Two of our good friends took us out to dinner on Friday night, treating us at a local “snack restaurant.” They quickly placed a huge assortment of interesting things to eat on the table:
This was a busy place (click here to see:Snack Dinner). Along with a large plate of pigs feet, we had some really spicy chicken feet:
I’m not sure what I liked best about the following photo — Susan eating a chicken foot or the kid in the background who’s excitedly trying to catch the fly on the wall:
We also had some things that looked like Chinese enchiladas (which our hosts couldn’t really describe in English). On the plate to the left is “stinky tofu,” something that is usually cooked along the street and smells too bad to be edible:
In the spirit of “eating whatever is set before you,” we both had a piece. Our youngest son has an interesting way of defining the food at the bottom of his favorites list: “it doesn’t make you vomit.” I can honestly say that stinky tofu is better than this! We also had some spicy snails:
You extract the creature using a toothpick, and pinch off the white, slimy part before eating it: 
It’s always interesting to experience new things in China. And fortunately, in spite of the predictions of our friends (who are both medical students), we didn’t end up with diarrhea that night!
i do like that picture of mom eating the chicken foot. haha!
and that snail sure does look disgusting.
That snail, and how you eat it…is just disgusting!
Billy is jealous over all the food – he especially loves the Chinese chicken feet. Ummmm!
It really does look like something that might be hanging from your nose after a good sneeze.
Susan began by eating the “tame” looking noodles, only to find that the sauce was hotter than fire (her eyes were watering for several minutes).
The snails tasted better than the stinky tofu (although that’s not saying too much).
Mark and Susan, you are very brave!
That’s an understatement, Regina! Y’all amaze me…..must be all that “thinking” that prepares you so well for just this sort of thing. My hat’s off to you. 🙂
You are both very brave. I eat lots of things, but not sure about the menu for this snack dinner! Just sayin!