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發表於 2010-3-26 09:42 | 顯示全部帖子

Also news from the Province about Shark Truth and Ken's Chinese Restaurant taking sharkfin out of their menu!!! yeah!!!

http://www.theprovince.com/techn ... /2723873/story.html

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發表於 2010-3-26 10:00 | 顯示全部帖子

Good wor ...

By the way, how come chinese people love shark fin so much?

Is it healthy somehow? ...
Catpiano 發表於 2010-3-26 09:54 AM

no... it's just to show that they can afford expensive dishes...
If the soup base is done right soup can be as tasty without shark fin. Shark fin doesn't really add any favor to the soup.

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發表於 2010-3-26 10:17 | 顯示全部帖子

回復 6# daimo
good point!!!

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發表於 2010-3-26 10:36 | 顯示全部帖子

just curious. next time if you happened to go to one of ur best friend chinese style wedding and the ...
habitrailspace 發表於 2010-3-26 10:28 AM

NO!
I haven't been eating shark fin soup at wedding banquets for quite a few years already.
No one will force me to eat it. And I get a chance to explain it to guests at my table as well.
BTW! I am so happy that my bf and recently my best friend has decided not to eat shark fin as well. (my family did that 2 years ago!)

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發表於 2010-3-26 11:31 | 顯示全部帖子

Ken's restaurant - what a joke, how many will order shark fin at ken's restaurant. it is not a plac ...
tofu 發表於 2010-3-26 11:24 AM

I think it's a good start regardless. Stop it one bowl and one restaurant at a time... It will take years to get it but... every bowl counts!
I just hope this will eventually get to bigger Chinese restaurants. And I am hoping that famous chefs will create tasty and exquisite dishes to replace that "position" of shark fin soup.

btw... shark doesn't really like to eat ppl... They attack some ppl (which the rate isn't really high...) cos they mistaken them as fish or seal. I don't know why we think that human being is tastier than other meat.

Personally, it was harder for me to give up bluefin tuna (which I did) than shark fin.

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發表於 2010-3-26 11:51 | 顯示全部帖子

Just to clarify, I do start the topic with parents that eating sharkfin is not good...And you don't ...
fibbi 發表於 2010-3-26 11:37 AM

believe me, it took YEARS before I can convience my mom to stop buying, cooking, ordering and eating shark fin.
So I understand. But do little baby steps to change them actually worked for me! So it may work for you too.

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發表於 2010-3-26 12:00 | 顯示全部帖子

Maybe the next restaurants who gonna declare that they will give up shark-fin soup from their men ...
chunsh 發表於 2010-3-26 11:46 AM

Take a look at menus around. I was surprised that so many small restaurants actually DO serve shark fin. And so many restaurants include shark fin in their set menu as well....
(well not McD or No. 9 or congee noodle house la... )

I also respect ppl's choice. A lot of my friends still eat shark fin and they are actually happy that they got my extra bowl from sitting next to me at wedding banquet. I just want them to know (slowly) and hopefully make their choice.

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發表於 2010-3-26 12:08 | 顯示全部帖子

I don't see my parents as often now. Whenever I see them (like once a year) and when they wan ...
fibbi 發表於 2010-3-26 11:57 AM

well... I understand. If you only see them once in a year....there is no way that you can change their mind at the 1 single meal.

May be easier to influence your friends!

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發表於 2010-3-26 14:23 | 顯示全部帖子

本帖最後由布小熊於 2010-3-26 14:26 編輯

I agree it's not the right timing to preach the people while they are enjoying their food.
khaki 發表於 2010-3-26 02:11 PM

Yes, I don't usually go on and on about not eating shark fin.
I just tell the server to scoop one less bowl or put mine up in the lazy susy (not sure if that's the name or the round rotating thing) and tell ppl that there is an extra bowl.

If someone ask, I will just tell them that I don't eat shark fin cos they are near extinction.
The only time that I had a longer chat about it was because another friend of the bride and groom whom happened to sit next to me didn't eat shark fin too. So we had some conversation about it among the 2 of us... (not trying to annouce it to the whole table)

embarrassing guests isn't really my goal...

btw... shark fin soup at most restaurants is MSG loaded. I used to feel sick after eating it.