Squirrel Mandarin Fish is the magnum opus from Huaiyang(Suzhou, Yangzhou) cuisine, This exquisite fish dish is very good in shape, color, flavor and taste. It's also a well-known Chinese disd at home and overseas.

The oldest documented age for Cooking of Squirrel Fish is more than 1,400 years in Sui Dynasty, The Emperor Tang of Sui order the chef to made special meals as all visited places during his whirlwind tour of south China. The Yangzhou is rich in fish by a picturesque lakes setting surround by hill.

The chef was catered a sweet and sour sauce with local ingredients, a fried & finely cut fish hisses when the hot suace was thrown on it, the particular & strange 'hisses' just like a characteristic call of a squirrel, So local people named this to Squirrel Fish. nowadays, this cooking could with many kind of fishes, such as carp, crucian, grouper, etc. The Squirrel Mandarin Fish is most delicious and popular for many people.

Source: beijing-travels.com