Just before Chinese New Year my
friends brought me to Kowloon City to buy wax duck, pork sausages and belly. This
shop sells “laahp-méih 臘味" or wax-delicacy as
well as other types of delicacies such as abalone, fish maw (swim bladder),
scallops, shrimps, etc. Laahp-méih is
the equivalent to Western cured meats or charcuterie.
I seldom eat Chinese charcuterie. I
used not to like it (I still don’t like duck liver sausage) but I have come
to appreciate it in small quantity during the winter months. It seems that the pork sausages are not as
fatty as they used to be and I like their slight rose water flavour.
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Shop selling laahp-méih
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