Duck's head

Duck's head is a Chinese snack made by adding spices and herbs to a stir-fried head of duck. It is a popular dish in many parts of China, including Wuhan and Shanghai. One duck's head store claims that the snack "helps your own brain power". It has a crispy taste and is written to be a healthy food with no known health drawbacks.[citation needed] Kellie Schmitt of CNN describes duck's head as one of "Shanghai's weirdest foods". Duck's head is not a modern invention; one specialty restaurant, Dongshan Duck's Head (Chinese: 东山鸭头), has been around for generations. According to Pang Xijing, who is the owner of a Wuhan-based duck's head eating establishment, the snack is prepared by first leaving frozen duck heads under running water for some three hundred and sixty minutes, before stir-frying the heads with some herbs and spices. The Shanghai-based Jiu Jiu Ya makes duck's head by stewing the heads "in a potent mix of 30 Chinese herbs and barley rice". Duck's head is described to have a crispy taste – a result of the stir-frying.