Hong Kong's Last Shrimp Paste Makers - In Season (S1E3)
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
- Shrimp sauce and shrimp paste are popular condiments in China and southeast Asia. And in Hong Kong, there are only a few independent sauce makers left. We went to the fishing village of Tai O to see how it's made.
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Producer: Clarissa Wei
Videographer and Editor: Mario Chui
Animation: Victor Peña and Mario Chui
Fixer: Cardin Chan
Mastering: Victor Peña
Music: Audio Network
So nice hearing media in Cantonese
@Goosa Poosa what the fuck do you mean cringe
@Goosa Poosa yes I dont take jokes very well what are you gonna do about it
Have a nice day/night
@ummm yeah I know right?
I'm looking for someone that will have casual conversation with me in Cantonese. I'm ABC and I'd like to keep Canto alive, I hear it less and less these days. Anyone down for a zoom call once a week?
The smell is awesome and appetizing. I have to say that you will either love it or hate it there's no in between.
I hate it haha, had a jar in my fridge for some time I had to throw it away and clean my fridge and have it open for like a whole day to get rid of the smell. So difficult for me to understand people like it
@@1lovgren haha, you have to grow up with it. 😉
@@1lovgren Next time please instead of throwing it away - when you know you don't like it, give it to someone who'd love to eat it! May it be your neighbor, family member, friend, or even total stranger. I know it might just be a shrimp paste jar, but food waste is a serious social problem
I’m always amazed at the different food palates across the world. I feel like living in the US is a blessing and a curse. It’s a blessing because we have access to so so many different wonderful cuisines from
across the world, but a curse because the western palate is so focused on salt, fat, and sugar, that I never developed a taste for some of the more fragrant, pungent, nuanced, or subtle delicacies from across the world. It’s always exciting to reprogram my palate and try new things. Unfortunately I am still afraid of shrimp paste.
Fish sauce, shrimp sauce, fermented seafood is amazing.
You'll either love it or hate it and personally I can't get enough of it sometimes.
I love it.
In my country, Malaysia , we call this as "Belacan" and guess what, almost every household have this 😂
Every house in Indonesia have this. Called terasi, one of must have seasoning in every kitchen
It’s very common food ingredient in east Asia. Smell not so nice but very good taste.
0:30 that smile was killer
Smells like hell, tastes like heaven. Like every fermented seafood product.
I was SO surprised about this documentary. 😁 I will try it in my next visit to Hong Kong. 🤞
Fyi, If anyone here interested about shrimp paste, do visit a town called Bintulu in Sarawak, Malaysia-Borneo. Shrimp pastes are seasonally produced. Other places in Sarawak also make it.
Good job! Another very interesting story. You must really enjoy the opportunity this job affords you. Would love to go along if just to carry your camera! lol
Delicious in stir fried greens. And yes, like durian, I love the funk!
Thanks for the video Clarissa!
They have a cool permanant exhibit at the hong kong history museum near Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ / Hung Hom.
Admission is free, check it out for fisherman / boat people culture and an exhibit on shrimp sauce / shrimp paste next time y'all are in HK!
A must for stir-fried Ong Choy, aka water spinach available fresh in the summers. Hardcore sauce, so little goes along way. Try not to leave it uncooked, and use straight from bottle to the wok.
oh man, I recalled going back to HK and went to Tai O. We kept walking until it was a dead end and ended up at this shrimp sauce being dried in the sun.... MAN, the smell is so hardcore... that is some strong stuff!! Pungent I tell ya!!
Love your show 👍 It is so informative and very educational. It is and ingredient where either you love it or hate it.
I know I love it, with out shrimp paste..papaya salad would not be papaya salad. This ingredient can be used in soups and many other ways. You just have to know how to use it and what dish to prepare it in.
Thank you, for this video..keep up the awesome job.😊👍🍻
Like it's close cousin the fish sauce and anchovies, it adds a lot of umami to the didh
In indonesia, we call it terasi
or belacan
shrimp paste are very popular here in the philippines!
I love putting it on Kare kare
@@earljustin93 i love kare kare
thats the chinese diaspora! shrimp paste became verg popularized in Vietnamese soups and noodles bc of Chinese immigrants. during chinas internal conflicts many Chinese spread their craft and foods to Thailand Singapore Phillipines etc any where in south Asia! like lumpia from popiah a Teochew Chinese roll!
bagoong + indian mango
Is that... nocchi
Never thought of using shrimp paste in fried rice. Would definitely try it
Interesting. I usually use Shrimp Sauce/Paste as a dipping for Hot Chili Pepper. Will try it in Fried Rice next time.
Try making the fried rice with it and green mango slices. It's a thai dish and really good. :)
use shallot, bird eye chilli and roasted shrimp paste blend them all up and use it to make fried rice
Very common paste in South East Asia. With fried rice is common but burger patty is another level.
I tried fried rice made from this sauce in a Cantonese restaurant on my respite to Hong Kong, and let's just say it's in another league from most spices, like thyme, rosemary etc.
My mum makes it either with pork or squid, steamed with ginger
God bless this channel 🐄
Har Cheong Kai or Prawn Paste Chicken taste and smell amazing! Like what the video describes, you either love it or hate it.
Hopefully more people around the world starts trying it more and more especially western countries
I like using bean sprout and dipping it in the shrimp paste.
I love the kamayan shrimp paste from Phillipines shits so good with kimchi and rice!! And add a little bit in some ramen and it just makes the soup even more tasteful. Eating some right now 🤣 literally just realized I can add some in shrimp sinigang or squid adobo
Wonderful
Another informative video! Sad to see that these family businesses are so rare and dying out.
Say hello to Master Chow Fei Hung in Tai O.
hmmm now that I think about it, haven't seen at my Chinese grocery store...will need to take a better look next time and try it!
I have a friend that was once cook a fried rice using shrimp paste when I was in college, the problem is we used to live in a small boarding house. The smells permeates through every door and it stayed for days!!! The fried rice taste really great, but since that day the landlord stick a notes in the kitchen...
"NO SHRIMP PASTE"
I guess she's one of those people who hate it...
should have given some of the cooked product or cooked some for your landlord. it might have changed their mind.
In my country this is terasi bro, to make fried rice, and samba...
It's nice to see that Hong Kong has their version of Filipino bagoong. :)
great content!
Shrimp paste is very salty and a bit tangy. A little goes along way and a great substitute for salt in savory dishes.
In Indonesia it called Terasi, you should visit java island
Best go with conch. Stuff taste great.
regarding chinese aromatic sauces and delicacies, in our househod we say "the smellier, the better" haha. im gonna need to stock pile shrimp paste if there wont be anymore in the future
I don’t like the smell but i like the taste but i also like the smell of durian
same
Sooo its terasi or blacan???
Same thing for sure
belacan 🇲🇾
Belacan oih yeah fellow Malaysian
I wonder if it is the same thing with Terasi, an indonesian shrimp paste
Terasi! We have it too in indonesia
Ahh..that belacan
is that Belacan or terasi ???
It is
They build houses walls with it?
We call the shrimp paste hommah in our dialect! Mom used to cook food with shrimp paste and or fermented tofu!
the Burmese call it "Nghapih"
I't's called Belacan in Malaysia:)
It look like belacan and it's popular in south east asia
Is HK shrimp paste taste the same like terasi? Or any shrimp paste in SEA region?
Sea call it belacan. Same stuff
The way he says fried rice, chow fan(dont know if its right).
But isnt it chinese?
He’s speaking Cantonese a dialect of Chinese so I guess there are similarities
In this particular case, it sounds pretty close to mandarin expect Cantonese has no retroflex consonants
come to Indonesia to taste shrimp paste 😚
Fantastic...😂😂
então isso é tipo um "Vatapá" do Brasil... mas mais elaborado...
yummiee
Sky Chan is a cool name lol
_picks up a fractional gram of shrimp sauce on tooth pick_
*"It's so strong 🤪"*
BELACAN IN MALAYSIA 🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾
4 hours ago comment! Haha serius.. baru tadi je... macamana jumpa video ni bro? Sy search "belacan Hong Kong" literally 🤣
Belacan alias terasi to
TERASI
Belacan atau Cencalok
it's "inside", not "one side".
Few people like these..It's way too salty and fishy smell..
Did anyone noticed there are no flies?
U want smell?
Ini terasi bukan sih?
Sejenis mungkin,
Mắm ruốc
terasi in indo 🙄
Kill coral reef and get local food, and so smart
Who ever does the subtitles. Bloody awful. Not what is being said
Great video, but I can't help thinking, doesn't krill excrement go into the making of the paste? It wouldn't make sense to clean each krill individually, so part of the pungency of the paste is caused, well, by shit! I would not classify this as health--or even healthy--food.
Lots and lots of shit goes into making your vegetables..
Do you complain about the shit being used there? Don't think too hard about it!
Eat dirt, live healthier and longer.
Nobody asked
terasi ya ?