Dan is a writer living in Shanghai, China.
March 7 08
Video: Why we sent our shrimp back
This was with Frank and Kat at Dolar Shop hot pot, of which you may have seen my poor photos here and here. We weren't really thinking when we ordered "shrimp," I guess — didn't expect them to be alive, and never too excited when they still have heads and shells (which, I know, is just about all the time in Chinese restaurants in China ... except for gong bao xia ren at Charmant, which I highly recommend). Even though we sent them back, we still had to pay for them, but at least we got a nice little video out of it.
For more nice little videos, check out Frank's travel blog: morrowandme.com. For those of you in China (that blog is blocked) go directly to the vids at Vimeo.
Comments (1)
I remember our first dish in Shanghai 7 years ago was also a very similar dish like yours unfortunately they have black sauce on them and you are suppose to pick the life prawn and bit the ass off and suck the gut out...
Even after the guts was suck out, the prawn was still moving..poor prawn.must be in shock!!! We were in shock ourselves too...
Posted on 03.09.08 at 11:26:51