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I have blogged about this here and here before, but xiao long xia/小龙虾 or crawfish is something I’ve never missed out whenever I visit China. I usually get my fix of crawfish in Beijing, but I have to say that these spicy and aromatic crawfish (香辣小龙虾) I had in Shanghai–cooked without huajiao/花椒 or Sichuan peppercorns–are no less incendiary and addictive compared with their Beijing’s version.
One kilogram of these babies cost RMB24 or US$3.00+…(more picture after the jump)
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Remember my Sichuan-style crawfish post? Well, here is the real stuff.
To get some of the best ma la xiao long xia/麻辣小龙虾 or numbing and spicy crawfish in Beijing, head over to this restaurant called “Hua Jia Yi Yuan/花家怡园” at the famed Guijie (簋街), a street packed full of neon-lit restaurants and hungry patrons…
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(Chinese recipes, prepare authentic Chinese food now!)
I have never cooked crawfish at home. I have to confess that these little feisty and fierce some creatures almost had me surrender and call for rescue. Handling these crawdads and crawmoms ain’t no piece of cake. I totally underestimated them. However, at the first bite of their juicy [...]
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