Best and worst meal
I was in Shanghai with some Chinese folks, who offered to take me out to a 'proper Chinese restaurant'. It was indeed fantastic, with many wonderful flavours. One thing in particular was a big bowl full of dark red strips of meat in a kind of Y shape, together with a load of sauces to dip them in. They were really yummy - it was like a Y shaped bone surrounded in meat, so a little tricky to eat.

Turns out they were ducks' tongues. I'm not particulary squeamish, so I kept stuffing them down. After about 30 they went rapidly from being the best thing I'd ever tasted to being the worst. Suddenly the bony thing kept getting stuck in my mouth, and the meat seemed to get stuck in my throat. I had to stop. Still, explains why you see so many silent ducks in China.
(Smale is stuffed, Thu 26 May 2011, 16:40, 4 replies)

Duck tongue is yum!
Maybe it was the way it was prepared that made it taste a little off; I've had it in Chinatown in Paris and it was lush.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Thu 26 May 2011, 18:44, closed)

The first 30 were yum
It was all those after that which were like sticks covered in poo. I cleaned my mouth out with lovey chilli crab soup though!
(Smale is stuffed, Thu 26 May 2011, 19:58, closed)

How big are they?
I should think eating 30 of anything is enough to put you off. I'm jealous though - would quite like to try these duck tongue things.
( Bats, Fri 27 May 2011, 4:55, closed)

small
they're smaller than the wishbone in a chicken, but about the same shape. They have a thing covering of meat and a blob of meat at the end. The idea is you such the meat off then spit out the boney bit.
(Smale is stuffed, Fri 27 May 2011, 7:58, closed)