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Fish balls ( and Chinese communities in Southeast Asia , with its origin from the Cuisine of the Chaoshan region in eastern Guangdong . As the name suggests, the food is balls made with Fish meat that has been minced and finely pulverized. Goumet fish balls are pulverized by hand. Fish balls are a type of food product made from Surimi ( Chinese : 魚漿). HONG KONG There are two kinds of fish ball in Hong Kong . One is smaller in size, yellow in colour, usually made with the cheaper Shark meat, and is sold in "strings" (串), each "string" containing five to seven fish balls "stringed" on a Bamboo Skewer . Usually sold at food stalls, each string of this kind of fish ball costs five to seven HKD , depending on the area where it is sold. There are many stalls which support themselves by selling exclusively this kind of fish ball, similar to the Hot Dog stalls in the United States . The fish balls can be either Spicy (often called Curry fish ball, though it is doubtful whether curry is used to make the spicy sauce) or not, with the same price. It is often eaten with the Steamed Rice Roll (豬腸粉), another common Hong Kong food. It is one of the most popular and representative "street cooked foods" (街頭熟食) of Hong Kong. The other is bigger in size, white in colour, and made with more costly fish meat, with a considerably different Texture and Taste . This kind of fish ball is usually eaten with Noodle s at Restaurant s providing Chiuchow-style Noodle , and at some '' Cha Chaan Teng s'' (lit. tea restaurant), which also provide Beef Ball (牛丸) and Cuttlefish Ball (墨魚丸). A bowl of noodle with this kind of fish ball costs $ 10 to 20. Readily available in traditional market and Supermarket , the fish ball is also a popular ingredient for Hot Pot . In outdated Hong Kong Slang , the term "fish ball girlies" (魚蛋妹) means young Prostitute s, usually under the age of 18; and the Brothel where these girls work is thus called "fish ball stall" (魚蛋檔). The Etymology may be that the action of "stringing" fish balls (拮魚蛋 in Cantonese) resembles that of Masturbation (in general, the "fish ball stalls" are not designed for Sexual Intercourse : the clients can only caress the prostitutes and receive masturbation). TAIWAN TEOCHIU AND SINGAPORE PHILIPPINES The most commonly eaten type of fish balls is (unsurprisingly) colloquially known as ''fishballs'' . It is somewhat flat in shape and most often made from the meat of Cuttlefish or Pollock . It is usually served with a sweet and spicy sauce or with a thick black sweet and sour sauce. It is a common snack food that is sold by mobile fryer stands and street corner food courts in many towns and cities. Fish balls in the Philippines are sold by street vendors pushing mobile deep frying carts. They are usually served with a choice of three kinds of dipping sauces: Sour (pale orange colored) - vinegar, water, diced onions and garlic, Sweet (brown gravy colored) - corn starch, banana catsup, sugar and salt, and Hot/Sour (amber or deeper orange colored) - the sour variety with lots of small hot chilis added. Dark sauces are rare as these are soy sauce based and soy sauce is expensive in terms of food cost for street food. EXTERNAL LINKS Fish Ball Manufacturer in Hong Kong |
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