Description
Traditional Chinese food from Guangdong
Technical
Cantonese salted fish is a traditional Chinese food originating from Guangdong province. It is a fish preserved or cured with salt, and was a staple food in Guangdong. It historically earned the nickname of the "poor man's food", as its extreme saltiness is useful in adding variety to the simpler rice-based dinners. Cantonese salted fish is listed as an IARC group 1 carcinogen, meaning it is a known carcinogen, but was suspected and studied for its links to cancer as early as the 1960s due to the high incidence of nasopharyngeal cancer, an extremely rare type of nose and head cancer now understood to be linked to a high consumption of this dish.
Sensory Profile
Aroma ()
Wine Analogy
Similar to aged Sardinian bottarga in its intense marine salinity
Coffee Analogy
Like over-extracted dark roast with fishy undertones
Perfume Analogy
Ambergris meets low-tide marine accord