The market in counterfeit Yangcheng hairy crabs is 10 times the market in real ones, according to the Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crab Association.
Local people believe that the tastiest way to eat hairy crab is to steam it to keep its original flavor then pair with vinegar and bruised ginger.
People think these are Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs, but we know they aren't.
A few days later I discovered yet another new seafood gift marketing scheme involving those seasonal freshwater delicacies from lakes and rivers near Shanghai: hairy crabs.
Cut the hairy crabs into halves and then coat the cut end with flour so that when you are cooking none of the meet or roe will fall out.
I ordered the hairy crab, but you gave me the green crab.
The Cantonese and regional dishes by Chef inspire enthusiastic eaters to feast without hesitation-especially during hairy crab season.
Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs, also known as claws.
We went for some swimming crabs first, two for each, then we bought some hairy crabs and then two different shellfishes.
A hairy crab is leisurely making bubbles in the water.
Executive Chef Alfred Spieler and his culinary team return with their creative hairy crab creations all autumn long!
Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs derive their name from the mossy, brown hair that hangs from their claws.
In Shanghai's Tongchuan Seafood market, Yangcheng hairy crabs are sold from giant fish tanks, but even the vendors admit many are counterfeit or only recently acquainted with Yangcheng Lake.
The traditional beverage to drink with a steamed hairy crab is warm yellow rice wine.
A straw is thrown into the street, that is, garbage, tied together with cabbage is the price of Chinese cabbage. If it is tied to hairy crabs, it is the price of hairy crabs.
Excuse me, Sir. I ordered the hairy crab, but you gave me the green crab.
I shall ask the Room Service to serve you a snack at 9:30 tonight, and you'll have your favorite hairy crab.
This features the famous mitten or hairy crab from the lake.
Or what about the tea-flavored dishes from Hangzhou, the cult-inspiring hairy crabs of Shanghai or the fabled honeyed ham from Yunnan?
On the weekends, they'd drive up here with their families and cash to have fun and savor hairy crabs.
Stir-fry glutinous rice cake with hairy crab…
It nurtured a bounty of the "three whites," white shrimp, whitebait and whitefish, and a freshwater crustacean delicacy called the hairy crab.
"Hairy crabs prefer to live in a clean water environment, where there is lots of sunlight, grass and food," says Yang Weilong, head of the local hairy crab association.
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