Weird Food in Guangzhou:Intro

There’s a famous Chinese saying about local eating habits:
"Cantonese will eat anything with four legs except a chair, anything that flies except an airplane, and anything that swims except a submarine".

Well, it’s actually true – Chinese people, and especially Cantonese as a quintessence of the omnivores, will eat almost everything. Here you can see all kinds of weird stuff to be eaten – from cockroaches to kitty cats (yes, sadly, they do).
No wonder this subjects arouses some interest from westerners living in China and beyond. I’m also curious about some weird stuff (yes, except the cats!) and don’t mind getting acquainted with it.

Here’s an example of 'weird food' for a start.



These little birds are deep-fried quails cooked whole in boiling vegetable oil. Sold a at a street fair for 5 quai a head a piece, 10 quai for three.



Yummy?