Comments on: Slurp Chinese Snake Soup in Hong Kong

By: Annette White

Annette White — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 05:11:48 +0000

In reply to Wrabbit007. I thought it looked pretty good too! I just ate bugs in Thailand, not a fan :)

By: Wrabbit007

Wrabbit007 — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:37:27 +0000

To me, this soup looks delicious! I’m totally a fan of trying new foods wherever I go (except bugs – especially spiders – I draw the line at things I squish in my house…) Even if the meat HAD looked ‘snakish’ I still would have been all over that! :)

By: Annette White

Annette White — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:09:17 +0000

In reply to Stephanie. It would have been a completely different experience if I could actually tell that the snake was a snake ;) Hamburger-style sounds pretty tasty!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:35:58 +0000

Mmmmmm That looks yummy…. When I was in Vietnam I had a snake soup that was pretty good, but it was homemade rather than purchased at a restaurant so the snake had been cut in to pretty large sections. You could definitely tell what you were eating! It was a big snake, so they had also taken some of it and chopped it up bones and all in to a kind of hamburger meat consistency, fried it up with some lemongrass, and we ate it with shrimp crackers. It was delicious! As far as the soup, though, I think I would have liked to trade my bowl for yours :-)

By: mezzo

mezzo — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:27:41 +0000

Asia have the most amazing food

By: Annette White

Annette White — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 02:07:47 +0000

In reply to Andi of My Beautiful Adventures. LOL! I completely understand :)

By: Andi of My Beautiful Adventures

Andi of My Beautiful Adventures — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:49:43 +0000

No haven't tried it and I don't think I could even if I was paid haha!

By: Annette White

Annette White — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:06:21 +0000

In reply to Juliann. That's hilarious!! I think it would have been freakier if they hadn't shredded the snake in the soup.

By: Juliann

Juliann — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:02:30 +0000

Oh my. Just this morning I was going through some of my son's things and found a rubber snake on the floor. It terrified me so much that I couldn't even pick it up to throw it away. I had to get a broom, a dustpan and a paper bag and still trambled all the way out to the garbage can.
Despite my overwhelming fear of snakes, believe it or not, I have eaten snake. In Germany. The host family I was staying with as a teenager fed it to me as a joke. As I recall, it didn't taste half bad, but if I'd had any inkling of what I was putting in my mouth, I would have fainted. (Now I'm wondering if maybe they didn't like me????) :)

By: Annette White

Annette White — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:04:35 +0000

In reply to Mike. I actually had never encountered snake soup before, until Hong Kong. I actually might even get another bowl if I ever venture back.