^ Lol 10 Bucks? wtf. Seems like a profitable undertable business. :p

its like 23HKD which is around $3

i run on the idea of supply on demand :D

can someone confirm that this is permanently gone???????????

My mom got me a can from a shop in Chinatown somewhere along Pender and Gore to Pender and Main -I don't know the name. You have to ask for it as it is hidden behind the counter. Sells for $3.xx and the production date on my can is Aug. 13, 2009 with an expiry date of Aug. 12, 2012.

Dont know what the big deal is when u can get a big bucket of fresh dace from tnt for less than 5 bux. Buy some dou sei and it's at least 5 times the size of that puny can.

this shit owns with instant noodles... mmmmm yuuuuum

You guys are bastards, now I must have some ...

Sounds like you've never eaten this stuff before - you're missing out. :D

OK, HERE IS THE MISSION, YOU WILL BE BANNED IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO ACCEPT IT...

Those in this thread, if they happen to be shopping, and happen to catch cans of this dace fish w/ black bean in oil. must:

1) take a picture of the can
2) take note of its price, preferably with the picture of the can
3) take note of its location, where you saw it, and rough idea of how many is left
4) date in which you saw this.
5) post all ur findings on RS.

^ Do we get a Free Avatar Upgrade :lol

Good shit, I requested my aunt's "gung yan" to open a can up for me every night when I was back in HK this past summer.


But AFAIK (or what I heard on the radio years back), Canada banned the importation of it, since it no longer met the revised Canada regulations/requirements for food imports.
It exists elsewhere, just not in Canada.
(if the above has already been mentioned, sorry - I haven't been following this thread until now... it really is EPIC FOOD FOR WINNERS)

The black bean fried dace are ban from export in China, because the high level of malachite green. This product will not be available anywhere in the world (except China and Hong Kong) for at least another 4-5 years.

For the people who use to love this canned black bean dace fish like me, it is now back. They are selling it at Chinatown. I just had a can for dinner tonight.

Edit: It cost about 3 something a can now compared to under a dollar back then. Will try to get picture. Before I posted this I didn't even see the "mission" !SG proposed.

^ I need confirmation, been thinking about this stuff lately...

When I went to HK, my aunt gave me a dozen because I mentioned that it was pretty expensive here. I still have about 6 cans haha. So good with steamed rice.

can you be more specific where in chinatown please

This shit is so good, I still remember what it tasted like. I haven't had it for so many years after the ban.

It's between the place that sells BBQ meat and dried traditional medicines. :rofl:

i my dad stocked up every time he comes back from hk/guangzhou, just got a 12 cans this summer (must eat me very slowly)

There appears to be a replacement for the Dace fish.

I bought a can of fried sardines with black bean at Teng's Supermarket on Victoria, and it tasted 90% similar to the Dace with black beans.

It was in a blue can, with white text IIRC.

lol ^i bought the exact can from the exact location awhile back.

I remember the dace is so fried that you can even eat the bones.

now that's GHETTO...

^ You can eat the bones in canned salmon, sardines, mackerel etc.

How is that ghetto? You get more calcium too.

http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/...IMG_0577-1.jpg
The black bean can is the one on the right hand side with the red chinese characters. The can on the left side is apparently a fried fish with no black bean. I have yet to open the can to verify what the difference is.

http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/...IMG_0578-1.jpg

If I go to the store again next time I will take a picture of the store and the price of each can.

^meh yah have been eating this for over 15 years...always had plenty supply in vancouver though..my parents never had trouble buying it here...hmmm

yes its best with steamed rice..and you must have the black beans!