2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
In Vietnam, in addition to dog meat, cat meat has also recently become a delicacy, informs AFP. According to the manager of a restaurant in the city of Hanoi - To Van Dung, many people order cat meat because it is something new and different and are curious to try its taste.
The chefs explain the technology for cooking meat, but also share that it is not as much in demand as dog meat, which is very popular and consumed in China.
According to most Vietnamese, eating cat meat can bring them great luck, especially if consumed at the beginning of the lunar month.
Tradition dictates that dog meat be consumed at the end of the lunar month. According to people who have tried both cat and dog meat, the two Vietnamese delicacies are very different in taste.
In fact, cat meat is banned for consumption in Vietnam, and the purpose of the ban is to preserve cats, which are so valuable in hunting mice.
The restaurant explains that in fact they do not have any problems with the authorities and there are days when more than a hundred customers in the restaurant order unusual meat.
The restaurant supplies the cat from producers and suppliers who offer meat of no apparent origin, assuming that the meat comes from Thailand or Laos.
It is very rare to find a cat on the streets of Hanoi - pet owners keep them in their homes because their meat has been in high demand lately.
Traditionally in Vietnam, locals consume pets - something that in other countries is, to put it mildly, taboo. Many factors explain this strange culinary feature, but the main reason is the long wars and lack of food then.
Master chef Ngoc Tien keeps a cat in his home and claims that when the animal is big enough, he will cook it. The market price of a fattened cat ranged from 50 to 70 dollars, writes Time magazine.
The chef explains that the tradition in Vietnam is to kill older cats and replace them with younger ones. Some farmers decide to sell it instead of cooking it. The chef also claims that cat meat is a bigger delicacy than dog meat in Vietnam because it is more tender.
An owner of another restaurant complained that recently all the cats that chased the mice in the kitchen had disappeared.
There are, of course, owners who look after their animals without wanting to sell or cook them over time. Most of them are worried about their four-legged friends because this type of dish is becoming more and more popular.
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