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The main reason I'm blogging about this subject matter this week is because my wonderful brother Jason, (author of the comical blog comments) is gallivanting through the wine country of France and will not be able to comment on this one. It's not that I don't LOVE his comments, it's just that this Blog may not be kosher.
Last week I strolled into a street market in the neighborhood of Wan Chai. Wan Chai was described to me as the Meat Packing district of NYC. It's currently going through a re-gentrification. At night, people venture to Wan Chai to visit new bars, restaurants, and some of the hottest clubs. Some people also go to visit the strippers, prostitutes, and various massage parlors. As most of you know I'm usually fast asleep by midnight so you don't have to worry about me visiting Wan Chai for this scene.
The Wan Chai market has a little bit of everything. You can pick up an umbrella for when it starts to down pour out of no where, underwear since your washer/dryer takes an entire day to dry anything, veggies, (yes mom I found cucumbers for less than $3.50 USD.) and of course fish and meat.
You want it, they have it! The market has everything from pigeon to pig hooves. Our friend who was visiting this weekend from NYC tried the pigeon and said it tastes similar to duck. He also tried the turtle jelly. Enough said.
The market has live chickens in cages. You can pick out which chicken you want and the man will just chop its head off and prepare it for you to take home and cook for dinner. A friend from college who lives here told me it's probably fresher than what we buy at the market. The sad thing is he's probably right!
A guy I met at a party this weekend, showed me the menu from a restaurant he had eaten at in China. They served cat, dog, and donkey intestines. You can't get that stuff in Hong Kong, or can you? From the looks of it you can get some kind of animal tail. You can definitely say Hong Kong has something for everyone, even for me...as long as it doesn't come from this market!
They must have a Kosher section. Is dog or cat Kosher? Remind me to pack my own food when I visit..
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Mom
Where is the Falafel stand?
ReplyDeletewow! that is a long ass tail in that last picture. get it? ass tail? haha. also, remember to shampoo that. it probably has ass flu.
ReplyDeleteIf Jordan were to see the pics in this blog he'd say " stop with the pictures.... You're making me hungry"
ReplyDeleteMy favorite blog yet! Miss you a ton! Don't get ass flu.
I think I threw up a little. Sounds like you're having a blast!
ReplyDeleteOh those look great for some broth! I know coleen would approve..send me some! I am loving your bloggin girl you are a traveling star.
ReplyDeleteThanks for doing this while J is away...I can only imagine his blog reply!
ReplyDeleteThis is like watching the Travel Channel with Anthony Bourdain and Andrew Zimmern. As a vegaquarian, I'll have to take a pass on these exotic foods.
True story: When I was very young I was on a city bus with my mother and a woman entered the bus with a live chicken that she had just bought at the market. The chicken fought its way out of the bag and pandamonium ensued. No live chickens for sale at markets here for the last 50 years. China is both futuristic and medieval in its ways, and you dear Marisa are teaching us all about it with great photos and humour.So,please keep on blogging.
ReplyDeleteLoving your blogging. This one is definitely helping to curb my appetite, I will recommend it to my fellow Weight Watchers!
ReplyDeletei bet the peking duck is fresh....
ReplyDeleteI think that's either a lion tail or a giraffe tail. Don't worry, we don't eat that. We only use them for sweeping. Perfect brooms.
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