07-31-2012, 06:46 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Netherlands
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Cockmeat sandwich - Literally!
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One man's food is another man's poison but at Guo Li Zhuang Chinese Restaurant, one man's taboo is another man's tonic.
Guo Li Zhuang literally means "strong inside the pan", a purposeful pun that triggers titters and mocking glances among those who know the restaurant is famous for something that borders on being taboo in common culture: animal penises.
You will never see the word "animal penis" appear on the menu. Instead, it appears under the euphemism bian, which means "whip", or "lash". Even in China where people are enormously tolerant about what they eat, this is not a common item in restaurants.
It certainly makes Guo Li Zhuang stand out, since almost 80 percent of its menu consists of some version of this traditional aphrodisiac for men.
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Eating at and even visiting the Guolizhuang Restaurant is not for the faint-hearted. Almost all the dishes served here are made from animal genitalia, although most of them are presented in an edible form and have interesting names like ”The Essence of the Golden Buddha,” “Phoenix Rising,” “Jasmine Flowers with 1,000 Layers”. They sound pretty good, but they’re really just ox penises cut into the shape of stars, sheep gonads on a bed of curry, or thinly sliced donkey penis.
The bizarre food is sometimes also eaten raw. Because the foods served at this restaurant is uncommon, even for China, part of the waiters’ job is to explain the properties of each dish to guests. For example, women should not eat testicles, because the hormones could give them a deeper voice and a beard, but penises are harmless.
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Sources :
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/20...t_11185215.htm
http://www.odditycentral.com/travel/...estaurant.html
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