Tortoise jelly

Tortoise jelly

Tortoise jelly (Guilinggao) is available in some tea shops in China with big gold or silver pots. Called gwei ling to go in Cantonese, the genuine stuff is made from powdered tortoiseshell and can be as expensive as 300 HK dollars for a rice bowl's worth.

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