Hong Kong’s Dried Fish Maw : Exotic and a Popular Staple!

Hong Kong’s , is an eccentric display of dried fish : some sold loose, some hanging in a queue and some nicely packed! ,  dried fish means much to people in Hong Kong and to what extent it is a part of the local Chinese cuisine! I was astonished by the stupefying variety of dried fishes there, fishes of every shape and size, and truly spectacular in their own right!

Old Chinese belief about dried fish.The Chinese believe that eating certain foods on auspicious days, such as the Chinese New Year, would bring luck to them. Dried fishes are one of them. The dried oysters and mussels are considered to bring fortune if they are eaten during the Chinese New Year celebrations. The Chinese New Year boosts up the sales manifolds in all the shops selling these products. The heavily crowded street, with loads of different kinds of dry fishes on display on either side, is worth watching during this time of the year! During this time, there is a tradition here to gift dry fishes since these bring in good omen and a spread of delicacies is made using these!.