Eating My Way Through Asia

OR A LIST OF ALL THE TASTY, INTERESTING BITS I HAVE HAD IN CHINA

• fried scorpions


• donkey meat


• Bacon stuffed with red bean paste, then fried in batter and dusted with sugar


• Chicken feet*


• Pig ear*


• Chicken kidney


• Chicken heart


• Rabbit head
  
  
  
  • Brain
  
  
  • Tongue
  
  
  • Palate
  
  
  • Cheek
  
  
  • Eyeball


• Sheep stomach*


• Sheep intestine*


• Sheep congealed blood*


• Chicken "soft bone"


• Sheep feet


• Pig feet


• Shrimp head*


• Noodles that are the consistency of Jell-o

* I had this food at a Chinese wedding in Da Tong. Rarer parts of the animal (i.e. internal organs, eyeballs, etc) are considered more special, so they are the main attraction at special occasions, like weddings.