Author Topic: Should we just back n watch? Save Our Sharks From A Bowl Of Soup (Malaysia) (Read 2165 times)

xkirkie · « **on:** January 31, 2011, 02:40:00 AM »

Hi I'm Kirk Lee, i m base in Pj, an ordinary man, (not a Shark Expert)

I Love Shark Fin Soup
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=421467921626

Ex-Shark FIn Soup Consumer, want to make a change n stand up against pushing Sharks into Extinction just for a bowl of soup.
Mission : education n create awareness to public on Shark FIn Crisis.

Looking for someone who want to make a difference...
Add me on facebook
kirk_76@hotmail.com

www.facebook.com/SharkFinCrisis
Yuri Wong & Xandria Ooi on Stepping out of Tradition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j0Or8az6G8&feature=channel

Save Our Sharks From A Bowl Of Soup featured on The Star Online Tv
http://thestaronline.tv/v/6090

Save Our Sharks by helping others say "No Thanks" to Shark Fin Soup, YOU can make the difference...

ericliow · « **Reply #1 on:** January 31, 2011, 03:19:31 PM »

good effort!

Ketam · « **Reply #2 on:** February 08, 2011, 07:55:57 PM »

Hi Kirk,
Welcome to MUW and we see that you are such an ardent advocate against shark fining. This is a valiant effort and highly commendable.

nglg212 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 13, 2011, 12:44:23 PM »

good effort!

MACHA · « **Reply #4 on:** February 13, 2011, 11:22:21 PM »

Just a thought.....does the shark fin traders etc. here gets intimidated with this noble efforts?

vash_h · « **Reply #5 on:** March 13, 2011, 09:37:24 AM »

bro.. hate to burst your bubble, but most of the sharkfin soups is FAKE.

you can go ahead and continue enjoying your sharkfin soup. they are all confirmed FAKE unless they cost RM100 per bowl.
these substitutes are WAY MUCH MUCH cheaper than 'real' sharkfin as they are vegetable based.

there are the 2 popular substitutes.
1, a type of gourd (dont remember the name in english, but when translated from chinese, it is called fish fin gourd).. after letting it dry, they extract the insides of the gourd (a type of plant) and viola! when cooked, taste just like shark fin.

2, JELLY..

so, go ahead and enjoy sharkfin soup in wedding dinners and so on. there is NO sharks harmed in the soup.

BON APPETITE!!

once at a wedding dinner, there were 2 guys saying 'EWL.. sharkfin soup! how can you guys eat these things.. and so on.. to the point i was embarrassed to be in the same race as them, as they made chinese sound soooo disgusting.' i was so disgusted with them i wanted to slap them. so the remaining 8 of enjoyed the extra 'soup' portions and didnt bother telling them this is not real sharkfin soup. its called sharkfin soup because historically, it used sharkfin. sharkfin does even have TASTE!! thts y making substitutes is SOOO EASY..

same thing applies, why is ASIA JAYA LRT Station called ASIA JAYA? because there is a complex there that is called asia jaya ages ago (now ARMADA HOTEL). and was already a hotel (different name) before the LRT station was even planned.

for all those 'noble' anti-sharkfin activist, KNOW your soup, KNOW what you are saying, DO research and THINK before you go around shouting anti-this and anti-that.

in malaysia, there is almost no place selling sharkfin soup using real sharkfin. there is a few restaurants but most is not.

syaz · « **Reply #6 on:** March 13, 2011, 05:16:34 PM »

again, u did say 'almost'. so there ARE really restaurants serving real sharkfin soup out there.

haih. anyway, i believe it's the shark fining these people including myself kecoh about. not the fake soup you've been consuming. hope that makes you feel better.

xkirkie · « **Reply #7 on:** March 14, 2011, 01:33:11 AM »

Quote from: vash_h on March 13, 2011, 09:37:24 AM

bro.. hate to burst your bubble, but most of the sharkfin soups is FAKE.

you can go ahead and continue enjoying your sharkfin soup. they are all confirmed FAKE unless they cost RM100 per bowl.
these substitutes are WAY MUCH MUCH cheaper than 'real' sharkfin as they are vegetable based.

there are the 2 popular substitutes.
1, a type of gourd (dont remember the name in english, but when translated from chinese, it is called fish fin gourd).. after letting it dry, they extract the insides of the gourd (a type of plant) and viola! when cooked, taste just like shark fin.

2, JELLY..

so, go ahead and enjoy sharkfin soup in wedding dinners and so on. there is NO sharks harmed in the soup.

BON APPETITE!!

once at a wedding dinner, there were 2 guys saying 'EWL.. sharkfin soup! how can you guys eat these things.. and so on.. to the point i was embarrassed to be in the same race as them, as they made chinese sound soooo disgusting.' i was so disgusted with them i wanted to slap them. so the remaining 8 of enjoyed the extra 'soup' portions and didnt bother telling them this is not real sharkfin soup. its called sharkfin soup because historically, it used sharkfin. sharkfin does even have TASTE!! thts y making substitutes is SOOO EASY..

same thing applies, why is ASIA JAYA LRT Station called ASIA JAYA? because there is a complex there that is called asia jaya ages ago (now ARMADA HOTEL). and was already a hotel (different name) before the LRT station was even planned.

for all those 'noble' anti-sharkfin activist, KNOW your soup, KNOW what you are saying, DO research and THINK before you go around shouting anti-this and anti-that.

in malaysia, there is almost no place selling sharkfin soup using real sharkfin. there is a few restaurants but most is not.

Hi Harold,

I understand that you Love Shark fin Soup, you have been promoting fake shark fin soup.My question to you, So when you attend a wedding banquet, would you assume the fin is fake n happily slurping it? you stated somewhere i read, you had confirm 3 restaurants is serving FAKE SFS, would you have conclusion on the fin soup you had is all fake?
you did mention that real fin soup would cost over rm 100 a bowl? are you sure on this? base on what?

Below, some pictures taken in Malaysia's wet market, as you will notice the fins are still attached n they are not expensive :
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=135094689845111&set=a.130557233632190.17195.115364818484765&theater
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=16585&id=115364818484765
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=89290814972&set=t.592858991
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150233416425481&set=t.592858991
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150233415515481&set=t.592858991
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=400115087171&set=t.592858991

This is the fins you are consuming, low grade fins from small n baby shark...
Where does the big fins goes?
singapore, hong kong n china!!!

I really dont think the fin soup you having in wedding banquet are really fake...
I assume you are not married n will not serve sfs on your wedding banquet (Thank you), lets say if you are not aware of this n will host ur wedding banquet.
Will you consider serving FAKE shark fin to your family, relative, business partner,friends, clients, customers n respective guests? Knowing that some may notice n talk behind you? paiseh leh...
If you attend a good reception dinner in some grand hotel, they would not serve fake stuff.
(I have no longer attend wedding serving Shark Fin Soup)

I m not sure if you are aware Malaysia is the top ten Shark Fin catcher/exporter in the world contributing of 2.9%?
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/01/30/shark.finning/index.html?hpt=Sbin

http://www.traffic.org/home/2011/1/27/shark-populations-dwindle-as-top-catchers-delay-on-conservat.html

Harold, are you a diver? do you concern about the no. of Sharks being harvest annually? will you please stop promoting Shark Fin Soup/Fake Shark Fin Soup?

Below me interviewing a chef/owner of a restaurant serving SFS :
http://thestaronline.tv/v/6090

If you go to Ming Tien for SFS, that i can confirm FAKE...

http://www.facebook.com/SharkFinCrisis

Cheers Buddy,
Kirk Lee
kirk__76@hotmail.com
http://thestaronline.tv/v/6404

vash_h · « **Reply #8 on:** March 14, 2011, 07:07:54 AM »

Quote from: syaz on March 13, 2011, 05:16:34 PM

again, u did say 'almost'. so there ARE really restaurants serving real sharkfin soup out there.

haih. anyway, i believe it's the shark fining these people including myself kecoh about. not the fake soup you've been consuming. hope that makes you feel better.

true.. its sad we cant get restaurants to fully stop serving sharksfin soup using real sharksfin. im ok.. its the red headed mr kirk here thats not really stable.. LOL

sadly, most of the sharks in the market is caught accidentally via trawl net fishing. along with it turtles, mola-molas. turtles you can throw it back to the sea as they are still alive.. but saldy for mola-molas or sharks.. they are dead by the time they found them and say 'good grief.. we got ourselves some sharks!"..

rather than having them throw dead carcass back to sea, which is pointless because they are already dead. the best way, is to stop all these mola-mola, sharks thing for GOOD such as stop the usage of trawl nets.. Also, many fishing boats trawl their net too close to sea bed (thus reef sharks) are caught. they are soooo destructive that they destroy corals as well. did you know how large those nets are? some are even larger than rugby fields..

Should we just back n watch? Save Our Sharks From A Bowl Of Soup (Malaysia)