Oh, and eating dog meat in China can get you in jail for up to 15 days. but then it’s China, no one really follow the rules…

For me, I think eating dog and cats is simply horrible. (I’m Cantonese, from Hong Kong. I have never seen or eat dog meat in my entire life, and I hope to stay that way.) I pretty much agree with everything Ian said above. and I believe every culture eat somethings that’s un-think of for another culture anyway.

Although it’s a little unsettling from a Western point-of-view, the only reason we object to it is because we’re used to keeping dogs as pets. If we kept chickens or pigs as pets more commonly, I suspect we’d feel differently! Plus, the set of animals that are “edible” vs the set of animals that are “pets” isn’t just different in China either. We are somewhat hypocritical for objecting to people eating dogs when we eat cows, which is pretty much an affront to Hinduism and banned in most of India, and pigs, which are considered dirty in Islamic countries. Not to mention eating meat at all is verboten in plenty of belief systems.

While I find myself objecting to other cultural values when they mistreat women or homosexuals and suppress rights or free speech, I can’t find a logical objection to choosing what set of animals you might find on your plate. For me, a case of “live and let live” applies here, I think.

Umm, so far in China? I think I liked the fried noodles for breakfast, it was tasty. And cheap. Also the steam bread, which had a filling you could choose. Read bean (sweet) was good. Peanuts (sweet) too. They also had vegetables and chicken, etc. All for the price of 1 Yuan!

Dumplings and dim sum were good, but I didn’t find many dim sum (I think they are more popular in other provinces). Now in Vietnam… I’ll answer that when I get to Vietnam

What’s the best thing you’ve eaten so far?