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May 17, 2007

Shark-fin soup

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It was off to the Tongchuan wholesale seafood market again this weekend. It was the third time I have been and it is one of the best nights out you can have in Shanghai.

The place is chaotic, huge and dirty, and it makes our own Billingsgate look like the Harrods Food Hall.

However like Billingsgate it functions as the city's wholesale market. But unlike Billingsgate it is also like a giant restaurant.

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