I bit the bullet tonight. We went to the Donghuamen Night Market. This is where all the really crazy food is! I mean until now I haven’t actually seen scorpions or bugs on skewers, but tonight that all changed. Add to that sheep penis, seahorse kabobs, lamb stomach or grilled dog and we are getting a feel for the stalls correct?
So if you are going to play your own game of Fear Factor here is where you could accomplish that. However we did not play Fear Factor. In fact it was what are you willing to try just to say you did. Stinky tofu anyone? It really did stink so I was not about to touch it. I mean a stench so bad that I can’t even imagine it being in my mouth! I did have some oysters on the half shell grilled up with garlic and chiles. I know I know not that daring, but I didn’t get them to be daring. I got them because they smelled and looked amazing, and they were.
My big adventure was the fried starfish on a skewer. So there I am, with what looks like a magic wand and decide it can go one of two ways. First it just wouldn’t go down. Or it could go down and actually be good. It smelled like walking on fisherman’s warf, and not in a good way.
Crunchy. Then inside texturally I don’t even know how to start describing it. Taste well there wasn’t much taste to it, a little salty. It wasn’t bad but it wasn’t great. So I figure that I came out ahead and after eating three of the five legs I was over it. Proud of myself for leaving the comfort zone and eating something like that, not that I will again anytime soon.
I finished the night off with some great pork and vegetable dumplings. Much more filling and delicious.
Ooh, speaking of delicious though. Being a tea drinker I am in heaven here. So far my favorite is a black tea with jasmine. All the tea is loose leaf here (unless you get the Lipton that is available back home ) and so the flavor is just amazing. So I finish this as the water boils and I pour a cup.
Tomorrow, the wall, I know you know how pumped I am for this!
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