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Rainbow said:

Looks delish...for me, I would rather have shrimp. I'm not that fond of fish.
Tinng, are you sure that it's Alocasia odora? As far as I know none of the parts of this elephant ear is edible. We have Colocasia esculenta (taro) and do eat the leaves after removing the toxins. The bulb/tuber is great simmered in coconut milk as well as in soups.

I know it's called bac ha in Vietnamese. It's in the same family as taro but not taro. This plant doesn't have any toxin. You can substitute shrimps for fish. However, we usually cook shrimps with water spinach in a different version of hot and sour soup.