Eating wild

It was lunch hour at The First Village of Wild Food, and if anyone in the restaurant was worried that SARS might again be spreading in this city, they were not showing it. Huang Sheng was more worried about which of the small animals in black metal cages would become his midday meal.

Patrons could choose from species of fowl, two dark-haired pigs, a tiny species of deer or several fat rabbits. Nearby, butchers were skinning a flying fox as blood seeped onto the floor. Mr. Huang pointed at two wide-eyed civet cats, the small mammal that some studies suggest may have caused the original SARS outbreak.

"Very good, very good," Mr. Huang said. . .

Posted by David on December 29, 2003 8:57 PM