These included "fish souls," made from the lips cut from live sturgeon; "Xi Shi's bosom," made with white fat from pufferfish bellies and named after a famous beauty; and the "gold soup and jade slices" served by Mrs. Song outside Qiantang Gate, which comprised a thick wild rice stem soup and sliced raw common carp and crucian carp.
有將活鱘魚唇割下製作的「魚魂」，以河豚腹內腴白調理的「西施乳」，錢塘門外宋五嫂以菰為羹，以鯉鯽為膾的「金羹玉膾」。