(Freeze the heads, tails and shells to make shrimp stock, for another dish.) Slice the Chinese kale stem into rounds about 5mm ( ¼in) thick. Cut the baby corn into 1cm (7/16in) pieces.
Buy larger shrimp, even though they are more expensive, because peeling smaller ones will take even longer. Instead of the usual white bread, I buy fried yau ja gwai, or Chinese dough sticks ...