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Here's a closer look at the shrimp sauce way.

No, it doesn't look like the most appetizing thing in the world.

But here in Hong Kong, it's a classic condiment made with just krill, salt and a bit of time.

It's both a culinary delicacy and a dying trade.

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It's the last of its kind in Hong Kong, where the houses are perched on stilts and were instead of cars.

Locals have votes in the past.

The people here depended on the sea.

Local did not have ice to preserve fresh seafood, but they did have salt, and they used it as a form of preservation.

That's how shrimp sauce was born.

So we went there and met these guys, one of the last remaining shrimp sauce producers in Hong Kong Bank Hong Hodja, or they wouldn't just, uh Mm.

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Shrimp sauce is made with just two ingredients.

Krill and salt.

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Here's how it's made.

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Put into these buckets where it stirred, fermented and packaged.

But the mixture can also be made into shrimp paste, which is just a more concentrated version.

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That mixture is compressed into bricks and sold as shrimp paste.

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You see how it's simple enough?

And the pace can be used to make a variety of dishes hoisting a medal or they just your heart sing in middle.

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Went to the restaurant at Tai O Heritage Hotel to get some pointers from their head.

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Now that the pork chop is ready, he toasts the bun a little to make it slightly crispy on the outside.

Shrimp paste can also be used to add flavor to fried rice.

And hey, even chicken wings.

This is the fried rice.

This is more of a traditional shrimp paste dish.

Hmm.

A little shrimp paste really goes a long way.

What's amazing is that it is just shrimp and salt and a lot of time.

It is so mommy and fishy, and it's just a flavor bomb.

Yeah, the shrimp paste on.

This is much more subtle things more mild, but you can definitely taste the seafood flavor in it.

For visitors of Tai O, shrimp paste is usually an afterthought.

But for the people in Tai O, it's a proud symbol of bygone days.

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But today, shrimp isn't caught in Hong Kong waters anymore.

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Booth Band was put in place because of overfishing.

So many companies move their operations to mainland China.

The good news.

The local marine population has rebounded The bad news.

Local seafood products aren't really local anymore because the most raw products are imported.

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Next we head to the Tibetan Plateau where summertime is caterpillar fungus season.

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