Families in China are gathering again for communal meals featuring the whole fish, a boost for fish-bone clinics that specialize in getting diners off the hook. It’s an experience many Asian communities around the world share.
Yu Yuan, an interior designer from the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, is still bewildered by her encounter with a mandarin fish at the family dinner she hosted in December.
Tucking into the fish, braised whole in soy sauce as locals prefer, Ms. Yu felt a small bone catch in her throat. She swallowed mouthfuls of barely chewed rice and bread on her husband’s advice in a bid to dislodge the bone, but that only succeeded in making it stick deeper.
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