Shrimp with Lobster Sauce (Ha T'zee Lung Ha Joing: Canton)
This is really Lobster Cantonese with Shrimp substituted. That's where lobster sauce comes from.. It's a combination of chicken broth, eggs, ground pork, fermented black beans, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sherry, cornstarch, chicken stock, sugar, garlic, and ginger, all rolled up into my favorite Chinese dish. I've been eating and enjoying it for as long as I can remember. My parents took my brothers and me to Philadelphia's Chinatown a few times a month to a little restaurant called the Shanghai Garden. This is where my love affair with Chinese cuisine started, ,and where I learned to eat with chopsticks. These were some of my fondest memories and when I cook Chinese food now, it truly takes Comfort Food to a new level!
Never mind how good it tastes. I will agree, this was not the most pleasing photograph. I was really wondering though, why this particular photo would earn me over 300 views. Well, I found out today. In fact, it earned me a dubious honor that is chronicled below:
The people have spoken, and the above picture of "Shrimp with
Lobster Sauce (Ha T'zee Lung Ha Joing: Canton)" has been deemed
the worst food porn that exists on the entire internet. While we found
the overwhelming commenter response for the dish somewhat suspicious,
it really is the most vile thing that was submitted, earning the Eater
Book Bundle we're giving away for our Holiday Giveaway Extravaganza.
You can find this and other comments on their website:
eater.com/archives/2008/12/we_have_a_winner_the_worst_foo...
As I have just seen this posting (1/15/09) I think I'm going to make more for lunch and take a better photo of it! :)
Comments and faves
Jeff Cushner (41 months ago | reply)
Here! I've updated the dish keeping the same taste but more appealing viewer ingredients! (meaning I didn't use the dark soy sauce this time!)