Gui Ling Gao was also known as Tortoise Jelly or Turtle Jelly, is a jelly like chinese medicine, also sold as a dessert. It was traditionally made from the powdered plastron (bottom shell) from the turtle cuora trifasciata (commonly known as "three lined box turtle", or "golden coin turtle") and a variety of herbal products, in particular, china roots smilax glabra (tu fu ling). Although the golden coin turtle is commercially farmed in modern china, it is extremely expensive. Therefore even when turtle derived ingredients are used in commercially available Gui Ling Gao, they come from other, more commonly available, turtle species.
If you have never tasted Gui Ling Gao before, it tastes a bit herbal. You can select hot or cold. If you are afraid of herbal taste, then go for the cold one. It basically has a jelly texture. If you like sweet, you can add honey over it. It is nice, lighter and smoother when you are eating it.
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