11 Aug 04 A Snake snack

The other day someone asked me if I have ever eaten a snake. “Yes”, I replied. “How was the taste like?”. “It did not have any taste or rather it tasted of the spices it was cooked in. The meat was grainy.”
Here is the “Dragon(snake) and Pheonix(chicken)” dish that I tried at a snake farm in Guangdong, South China.

Reader's Comments

1. Nirmalya | 11 Aug 2004 11:36 pm

   Looking at the snake skin, I’d assume the snake it migt feel rubbery, right?

   Your post reminded me of Anthony Bourdain’s travels around Cambodia & Vietnam, being aired on Discovery, last month. For not not-faint-hearted, there’s a video clip of him eating the still-beating heart of a cobra at http://www.anthonybourdain.com/frame.asp?id=23

2. Nirmalya's blog | 12 Aug 2004 6:22 am

   Food That Makes You Strong!
   A recent post on Preetam Rai’s blog reminded me of Anthony Bourdain’s travels around Cambodia & Vietnam, being aired on Discovery Travel & Adventure last month. Apparently, eating the still-beating…

3. Preetam Rai | 12 Aug 2004 11:59 am

   Actually, there isn’t much meat but lot of spines. You just clean the meat off the spines. But I guess a fatter snake (like maybe Python)might be more fleshy and rubbery.

4. kitkat | 17 Apr 2008 5:59 pm

   wow that is weird
   i dont think that i have the guts to try it!!
   lol

5. natcha | 30 Nov 2008 4:35 pm

   snake is one of my favorites(dish)! =D

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