Deep fried eggplant slices filled with a shrimp mixture.
Ton Kiang, San Francisco

Yet another disappointing dish from Ton Kiang.  These stuffed eggplants are one of my favorite dim sum dishes, and they managed to completely ruin it for me!  You can see from the photo that the color is a bit off and that’s because this was one of the greasiest things I’ve ever eaten!  The greasy was literally dripping off this thing once you picked it up with chopsticks, EW!  It had absolutely NO flavor except from the excessive oil that end up coating your entire mouth.  Good thing this was the last plate we had, otherwise we wouldn’t have been able to taste the others from the oily film coating our taste buds.  Sadness…

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