This weekend we had the pleasure of having an early Chinese New Year dinner at Lotus Vegetarian Restuarant, taste testing their S$358++ (10 pax) festive set menu with local bloggers
Camemberu,
Ladyironchef,
Sheepishvegetarian,
Singapuradailyphoto,
Southernoise-gluttony,
Superfinefeline and
Leafmonkey.
Yes, you, you, you and you. All of us are guilty of being a murderer. And the real cause for their destruction, the demand for shark fins, a Chinese delicacy, always present during weddings and festive occasions. - Ladyironchef
Marketed as a health tonic, yet high in toxic mercury content, and usually bleached during production to give it a more desireable shade, Sharkfin doesn’t belong on anyone’s table this Chinese New Year, nor any wedding dinners for that matter. - Sheepishvegetarian
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| Photography courtesy of Bianca Polak |
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| Lousy photography courtesy of Sharkman |
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| Photography courtesy of Ladyironchef |
As shark fin itself has no real flavour, it can be emulated with vegetarian ingredients such as kelp and green bean. For lovers of "shark fin" broth, vegetarian shark fin soup is a pretty good alternative! You can get it from 24-hour eateries such as Hong Kong Tea House (86 East Coast Road) to high-class places such as
Lotus Vegetarian (201 Balestier Road, Quality Hotel).
Thank you all who celebrated Chinese New Year early with us!
2 comments:
If U are so worried about eating shark’s fin & other meat related items. The better solution would have been going vegetarian.
Your organization - Loveshark.sg are dime a dozen in the footsteps of those campaigning for a particular dinner table items to be off the menu.
The only real solution is to stop eating, taking, abusing & manipulating animals. Period.
As a matter of fact, I am a vegan. There are many organizations campaigning vegetarian/vegan-lifestyles and I am sure they are doing their job well.
At lovesharks.sg we are only presenting the facts and offering alternatives. We present the option of choosing not to eat shark fin as a step towards a more ethical and biocentric lifestyle.
I'm sure this is a small step that many people will be able to undertake for now until they are ready for vegetarianism :)
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