Long Iing Chao Xia

1 sampled this well-known dish at the renowned Lou Wai Lou restaurant, on the shores of Hangzhou’s West Lake. I have heard about this dish since I was a child: freshwater prawns stir-fried and uniquely flavoured by the legendary Long Jing (Dragon Well) teas of Zhejiang province. Connoisseurs of Chinese tea regard Dragon Well as the finest. The leaves of this green tea are prepared in a complex process that avoids fermentation. The best quality leaves are picked before the spring rains fa