Weird stuff I've eaten in Hong Kong

Chinese proverb -- "If its back is raised towards the sky, we'll eat it"

In no particular order!

1. Chicken feet dim sum .... yum slurping gelatinous 'meat' from webbed chicken-skinned toes
2. Turtle jelly ... the bit that holds the shells on to the meat ... meant to be good for you. Eaten cold as a dessert.
3. Braised fish maw ... erm ... jellied fish bloaty thing that helps the fish stay bouyant. Never again.
4. 100 year old egg ... egg preserved in horse pee ... tastes like 3 week old napies
5. Ducks' tongues ... look like ducks' tongues. Taste like them too by golly. Never again for these either.
6. Meat floss .. candy floss meats meet. Looks like someone's body hair you find in the bottom of the vacuum cleaner bag. Tastes like it too.
7. Cashew nut soup (warm) (dessert). Looks like sick.
8. Sea slug ... complete with prickles. Had to force it past my teeth. Had it today in fact ... hence this note. Don't like it AT all and I don't feel 100% right now.
9. Drunken crab ... right ... crab drowned in brandy and then eaten raw. Hmmm.
10. Dragon fruit .. pretty to look @ but tasteless.
11. Chinese soup ... cabbage leaf, meet some hot water. Hot water meet cabbage leaf. Sprinkle on some pepper. Hey presto = soup.


Stuff not yet tried:

1. Braised camel hump
2. Ovaries ... crab and frog = delicacy. Not for me it ain't.
3. Snake
4. Pig entrails
5. Shark fin & birds' nest soup