In many countries, food delicacy has played a main attraction to the tourism sector. As we all know, delicacies like monkey brain, goose liver and bear paw has been known to be the most exquisite and expensive dining meals. It has also long been link mythically that by consuming these foods, we might gain super natural powers or lead a successful life.
In Vietnam, the monkey brain is very famous. The preparation for the dish is simple. The live monkey will be locked in a cage while is skull is carefully sawed by a miniature chainsaw. This has to be done slowly so it will not spill the brains. As it has a clean circumference cut, the dish is served. People will scope the life monkey brain to be eaten. I truly wonder how people digest the raw brains sliding down their throat.
In France, the goose liver is also considered as an exquisite meal. I’ve once went to a famous French restaurant and surprisingly the meal for the goose liver cost me RM1000 plus. So I wondered, how did the goose liver came about to be an exquisite dish. After some internet searches, I was shocked to find out that the goose was actually forced to eat till death just to make their liver grow fatter. They force down a tube to flow synthetic food to rapidly expand the liver. The hormone imbalance caused by the food makes the gooses to be very sick and unhealthy.
The term delicacy usually relates to the rareness of the dish. I understand now why it is expensive for these meals to be prepared. I know for sure I do not want to eat a hormone unbalance goose liver or a live monkey brain. It is too cruel to watch and to consume.
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