Did you Know? Shrimp Paste Basket

Shrimp Paste Basket - Tai O

Did you Know? - Shrimp Paste Baskets

Tai O is a particularly good place to make shrimp paste because the waters right outside the town are home to krill - a type of tiny shrimp - that make an appearance from June to October every year. In Cantonese, they are known as ngan or haa (銀蝦), which can be directly translated as “silver shrimp.” Each krill takes around three weeks to grow from a fertilised egg into a full-grown creature about two centimetres long.