Unusual Chinese Food - Baby Birds

I’ve eaten a lot of strange things on my visits to China, and each time I seem to find another unusual dish. It’s not that I order it, it’s what my friends order and it’s rude to refuse or not even try it. Some things I like or learned to like and others I don’t. Surprisingly baby birds are one of the things I really like, and one of the things I was most squeamish to try at first.

These baby birds taste like BBQ, are soft and slightly crunchy. They are eaten whole, and while most people might find that strange I was in an Italian restaurant the other day and we ordered white bate – which is also eaten whole and so I thought it’s not that so much different after all.

I think our culture can often make us blind and quick to judge others without truly understanding each other, the meaning or what BBQ baby birds taste like. So next time something’s on the table that you’ve never tried before give it a go, you may discover something wonderful.