Grandpa Fang’s Perfectly “Steamed” Whole Fish with Ginger and Soy Fish Sauce

PETER: There is a saying in China that Shanghai men make the best husbands. In Shanghainese, “ma da dao” means “shop, wash, cook.” We Shanghai men not only accompany our wives to shop, but also carry all their bags, help clean, and cook, oftentimes better than the wife. From what I noticed during my years in Shanghai, this stereotype is more accurate than false. Some say this is a result of societal changes at the end of the first Opium War, in the late 1800s. At this time,