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The fish-flavored shredded pork. [Photo/IC]

Woman refuses to pay for Fish-Flavored Pork

Chinese cuisines have fancy names that usually bewilder diners. The news that a female diner refused to pay after dining at a restaurant in Chongqing last Thursday, saying the yuxiang rousi (fish-flavored shredded pork) dish had no fish at all, went viral online and triggered widespread amusement, cqtimes.cn reported.

Fish-flavored shredded pork originated in Sichuan. It smells like cooked fish but does not contain real fish. The flavor is produced by ingredients like red pepper pickle, green onion, garlic, ginger and other sauces.

The woman surnamed Liu who was travelling in Chongqing, accused the owner of not making the "fish-flavored shredded pork" in an authentic way. She said it had no flavor of fish and was very different from what she ate at her hometown in Shanxi. She demanded a refund.

The owner, surnamed Zhao, explained that he had always made the dish this way. As no agreement could be reached, both of them called the police.

According to the police, the fish-flavored shredded pork is a traditional Sichuan cuisine. The recipe and method of making it could have changed in Shanxi. After an hour of negotiation, the woman finally agreed to pay and left.

The female diner was mocked by netizens for expecting there to be fish in the dish because of the dish's name. What if she ordered "Wife's pie"? asked one netizen, would she expect the flesh of a wife to be inside? Or what about "Husband and wife's lung slice" (Beef and ox tripe in chili sauce), or Braised pork ball in brown sauce (Red burned lion head)? Chinese dishes often have names that are not related to what is found in the dishes.

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