A whole carp, scored deeply, deep-fried until crisp and served curled upward under a glossy sweet and sour sauce. Carp has many small bones. A Shandong dish.
This sweet and sour carp is plated as if leaping out of the water.
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Signature Lu cuisine (鲁菜) dish from the Yellow River region. The carp is scored, deep-fried until crisp, then draped in a glossy sweet-sour sauce; the classic presentation has the fish arched upward.