I killed it...

...well not really. But it's my fault it is dead. I pointed to the turtle that I wanted for dinner. The restaurant staff took it from the aquarium and cooked it for me.With the lizard I just asked for a lizard. The restaurant staff then grabbed one and grilled it up. I didn't eat them all by myself. They were shared with Tam, the guy who brought me to the restaurant.


Was actually going out for rat tonight. The restaurant was selected by Tam because he knew it served rat. They didn't have any though :-(. Second time I've gone to a restaurant for rat and not been able to get it.

Split in half lizard. Yup that's both halves of the head at the bottom of the plate.

Unidentified turtle organs. I ate them!

I know what part of turtle this was and I ate it!

Anyway my friend Tam says next time we'll go to his friend's restaurant where horse is served. I'm sure it will look like an ordinary piece of meat on the plate not like a turtle or a lizard or a rat or a pigeon, yes I've eaten pigeon, or anything recognizeable.

A side note, I've seen very few pigeons in Ho Chi Minh.

I'm going to have the horse and will still try and get rat. Also going to see if I can find cat and dog.

I don't think they'll be any different than the turtle, lizard or pigeon. They won't taste special. I'm begining to think that would be true of anything beside domestic animals. Domestic animals have been raised for years to be eaten. So they have been being selected for taste for many years. I'm beginning to find it hard to believe an animal not raised for slaughter would taste better than one bred for it.