China bans dog from Olympic menu

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China has ordered dog meat to be taken off the menu at its 112 official Olympic restaurants in order to avoid offending foreign visitors.
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Restaurant workers are advised to “patiently” suggest other options to diners who order dog.
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Any restaurant found violating the ban would be black-listed, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
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Dog - known as “fragrant meat” - is eaten by some Chinese for purported medicinal properties.
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The ban, issued by the Beijing Catering Trade Association, forbids all designated Olympic restaurants from offering dog and urges other food outlets to remove the meat from menus
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news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7501768.stm

Yay… a post from myself not related to “peak oil” or other related environmental calamities.
 
OK, no fido-burger. But what about cat, I wonder. They also eat cats…
 
I haven’t seen cat meat here yet. I’m planning on at least trying the dog before I leave, though.

It’s a pretty funny regulation, but I can see why the PRC is doing it. This is China’s big chance to show itself to the world.
 
foggydawn said:
The radio news report said cat on the menu is a Cantonese thing. Maybe you have to travel further south?
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That’s possible. I actually have only run into dog meat at a Korean restaurant here.

But Canton is like, a thousand miles away from Beijing…
 
Just curious, would they still be serving “Dalmatian Salad?” Its a side dish that my bil commonly refers to as “Dog Salad.”
 
Many years ago, our favorite Chinese restaurant in St. Pete. was closed for a few weeks by the food inspecters because they found cat carcasses hung up in their reefer. We went back when they reopened, though.
 
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