Showing posts with label dried octopus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dried octopus. Show all posts

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Lotus Root, Dried Octopus and Pork Soup

Dried Octopus

Whenever I prepare lotus root, dried octopus and pork soup I cannot help but think of Tai O and its stores displaying dried products: octopus, fish maws, shrimps, scallops, etc under rows of bright red lights. I already wrote about Tai O village in a previous post.  At week-ends tourists and locals alike packed the former fishing and salt-making village to enjoy its charm and fresh seafood.
Street hawkers selling live fish in plastic buckets from carts

Tangerine peel and fish hung up in the sun to dry