Adventurous Eating in China pt 5

When we weren't horrifying our fellow american travelers in China with our extreme diets, we tried a multitude of exquisite restaurants that served more normal, though not exactly common fare. One restaurant in particular that we really enjoyed was on the island we were staying, close to our hotel. They are world famous for their pigeons. The secret recipe is so closely guarded that we were only allowed to order one per person, and we could absolutely not take them out of the restaurant with us. They were very nice, and tasted like roasted cornish game hens. My favorite dish at this particular restaurant was the eel with rose sauce. I had tried to make eel here at home, but, like the small snake in my earlier post, it was mostly bones and very hard to eat. The eel served here must have been very large. They were filleted in a way that they were almost in a flower shape and the rose sauce was drizzled on top. It was simply to die for. Other restaurants nearby that we tried served us dishes such as squid (a favorite of mine even back home, I'll eat squid any time any way!), chickens with the head and legs attached, large legs of lamb, soup with baby birds in it (served in a coconut shell), frogs, chicken butts and other wonderful cantonese dishes. We very much wanted to try the bird's nest soup and turtle soup, but we were a bit short on cash by the time we saw them on the menu. We do plan to try them next time though so stay tuned to see how that goes when we travel back to China this summer! baby bird soup Lamb Legs Baby Bird