摘 要: | A signature dish of Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province, Longjing Shrimp is a happy marriage between the young shoots of Longjing (Dragon Well) tea and tender shelled shrimps. Its invention is owed to the unexpected result of an emperor’s whim and a chef’s goof. The story is that after Qing Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799) had inspected a military parade in Hangzhou, he donned plain clothes and left his escorts behind to head to the scenic West Lake incognito. It was com-
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