Two much-loved ingredients combine to make this delightful salad. Curiously, however, the Chinese have not totally embraced salads as has the West. This reluctance to accept uncooked foods is rooted in hygiene, as raw food has always been considered unsafe. In today's China, there are still comparatively few salads as we know them abroad, but in Hong Kong, Singapore and wherever else the Chinese have settled, salad dishes of this type find ready acceptance.
