I ate at several “real” chinese restaurants when I was in hong kong and I told the chinese guy I went and worked with, “do NOT tell me what it is”, unless I really like it, THEN tell me..for the most part, it all wasn’t bad until I got to the fish stomachs, and it was everything I could do to avoid spewin on the table..the taste was ok, but the consistency, in my opinion, was horrible..
I’ve heard stories where they cut the top of the head off a live monkey and people eat the brain. This could be just a Viet Nam War story people talked about to pass the time, although Ray Liotta eat his own Brain in a horror film. Later on in an intervieew on the “VIEW” he commented that it tasted like chicken.
I’ve eaten fresh Live Oysters plucked right out of the ocean on many occasions and just loved the fresh succulent taste. I must admit if I had never tried it at a restaurant, eating Oysters would have been a little intimidating if I hadn’t known other people also ate them.
I’ve heard there’s a place in Asia called “Snake Alley” where you can buy a live snake. They string it up with a lasso at the head and drain the blood, which people drink like a shot of Whiskey.
Culture and Customs have dictated many strange eating habits in different places of the world, maybe eating a live snake is not that uncommon some where on this crazy planet Earth.