I recreated the "Internet’s Most Hated" West Lake Vinegar Fish from ancient texts, and I’m stunned..

West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce, universally panned online, surprised me after I recreated its original version from ancient texts… Why has West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce, the most criticized dish online, held its place as a renowned dish for nearly a thousand years? To "rehabilitate" this dish, I consulted over a dozen ancient texts spanning the Song and Yuan dynasties to the Qing and Republican eras, from recreating the original "Song Sister-in-Law Fish Soup" to tracing the "absolutely no sugar added" vinegar-braised fish described by Liang Shiqiu. I discovered that West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce has never been a rigid dish; it represents a great migration of Chinese tastes over nearly a thousand years, from north to south, from spicy to sour, and from sour to sweet. What this dish has truly inherited is not just a name, but a constantly evolving culinary memory. ———————————————————————— Sina Weibo: @Amanda's Little Kitchen WeChat Official Account: amandatastes (QR code at the end of the video; scan to follow on WeChat)