Source: Atlas Obscura
When winter descends on Hong Kong, crowds fill small eateries in its cities. Some of these diners might have only a few tables, but all will have a large, wooden chest of drawers. Open one of those drawers and you may come face to face with a writhing snake—who may soon end up on your plate.
These diners are the se wong of Hong Kong, traditional restaurants that butcher and cook snakes into a variety of dishes and drinks. During the winter, one dish becomes particularly popular: se gang, or snake soup. In traditional Chinese cooking, snake meat is considered to have a high amount of yang, or warmth, making it the perfect dish to counteract the yin (coolness) of winter. As snakes also have a longstanding healing reputation in…
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