The Hufulou restaurant, located beside the Heidaohezi tiger reserve near the city of Hailin, had advertised stir-fried tiger meat with chilies for $98. Raw meat was priced at $864 per kilogram.
The sale of tiger parts is illegal in China and officers shut down the restaurant, only to be told by owner ...
Wait for iiiiit ...
that the meat was actually that of donkeys, flavored with tiger urine to give the dish a "special" tang.
See? Just donkey meat in tiger pee! Chah! And here you were all worried. Pass the vegetables, please. [via]
Which begs the question - who handed the tigers those little cups and did they have to stand there and help out?
Posted by: pops | September 18, 2005 at 01:47 PM
Oh well, at least there's no nouvelle cuisine BS of "rare Beijing donkey meat marinated in the finest feline juices and served with a 'special sauce'"!
I hate that when I'm trying to eat fake endangered species!
Is anyone else here reminded of the Matthew "Oops I Hit Her Again" Broderick/Marlon "The Jews Run Hollywood" Brando movie "The Freshman," which is also about the alleged consumption of endangered species?
Posted by: Anthony | September 20, 2005 at 05:44 AM