Originally Posted by
quirrow
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Live drunken shrimp should be lightly steamed with cooking wine with some herbs like goji berries, and usually served in bamboo containers. Generally the Chinese diners would want to see the live shrimps jumping about when making the order.
are shrimp still alive if they’re lightly steamed?
the gross part was how I ate half of the second or third shrimp and had the lower half on my plate (not sure how that happened). After eating other food, I realized that the poor shrimp was still alive and kicking its little legs despite not having its head. Sad! So I just ended up smushing it with chopsticks although in hindsight it was probably still alive. Blah.
In Shanghai in 1998, I went to restaurants where male diners had their cell phones (still behind in USA) and I went to one place where the servers were on roller skates. Fun gimmicks.
although I know food in China is good, I still prefer Chinese food in San Francisco, as I’ve eaten it here my whole life.