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At Beijing Zoo, don’t feed the animals (but feel free to eat one)
csmonitor ^
| May 20, 2010
| Peter Ford
Posted on 05/20/2010 10:16:50 AM PDT by JoeProBono
Beijing Hey kids, wanna go to the zoo today and look at the crocodiles? And then maybe eat one? The meat might be pungent, but the concept seems somewhat tasteless. The Beijing Zoo puts the same animals on its restaurant menu as it keeps behind bars. Crocodile, kangaroo, antelope, and hippopotamus are among the species that visitors can go the zoo to admire on the hoof, and then savor at lunch – steamed, braised, or roasted – at the Bin Feng Tang restaurant.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: beijing; china; jpb; restaurant; zoo
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Bi Feng Tang Restaurant Daily 11am-4am. No cards. Mei Shi Jie, Fang Cun (8159 0102)
Beijing Zoo Entrance
To: JoeProBono; tx_eggman
Now there’s a concept I can sink my teeth into.
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posted on
05/20/2010 10:18:09 AM PDT
by
SpinnerWebb
(In 2012 you will awaken from your HOPEnosis and have no recollection of this... "Constitution")
To: JoeProBono
I think this sounds like a truly wonderful, tasty opportunity!
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posted on
05/20/2010 10:18:14 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Hypocrisy: "Animal rightists" who eat meat & pen up pets while accusing hog farmers of cruelty.)
To: JoeProBono
I have always wanted to try Baked Panda...
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posted on
05/20/2010 10:21:25 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(The frog who rides on a scorpion should not be surprised when he last hears "it is my nature.")
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
05/20/2010 10:22:48 AM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: freedumb2003
Young and tender
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posted on
05/20/2010 10:23:54 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Actually Hippo meat seems a bit fatty to me, but would be interested in trying kangaroo... Only thing is it will probably taste like chicken...
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posted on
05/20/2010 10:28:05 AM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
To: BigEdLB
Hippo meat's less fatty when hung from a tree for a few weeks
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posted on
05/20/2010 10:30:57 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono; Slings and Arrows
Crocodile, kangaroo, antelope, and hippopotamus are among the species that visitors can go the zoo to admire on the hoof, and then savor at lunch I'm so hungry I could eat a hippo.
To: JoeProBono; Revolting cat!
To: JoeProBono
Cue Simpson’s pic of “The Food Chain.”
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posted on
05/20/2010 10:32:58 AM PDT
by
Repeat Offender
(While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy Saints surrounded)
To: a fool in paradise
Tree dried hippo is quite tasty.
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posted on
05/20/2010 10:33:03 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Hear about the Chinese couple that won tickets to the Broadway play Cats?
They thought the Playbill was a menu.
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posted on
05/20/2010 10:36:15 AM PDT
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys: Can't fly, can't ski, can't drive, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best.)
To: N. Theknow
BYOC
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posted on
05/20/2010 10:40:55 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha! Wouldn’t PETA just have a fit!
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posted on
05/20/2010 10:42:56 AM PDT
by
DallasDeb
(USAFA '06 Mom)
To: DallasDeb
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posted on
05/20/2010 10:54:28 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Sure, they say it's panda, but unless you're friends with the chef you'll just get cat.
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posted on
05/20/2010 11:01:00 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(I am so immune to satire that I ate three Irish children after reading Swift's "A Modest Proposal")
To: BigEdLB
I’ve had kangaroo and it’s not like chicken; more gamey.
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posted on
05/20/2010 11:02:04 AM PDT
by
Vor Lady
("Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." JFK)
To: KarlInOhio
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posted on
05/20/2010 11:04:12 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Disney has a seafood restaurant (Coral Reef) inside their Living Seas exhibit in Epcot.
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