Fresh dead rat meat in the market !

[radiochaser]

11 hours ago, PoorSucker said:

BBQ, the ribs was so tiny that you eat the bones. Crunchy

Dry rub BBQ or wet BBQ?   I prefer wet.

[SE23inPhuket]

On 11/7/2024 at 12:34 PM, Scouse123 said:

 

Please tell us where rat meat is so widely eaten across Asia?

 

Apart from Cambodia when it was having a really tough time, I don't know of anywhere TBH

Certainly 3-4 years ago there were  substantial exports of rats from Cambodia to Vietnam, and I mean urban rats not the rice paddy variety. You would see guys with head torches hunting them at night in PP. Maybe things have changed

[The Old Bull]

On 11/6/2024 at 9:34 PM, Scouse123 said:

 

Please tell us where rat meat is so widely eaten across Asia?

 

Apart from Cambodia when it was having a really tough time, I don't know of anywhere TBH

I have eaten rat meat in Indonesia not the ground hog but the real thing. Small bits on meat on a skewer , real tough but the sauce was good.

[jacko45k]

14 hours ago, Crossy said:

I did actually enjoy working in India and retain many Indian friends.

Well done, I admire your tolerance and easy nature. 

Place did my head in!

[carlyai]

Years ago (maybe still?) outside Lupini park in Banggers, had a guy selling snakes blood. 

Just a quick shot and off to work you go.

Met a guy on a course who kept snakes for food. Said the snake penis was great as well as the snake venom. Gave a real high he said, but one had to increase the dose slowly.

He looked a bit like a snake too. Darker oily skin. Yuck!

[Crossy]

7 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Well done, I admire your tolerance and easy nature. 

Place did my head in!

 

It helps a lot that as a Brit I like cricket and one of my colleagues was a member of Bangalore Cricket Club.

 

This had two bonuses, I got to watch IPL matches for a very small fee (OK I had to buy him dinner) and we could drink beer whilst watching which the masses could not.

 

Bangalore was pretty ok, Hyderabad too, but I hated Mumbai and to a lesser extent Delhi. The less said about Kolkata the better, but the taxi ride to the airport is a story in itself 🙂  

 

 

[ravip]

On 11/6/2024 at 12:09 PM, Michael196055 said:

Staying in Pattaya now for a month and not sure if this is the place to 
pick for my retirement,
A dead rate at the entrance of the market, next almost being hit by a motor bike INSIDE the market.
And the roaring, thundering noise of scooters and BIG motorbikes all around Pattaya is scaring me ever time when they pass me with high speed, is deafening and annoying.
In the late afternoon or early evening, it is not enjoyable walking alongside the beach road at Jomtien.

Staying in Pattaya now for a month and not sure if this is the place to 
pick for my retirement,

 

You are right. Don't even think about it!

If not, you will end up joining the team that keeps complaining about every thing and anything eternally. Thai bashing will be the norm.

Enjoy your stay (if that is possible) and go back home to your normal comforts.

[Ben Zioner]

On 11/7/2024 at 11:03 AM, PoorSucker said:

I've eaten rat in Thailand, rice field rat from Isaan

Yep, my wife's nickname is Noona, but she is only mildly interested in receiving oral sex. 

 

 

But that could be me..