The heritage inventory names silver shrimp as the raw material for shrimp paste and shrimp-paste blocks. Small shrimp become the base of a concentrated ingredient, linking the product to coastal fishing and the use of marine resources.
From the journal
Shrimp Paste Making in Hong Kong’s Islands
Hong Kong’s intangible-heritage inventory describes shrimp paste made from silver shrimp, salt, fragmentation and sunning—a small catch transformed into a lasting ingredient.
In this district · Islands ↗Silver shrimp as the starting point
Fragment, salt and sun
The recorded method combines fragmentation with edible salt and sunning. These steps transform silver shrimp into preserved paste or blocks. Shrimp paste is an ingredient that carries seafood flavour into other cooking.
A maritime food tradition
Shrimp paste is listed among fishing-related heritage in the Islands District, alongside salted fish, fishing nets and stilt-house construction. A specific ingredient and process sit within a wider food culture shaped by work at sea and preserving the catch.