So gross, but so good.

Since being in China, a lot of friends back home ask me if they serve weird things in restaurants. Things like eyeballs (mostly from fish) and dog meat (mostly served in northern China). The answer is yes, yes they do. Aside from the animal parts that would make most Western people squirm, Chinese people also love things with a gelatinous texture; sea cucumbers, jellyfish, chicken feet, and tendon. I'm not really fond of the gelatinous texture myself, although D loves it and will happily devour a plate of jellyfish while I vomit under the table.

However, there is one thing that I've come to love. Something that I never would have touched back in Canada. Chicken knees. Basically, chicken knees deep fried with hot chili peppers is my most favourite thing these days. Since it's cartilage you can't actually eat it; you just sort of chew all the fat off and then spit out the hard cartilage. Gross, right? I totally would have thought so a year ago. But now? Now I have dreams of eating chicken knees.