In China

[neilsfishing]

Culinary delights to date
Duck stomach
Some form of male animal manhood possibly donkey or bull
Cartilage from chickens
Turtle
Small bird sparrow size inc feet and beak

[biglepton]

Well there's a lot of them isn't there? If they didn't eat absolutely every last bit of every animal there wouldn't be enough to go round.

[Anna_S]

neilsfishing said:

Culinary delights to date
Duck stomach
Some form of male animal manhood possibly donkey or bull
Cartilage from chickens
Turtle
Small bird sparrow size inc feet and beak

Is this speaking from experience?

Bringing back some great memories here, you forgot chickens heads and chickens feet, cows stomach, pigs tails etc..

[neilsfishing]

I am in china at the moment

[lingus75]

Dog meat - Enables you to lick your own balls?

[neilsfishing]

just had tong and stomach of cow
which isn’t bad but what I cant understand is when you have chicken, its like its been run over by a truck, smashed with a hammer, chopped cooked and served, why cant they just cook it, shards of bone doesn’t do it for me

Edited by neilsfishing on Monday 10th March 14:59

[Wadeski]

Chinese like to chew on things and spit them out...all the meat i had in small restaurants in china was of that variety, chewing meat of little bones gets pretty annoying!. Some of it was bloody tasty though

whereabouts in China are you?

[neilsfishing]

Yibin Sichuan

[Wadeski]

lucky devil, i would be up to my ears in fish-fragrant aubergines, ma po tofu, and chilli fried kidneys every lunchtime

have you had hotpot yet?

[neilsfishing]

I was hear 15 years ago so its not new, in this remote city there is now some western food, but "when in Rome" Yes I have had hot pot a couple of times it is good, but when at home I cook lots of deferant foods I have 14 days left hear faced with 1 boiled and 1 fried egg for brekfast

[Bebs]

I had the sparrow on Hong Kong with Chinese clients. Apparently very special to be offered it... when lovely with the Chateau Lafite 1982 and Chateau Mouton-Rothschild 1982!

[JakeR]

I was told by a Chinese guy that Guangzhou area is most famed for disgusting foods.

The worst he knew of is now banned.

Apparently, they would strap a live monkey to the table in front of each diner. chop the top off its head and then you could eat the brains, a bit like you might eat a giant creme egg, only a bit more sick and that.

[neilsfishing]

had a chili dish today it consisted of red chilies i think they were dried to start combined with some fresh green ones VERY HOT it will be Def Con 4 tomorrow

[neilsfishing]

TVR Moneypit said:

Neil, do you have any idea how / if it is possable to export a RHD car out to mainland China for permanant personal use? (excluding diplomats).

Sorry no

I have managed to talk my way in to the kitchen and will be making potato onion rosti trying to locate some rosemary, capers, lemongrass, and asparagus for a chicken dish if anyone knows the chingwa for rosemary and capers please advise
Thanks
Neil

[Daisy Duke]

JakeR said:

I was told by a Chinese guy that Guangzhou area is most famed for disgusting foods.

The worst he knew of is now banned.

Apparently, they would strap a live monkey to the table in front of each diner. chop the top off its head and then you could eat the brains, a bit like you might eat a giant creme egg, only a bit more sick and that.

I heard about that too, as well as live rat embryos dipped in wine.

Funnily enough, considering what strange things they'll eat, apparently some things are beyond even the Chinese. On our first night in HK, MOH and I went into this locals restaurant and ordered by pointing at things. When stuff started to turn up, Phil (OH) decides to start on the slices of meat that were on a bed of frozen rice noodles - thinking they were some sort of carpaccio. The looks of the other diners (a mixture of amusement and disgust) told us something was wrong - then the pan of boiling sauce we were meant to cook it in turned up! There was no mistaking the pigeon though, complete with its beak!