Beijing's penis emporium

 

By Andrew Harding

BBC News, Beijing

There are many thousands of Chinese restaurants around in the UK and everyone has their favourite dish, but only in China itself do chefs specialise in a range of slightly more unusual delicacies.

Many of the restaurant's guests are wealthy businessmen

 

The dish in front of me is grey and shiny.

"Russian dog," says my waitress Nancy.

"Big dog," I reply.

"Yes," she says. "Big dog's penis..."

We are in a cosy restaurant in a dark street in Beijing but my appetite seems to have gone for a stroll outside.

Nancy has brought out a whole selection of delicacies.

They are draped awkwardly across a huge platter, with a crocodile carved out of a carrot as the centrepiece.

Nestling beside the dog's penis are its clammy testicles, and beside that a giant salami-shaped object.

"Donkey," says Nancy. "Good for the skin..."

She guides me round the penis platter.

"Snake. Very potent. They have two penises each."

I did not know that.

Deer-blood cocktail

"Sheep... horse... ox... seal - excellent for the circulation."

She points to three dark, shrivelled lumps which look like liquorice allsorts - a special treat apparently - reindeer, from Manchuria.

Government officials... two of them... they're having the penis hotpot

 

 

Nancy

 

The Guolizhuang restaurant claims to be China's only speciality penis emporium, and no, it is not a joke.

The atmosphere is more exotic spa than boozy night-out.

Nancy describes herself as a nutritionist.

"We don't call them waiters here. And we don't serve much alcohol," she says. "Only common people come here to get drunk and laugh."

But she does offer me a deer-blood and vodka cocktail, which I decide to skip.

Medicinal purposes

The restaurant's gristly menu was dreamt up by a man called Mr Guo.

The Chinese believe that eating penis can enhance your virility

 

He is 81 now and retired.

After fleeing China's civil war back in 1949, he moved to Taiwan, and then to Atlanta, Georgia, where he began to look deeper into traditional Chinese medicine, and experiment on the appendages of man's best friend.

Apparently, they are low in cholesterol and good, not just for boosting the male sex drive, but for treating all sorts of ailments.

Laughter trickles through the walls of our dining room.

"Government officials," says Nancy. "Two of them upstairs. They're having the penis hotpot."

Most of the restaurant's guests are either wealthy businessmen or government bureaucrats who, as Nancy puts it, have been brought here by people who want their help.

What better way to secure a contract than over a steaming penis fondue.

Discretion is assured as all the tables are in private rooms.

The glitziest one has gold dishes.

"Some like their food served raw," says Nancy, "like sushi. But we can cook it anyway you like."

Rare order

"Not long ago, a particularly rich real estate mogul came in with four friends. All men. Women don't come here so often, and they shouldn't eat testicles," says Nancy solemnly.

The men spent $5,700 (£3,000) on a particularly rare dish, something that needed to be ordered months in advance.

"Tiger penis," says Nancy.

Bull's perineum is also a delicacy

 

The illegal trade in tiger parts is a big problem in China.

Campaigners say the species is being driven towards extinction because of its popularity as a source of traditional medicine.

I mention this, delicately, to Nancy, but she insists that all her tiger supplies come from animals that have died of old age.

"Anyway, we only have one or two orders a year," she says.

"So what does it taste like?" I ask.

"Oh, the same as all the others," she says blithely.

And does it have any particular potency? "No. People just like to order tiger to show off how much money they have."

Welcome to the People's Republic of China - tigers beware.

Sliced and pickled

"Oh yes," she adds, "the same group also ate an aborted reindeer foetus.

"That is very good for your skin. And here it is..."

Another "nutritionist" walks in bearing something small and red wrapped in cling film.

My appetite is heading for the airport.

Still, I think, it would be rude not to try something.

I am normally OK about this sort of thing. I have had fried cockroaches and sheep's eyes, so...

There is a small bowl of sliced and pickled ox penis on the table.

I pick up a piece with my chopsticks and start to chew. It is cold and bland and rubbery.

Nancy gives me a matronly smile.

"This one," she says, "should be eaten every day."

AHA!!! A new penis thread. Just what this board needed

penis,penis,penis...just penis in your minds....oh my god:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D!!!!!

penis' date='penis,penis...just penis in your minds....oh my god:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D!!!!![/quote']

 

You can blame the BBC!!:P

AHA!!! A new penis thread. Just what this board needed

 

 

:laugh4:

 

I thought the same...but this time wiht pics...:P

You can blame the BBC!!:P

:P!!!!!!how i can do that........:D!!

Oh man, I remember watching Travel Sick one time and this guy tried seal penis and threw up after. And then decided to go to a martial arts master to make him kick him in the balls. Hilarious.

 

As... er... strange as the dish sounds, I know people who would try it. And who, in turn, would make me try it. o_o;

:lol: too funny.

i get that there is a lot of different cultures with unique delicacies but that's the kinda thing i'd expect to see on fear factor or something, covered in pig fat and fish guts (true FF style)...

the pics weren't as shocking as the thread title suggested...thank goodness! LOL

:lol: too funny.

i get that there is a lot of different cultures with unique delicacies but that's the kinda thing i'd expect to see on fear factor or something, covered in pig fat and fish guts (true FF style)...

the pics weren't as shocking as the thread title suggested...thank goodness! LOL

 

Would you have preferred to see to uncooked versions, then?:rolleyes:

As anyone been to Chinatown in London? They have this sort of stuff in all the windows.

As anyone been to Chinatown in London? They have this sort of stuff in all the windows.

 

That's nothing compared to the sort of stuff displayed in the windows in neighbouring Soho!!:stunned:

haha! no no, as i said i was thankful for the obscure pics...the obscurity, not the pics...argh, i hope you all get what i mean :\

haha! no no' date=' as i said i was thankful for the obscure pics...the obscurity, not the pics...argh, i hope you all get what i mean :\[/quote']

 

Sounds like you're just trying to "worm" your way out of it to me!!:P

oh, everything i write seems to sounds that way to you lol intended or not!

oh' date=' everything i write seems to sounds that way to you lol intended or not![/quote']

 

:rolleyes:

hmmmm...even though i have chinese food in my fridge, it suddenly doesn't seem appetizing...

hmmmm...even though i have chinese food in my fridge' date=' it suddenly doesn't seem appetizing...[/quote']

 

Why? Has it made you wonder what it might contain??:P

As anyone been to Chinatown in London? They have this sort of stuff in all the windows.

 

I'm going to London in two week so thanks for the tip :nice:

Beijing's penis emporium

 

By Andrew Harding

BBC News, Beijing

There are many thousands of Chinese restaurants around in the UK and everyone has their favourite dish, but only in China itself do chefs specialise in a range of slightly more unusual delicacies.

Many of the restaurant's guests are wealthy businessmen

 

The dish in front of me is grey and shiny.

"Russian dog," says my waitress Nancy.

"Big dog," I reply.

"Yes," she says. "Big dog's penis..."

We are in a cosy restaurant in a dark street in Beijing but my appetite seems to have gone for a stroll outside.

Nancy has brought out a whole selection of delicacies.

They are draped awkwardly across a huge platter, with a crocodile carved out of a carrot as the centrepiece.

Nestling beside the dog's penis are its clammy testicles, and beside that a giant salami-shaped object.

"Donkey," says Nancy. "Good for the skin..."

She guides me round the penis platter.

"Snake. Very potent. They have two penises each."

I did not know that.

Deer-blood cocktail

"Sheep... horse... ox... seal - excellent for the circulation."

She points to three dark, shrivelled lumps which look like liquorice allsorts - a special treat apparently - reindeer, from Manchuria.

Government officials... two of them... they're having the penis hotpot

 

 

Nancy

 

The Guolizhuang restaurant claims to be China's only speciality penis emporium, and no, it is not a joke.

The atmosphere is more exotic spa than boozy night-out.

Nancy describes herself as a nutritionist.

"We don't call them waiters here. And we don't serve much alcohol," she says. "Only common people come here to get drunk and laugh."

But she does offer me a deer-blood and vodka cocktail, which I decide to skip.

Medicinal purposes

The restaurant's gristly menu was dreamt up by a man called Mr Guo.

The Chinese believe that eating penis can enhance your virility

 

He is 81 now and retired.

After fleeing China's civil war back in 1949, he moved to Taiwan, and then to Atlanta, Georgia, where he began to look deeper into traditional Chinese medicine, and experiment on the appendages of man's best friend.

Apparently, they are low in cholesterol and good, not just for boosting the male sex drive, but for treating all sorts of ailments.

Laughter trickles through the walls of our dining room.

"Government officials," says Nancy. "Two of them upstairs. They're having the penis hotpot."

Most of the restaurant's guests are either wealthy businessmen or government bureaucrats who, as Nancy puts it, have been brought here by people who want their help.

What better way to secure a contract than over a steaming penis fondue.

Discretion is assured as all the tables are in private rooms.

The glitziest one has gold dishes.

"Some like their food served raw," says Nancy, "like sushi. But we can cook it anyway you like."

Rare order

"Not long ago, a particularly rich real estate mogul came in with four friends. All men. Women don't come here so often, and they shouldn't eat testicles," says Nancy solemnly.

The men spent $5,700 (£3,000) on a particularly rare dish, something that needed to be ordered months in advance.

"Tiger penis," says Nancy.

Bull's perineum is also a delicacy

 

The illegal trade in tiger parts is a big problem in China.

Campaigners say the species is being driven towards extinction because of its popularity as a source of traditional medicine.

I mention this, delicately, to Nancy, but she insists that all her tiger supplies come from animals that have died of old age.

"Anyway, we only have one or two orders a year," she says.

"So what does it taste like?" I ask.

"Oh, the same as all the others," she says blithely.

And does it have any particular potency? "No. People just like to order tiger to show off how much money they have."

Welcome to the People's Republic of China - tigers beware.

Sliced and pickled

"Oh yes," she adds, "the same group also ate an aborted reindeer foetus.

"That is very good for your skin. And here it is..."

Another "nutritionist" walks in bearing something small and red wrapped in cling film.

My appetite is heading for the airport.

Still, I think, it would be rude not to try something.

I am normally OK about this sort of thing. I have had fried cockroaches and sheep's eyes, so...

There is a small bowl of sliced and pickled ox penis on the table.

I pick up a piece with my chopsticks and start to chew. It is cold and bland and rubbery.

Nancy gives me a matronly smile.

"This one," she says, "should be eaten every day."

 

This article is a load of balls!

This article is a load of balls!

 

Prawn balls??:rolleyes:

I prefer Pork balls actually. Sweet and Sour. But that's beyond the point.

 

I would not be up for eating any animals' scrotum, or penis though.

I prefer Pork balls actually. Sweet and Sour. But that's beyond the point.

 

I would not be up for eating any animals' scrotum, or penis though.

 

Unlike Carole Thatcher!!:P

what if a girl tries it?:laugh3:

what if a girl tries it?:laugh3:

 

What do you mean?:confused:

I'll try anything once

well almost anything