Yam kung tenor justkung tenis a salad made with very small translucent freshwater shrimp. The novelty of this dish is that a spicy lime dressing is first placed at the bottom of a bowl, which is then filled to the brim with the live shrimp and closed off with a lid. When the lid is opened by an unsuspecting dinner guest, some of the small wriggling shrimp jump out of the bowl.Kung tenliterally means "dancing shrimp". Shaking the bowl mixes the live shrimp with the sour dressing which kills them