August 31, 2010
A billion people so you know one of them is going to push the boundaries of the culinary envelope because the chinese are either clever or diabolical knowing there's always some retard aka me that will go "frog fellopian tubes? Ok?!"
Better known as hasma (harsmar, hashima), this is literally the dried fallopian tubes of frogs. I'm not sure who came up with that great idea but just so you know, its not frog or toad fat that some people think it is. The actual ingredients looks like dried flakes which is double boiled with rock sugar to give it a sweet appeal and served in desserts at high class restaurants in hong kong. Because I guess god damn poor people won't touch that shit. It is expensive because any dessert added with it is an additional $5.00. Of course the place we went to (Tasty Dessert in Monterey Park) also had "birds nest" (bird saliva) and "sago" (pith of palm stems) and any particular combination of those items or additions could cost up to $30.00!
The mango with coconut juice was fairly refreshing and the hasmar itself had the consistency of jelly which isn't that far from boba or...melted jello. Consuming hasmar is suppose to have some medicinal purposes including treating respiratory systems and improving skin condition. I haven't felt any noticeable difference yet but if my future kids comes out jumping around alot and having a prehensiel tongue, than I'm looking at this.