Fried eel paste

When foreigners come to Shanghai, they are amazed by Shanghai's western food, and Shanghainese are also willing to entertain guests with "authentic" western food from all over the world. Shanghai local cuisine with thick oil and red sauce has gradually lost its fans, and only a few famous dishes still worry people with nostalgia, such as fried eel paste. Liang Shiqiu once said in an article devoted to eating eel that the reason for frying eel paste is that eel is not big enough to make shredded eel. But being able to make the "leftovers" so salty and sweet, oily but not greasy, also shows the smart ability of Shanghainese.
Reprinted with attribution： https://cnlocality.com/(Chinese Specialty Products)