After being descaled, sun-dried and stored for a while, shark fin has little flavor of its own, and relies entirely on the sauce. This means the most important thing in a shark fin dish is what is cooked with it. When cooked together with such flavorsome foods as chicken, ham, abalone or pork, the shark fin couldn't taste bad if it tried.
經過磨沙、曝曬、儲藏多時的魚翅，已氾淡無味，全賴他種鮮汁以襯其美，因此，吃魚翅最重要是與之同煮的東西，雞、火腿、鮑魚、豬肉，許多鮮美食品來熬魚翅，魚翅想不好吃都難。