We just had the "specialty" of Longshen restaurants: Bamboo chicken. First I was disappointed that the bamboo mouse as listed on the menu was currently unavailable. But once I got my "chicken" I was immediately delighted not to have ordered the mouse.Basically, the entrepreneurial spirit of Longshen rice farmers has taken their approach to gastronomy to a whole new level.
They kill the chickens and take all the good meat (wings, breasts, etc.) for themselves. The remains, rather than being disposed of, then get shredded, stuffed into bamboo tubes, smoked over unhealthy coal fires and sold to dumb enough foreign tourists as a "specialty" at exorbitant prices! Nice business model.
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BBQ-ed Iguanna is sometimes called gallina de palo, "Bamboo Chicken" or "chicken of the tree". Are you shure you wern't eating lizzard, considering the meat quality? Ive had alligator, it has a chicken texture with a gamie taste. Just curious if you haven't allready looked into it.
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