Fancy a rat kebab?
It's rat hunting season in Vietnam which means skewered vermin are back on the menu at a restaurant in Dan Phuong on the outskirts of the Vietnamese captial Hanoi.
Rat
meat has been considered a delicacy for many years in southern areas of
the south Asian country, and the taste for it is spreading. Previously
only eaten regularly by the northern Red River delta and southern
Mekong River delta people, the taste for rat meat is spreading. At this time of year, when rice is harvested, farmers in the south turn
to rat hunting to capture the small animals for sale in markets. In the southern
Mekong delta, hunting is particularly productive during the flood season
when rats try to escape from their flooded hearths. One kilogram of rat meat costs around 100,000 dong, or $4 to $5.
