Buddha jumps over the wall

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Buddha jumps over the wall
Simplified:	佛跳墙
Traditional:	佛跳牆
Hanyu Pinyin:	fó tiào qiáng

"Buddha jumps over the wall" is an umbrella term for a type of highly complex Chinese soup or stew consisting of many ingredients of non-vegetarian origins and requiring one to two full days to create. The name reflects the appeal of the soup: it is said to be so enticing that even a vegetarian monk (Buddha) himself could not restrain himself and would sneak out of the monastery (literally "jump over the wall") to steal a taste. Talk about delicious.

A typical recipe includes many ingredients including quail eggs, bamboo shoots, scallop, abalone, shark fin, chicken, Jinhua ham, ginseng, mushrooms, and taro. When served in restaurants, the more expensive ingredients are emphasized to justify the lofty price normally charged for this soup.