Shark tale
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It didn’t occur to me that Edwin’s a diver. When the 2nd dish was served, M went out for some “oxygen” (read: hoon kee). I called out to him, reminding not to miss the shark’s fin soup. One of the ladies at the table reminded me that it’s not shark’s fin soup as Edwin “the diver” will not have any of it.
I went “ah….”. And my twisted mind thought of something. Chinese are blamed for depleting the population of sharks in the ocean. But! What if chinese came up with a mock shark’s fin? Fake, original imitation, replica, vegetarian… whatever you want to call it. I was just thinking, if the chinese can make soya sauce from hair, eggs from flour… it shouldn’t be too difficult right?
Imagine one day, the chinese are credited for saving the sharks. How ironic.
M came back, refreshed with oxygen, took the soup and said, “not bad eh, the shark’s fin”. See! he can’t even tell the difference.
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