin dumpling soup within the bay area. Maybe in the country, but I have yet to try more. However, there is a 90% chance that this may be the best ever.
Every sunday, people from the bay area would grab a ticket and wait for anywhere from an hour to an hour and a half for these delectable dishes.
And the most anticipated dish....the SOUP!
It is a clear sharkfin soup with a light flavor in contrast to the shrimp dumpling. I usually poke my dumpling and eat the filling along with the broth.
Shark fin? in a Soup?
I am not chinese so when I heard this, I asked myself the same question. It is a chinese delicacy used for many, many years. It is thought to be good for your health and skin complexion. These guys are wallet killers. This is a picture of the ones being sold at Koi Palace at $550 per pound!!! There are other types sold at lower prices but are not of the same quality.
When I first heard about it, I asked my boyfriend, "Isn't it a bone, how would you eat it?" He just laughed at me. It is actually cartiledge and it gets boiled til soft.
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1 comments:
I finally made one I'm kinda confused on how you do it so I'll fix it someday the shark sure looks good
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