A Yin-Yang dish that chefs refuse to cook (3 photos + 1 video)
Live Thai "jumping" shrimp, live octopus in restaurants - Asia is not surprised by such exotics, they buy them from street stalls. But there is a yin-yang dish that even chefs in China and Japan refuse to cook, although in fact it is a fish that is common throughout Asia. 
This is what this scandalous dish looks like
The wrong dish and should it exist
But what makes the Yin-Yang fish dish so controversial? The thing is that when served to the customer, the fish on the plate should be half alive, half dead. That is, it should still seem alive.
To do this, take a live carp and clean it of scales so that the meat is visible. And they clean it by wrapping the head of the fish in a wet towel so that it does not die completely.
But that's not all! After cleaning, they dip it in hot oil to cook it using the quick frying method. 
Flaying the fish during preparation
With this method, the head and eyes remain fresh, and the body looks cooked.
After frying, the fish is generously doused with sweet and sour sauce. When serving, the waiter puts on a show for the customer by dripping a little wine into the open mouth of the fish. This makes the mouth move, creating the illusion that the fish is alive.
The fish is dead, but some of its neurons are still active. When alcohol is poured into the mouth, these neurons are activated, causing the mouth to twitch and close. This is the same mechanism that causes lizard tails to twitch after they are torn off.
Here is an example of how it twitches weakly:
The dish was invented in China, Sichuan Province, about 30 years ago, then adopted as a fashionable dish in Taiwan.
Why They Refuse to Cook It
Chefs are categorically against serving the Yin-Yang Fish dish in their establishments, and netizens have called the dish cruel. Because if it attracts one person with such an "attraction", then a dozen at neighboring tables will experience horror and shock.
Many customers who accidentally saw the dish described it as shocking and disgusting. One customer even went so far as to ask the Chiayi City government to ban the serving of the Yin-Yang Fish dish.
It looks like the fish was grabbed by the head and dipped tail-first into lava
The city authorities shared this opinion and expressed their dissatisfaction with this dish. Faced with such criticism, a restaurateur in Chiayi removed the dish from the menu. So this is one of the rare dishes that even the administration has banned from cooking.
I wouldn't entice anyone to try it. It's one thing to eat dog meat from farms, and another to look at almost live fish fluttering on a plate. For the strong-willed.
