We ate two dinners at this restaurant that happens to serve snake. Restaurants that serve snake have to obtain permission from the Chinese government for a permit. The snakes are caught in the wild.
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The restaurant appeared to be on the water. |
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The snakes were kept in these cages. Xixi, our guide told us that the more poisonous the snake the better it tastes. |
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Which one looks good to you? |
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Xixi asked this restaurant employee to select a 5-step snake for us. It's called a 5-step snake because you are only supposed to live for 5 more steps if the snake bites you. |
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Here the restaurant employee removes the snakes entrals. |
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He also saved some of the blood. |
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Some of the food they served us was quite pretty. |
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Xixi enjoys a piece of snake. |
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Xixi dipped her snake into a small cup of the snake's blood. |
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The dark colored food on the square dish is snake skin. They prepared the snake skin and served it on a bed of noodles. |
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News at 11:00. Man bites snake! |
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The remains of a meal of snake. |
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Like many restaurants in China they keep much of the food alive until it is needed. The tank on the lower left pictured here contains largemouth bass. |