Originally Posted by barefootflying
I was in Shanghai about two months ago. A few business associates took me on a walking tour around the city. We stopped by a street vendor selling kabob-like meats on sticks. They were sort of like the satay that Singapore Airlines serve. I had several of them. Beef and lamb, as I was told.
Rule 1 when travelling overseas, follow the locals. Generally if whatever's being cooked is being eaten by the locals, it can't be too bad. I had Rat when I was in KUL a few years back, and I'm not dead... yet
Today I saw the news on MSNBC about vendors in China using stray cat meat disguised as lamb...
Not as uncommon as you think. Meat substitution is fairly common throughout most third world localities. While in the Phillipines I once queried a vendor as to what meat I was eating to be told "Not sure, whatever we caught yesterday".
One of the vendors look very similar to the one I ate from.
Oh my god, oh my god
I've never seen two Chinese people that look similar. That'd gotta be him !
/sarcasm
Should I go see my doctor on Monday and get myself examined?
I wouldn't bother, personally, just chalk it up as an experience.