Best shark fin soup in Toronto

[Intrinsic]

It's the cruelty involved with shark finning that bothers me. As I said, few animals are killed as painfully. I also have a problem ith killing whales and dolphins as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRgMRz970fk

4:14

Absolutely disgusting and reckless. I hope anyone who is part of this shit, from the fishermen to the consumer all rot in hell.



"The greatness of a nation can be determined by how it treats its animals" - Gandhi

 

[Petzel]

A lot of Asian cultures kill various species for some ignorant reasons thinking it provides health care benefits. The Japanese still harpoon and kill magnificent beautiful whales because they don't care about extinction or the ecosystem. Totally selfish and uncaring.

 

[fuji]

I am not saying that the flavour is subtle, I am saying flat out that it has NO FLAVOUR.

If you want a comparable, boil a chicken drumstick, remove all of the meat, cut off the tendon that attaches it to the bone, wash the tendon so that there's no flavour left from the drumstick, then chew on the tendon-there, you've just experienced faux sharks fin and saved yourself the expense of the real thing. Not to mention the sneers and in-kitchen comments by the restaurant staff that they reserve for posers.

So where did you try it? You know, I want to try it precisely because I have never tried it.

 

[oil&gas]

Destroy an amazing creature to make some concoction with its fins!
That's almost as bad as killing rhinos for their horns for some bullshit male enhancement stuff that doesn't work and is a myth anyway. ....

If there is a metric to measure the degree of emotional intelligence
in the animal kingdom the distance between a rhino and a shark is far
greater than that between a human being and a dog or any other mamals.
Shark is about the lowest form of life among all vertebrates. In fact it is
far more primitive biologically than most of the fishes we eat. As scary
a predator a shark is it would not and could not kill a human out of cruelty
the way a cat killed a mouse. Shark attacked a human only because it
mistook a human for a fish. A shark has no fear. Taking into account most
fishes being a more advanced form of life the pain and distress inflicted
on a fish captured by a baited hook in lake Ontario is far more inhumane
than the suffering of a shark finned alive.

 

[Insidious Von]

Sharks are nature's most successful predator, they've been around for over 400 million years. oil&gas your assessment is flawed.

I tried shark fin soup once, it's about as flavourful as fugu. Not repeat engagement here, I'd rather have a nice bowl of trippa.

 

[oil&gas]

Insects like cockroaches and ants could pass as the most successful species
on earth. They'd likely survive the most catastrophic ecological crisis that
could wipe out the entire human race as well as sharks. That itself doesn't
mean they are a more advanced form of life. Sharks is biologically more
primitive than other fishes in terms of its morphology and behaviour
notwithstanding its superior survival and predatory ability.

 

[groggy]

Insects like cockroaches and ants could pass as the most successful species
on earth. They'd likely survive the most catastrophic ecological crisis that
could wipe out the entire human race as well as sharks. That itself doesn't
mean they are a more advanced form of life. Sharks is biologically more
primitive than other fishes in terms of its morphology and behaviour
notwithstanding its superior survival and predatory ability.

With the latest reports saying we are on track for 5C raise in global temperature, based on present CO2 output, it might be just only insects surviving.
The last time the temperature got that hot on the planet the ocean acidification wiped out 50% of the life in the oceans.

 

[red]

The ban is lifted. So where is the best?

in a world in constant turmoil, we can always rely on fuji to be a constant asshat. thanks.

 

[GameBoy27]

in a world in constant turmoil, we can always rely on fuji to be a constant asshat. thanks.

+1 ^^^

 

[blackrock13]

I don't think there ever was a ban. I think this is another example of goofy city councillors thinking they had the right to ban certain foods within city limits. Regardless of what you think of shark fin soup ( I am opposed do to fishing methods) you have to laugh at these clowns in city hall. Do they have the slightest clue as to what they are supposed to be doing? A bigger group of idiots is difficult to imagine.

Well, you and Rubbie, the middle aged retired rich white guy, fight it out and I'll get a small popcorn. Glad to see the numbers of members who think this is getting longer.

 

[train]

It might surprise you but I don't a f*rk what you do

If you think some clearly idiotic city councillors should be taking over federal responsibilities then the best thing for you to do is stay out of the way and eat your popcorn and let the people who still work and pay tax comment.

 

[blackrock13]

It might surprise you but I don't a f*rk what you do

Hey, more popcorn for me, no big wooop.

 

[train]

Better fill up before they ban it old man

 

[oil&gas]

...................................
Ever notice that most of their bullshit claims of shark fin soup, tiger claw, bear gall bladder, rhino horn and other rare body part os brave animals are virility and sex based?

Yet the empirical evidence of the results of thousands of years of their consumption?

To my knowledge TCM literature gives no indication of any of these four items being
aphrodisiacs. In fact shark fin isn't even documented in any TCM classics. Rhino horn is very
seldom used nowadays because of its rarity. Here is a description of the medicinal properties
of Buffalo horn which is considered by TCM to be a viable alternative to rhino horn:

http://thedao.com/shui_niu_jiao.htm


used in febrile diseases resulting in headache, delirium, manic behavior, rash, vomiting of blood, nose bleeding, convulsion of children, painful and swollen throat.

For skin allergy: grind with water and apply to affected area.


I doubt tiger claws was ever used as medicine. Tiger bone was an ingredient
in some ancient herbal formula for the treatment of arthritis.

Any sex-based claims of shark fin soup probably originate from snake oil
salesman in the guise of TCM practitioners.

 

[Insidious Von]

With the latest reports saying we are on track for 5C raise in global temperature, based on present CO2 output, it might be just only insects surviving.
The last time the temperature got that hot on the planet the ocean acidification wiped out 50% of the life in the oceans.

I think your assessment is a bit conservative.

 

[Petzel]

Shark is about the lowest form of life among all vertebrates.

Incorrect. A shark is not a vertabrate since it has no bones or a spine. It is just cartilege and tissue.

 

[oil&gas]

Vertebrate or not Shark is definitely not in the class of invertebrate.
It does have a central vertebral column though it is made of cartilage.

 

[blackrock13]

Incorrect. A shark is not a vertabrate since it has no bones or a spine. It is just cartilege and tissue.

Vertebrate or not Shark is definitely not in the class of invertebrate.
It does have a central vertebral column though it is made of cartilage.

The shark is in a class of Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) of Phylum Chordata (have a spinal chord), just as Humans are class Mammalia, of Phylum Chordata. Both chordates, yet not all chordates have vertebral columns. Sharks have vertebras, but they are made of cartilage. Sharks are a very ancient living animal.

 

[Ms.FemmeFatale]

At least I should try it once.

Why should you at least try it once?

Why should a shark die the way it does when finned so you can say you tried something?

 

[blackrock13]

Why should you at least try it once?

Why should a shark die the way it does when finned so you can say you tried something?

It's just FUJI being FUJI. Perhaps, he should try being flogged since, I suspect, he's never tried it either.