百子櫃 ›
The tail cut of a large pond fish — grass carp or bighead carp — with skin, fin muscle and gelatin-rich connective tissue. Dried well, fried with ginger until golden and then boiled hard, it turns the soup milky white and subtly sweet. The classic engine of papaya-and-peanut nursing soups.
Nature · neutral Flavour · sweet Meridians · spleen、stomach
In Cantonese food therapy fish tail is used to strengthen the spleen and nourish without heatiness, and tradition favours it in soups for nursing mothers.
Rinse it, pat it dry and sear both sides until fragrant before boiling; the soup comes out milky white.
珠江三角洲塘魚養殖區（順德一帶） — Grass/bighead carp not retailed in AU; tail cuts of barramundi or salmon from fishmongers are the stand-in
Common at Asian grocers
“The pot she makes when someone needs looking after.”
Lo Fo Tong is cultural food-heritage reference, not medical advice. If you are pregnant, unwell or on medication, talk to your doctor or registered practitioner before changing what is in the pot.