Raziel Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 quote:Crouching tiger, hidden donkey Chinese restaurant shut down, fined for spiked dish Updated: 12:30 p.m. ET Sept. 8, 2005 BEIJING - The cat is out of the bag at a restaurant in northeast China that had been serving donkey meat spiked with tiger urine in pricey dishes advertised as endangered Siberian tigers. Local media in Heilongjiang province got wind that the restaurant was offering stir-fried dishes and medicinal liquor made from tiger meat and bones, sparking local police and health inspectors to pounce, the China Daily said on Thursday. ÔÇ£After inspection, the owner confessed that the so-called tiger meat was donkey meat that had been dressed with tiger urine to give the dish a ÔÇÖspecialÔÇÖ flavor,ÔÇØ the newspaper said. Story continues below ↓ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- advertisement -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The restaurant had been charging as much as 800 yuan ($100) a dish for the illegal, ÔÇ£rareÔÇØ fare, tapping into traditional Chinese belief that tiger meat has aphrodisiacal properties. The restaurant was shut down and fined and the director of the nearby Hengdaohezi Siberian Tiger Park, ChinaÔÇÖs largest center for breeding the highly endangered animals, reassured the public there was no way meat from its big cats had made its way to the dinner table, the newspaper said. Only a few hundred Siberian tigers are believed to be alive in the wild in their native habitats of northern China, southern Russia and parts of North Korea. The report did not explain where the tiger urine had come from or how it was collected. It truly is a wierd wierd world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkling Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 quote:Originally posted by Raziel: [QB] The report did not explain where the tiger urine had come from or how it was collectedFrom his brother, you know, the one named Tiger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Cmdr Posted September 13, 2005 Report Share Posted September 13, 2005 LMAO!! Man oh man, wonders never cease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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