Last month my friends and me went to Machap Baru for dinner. We took a leisure drive enjoying the scenery. Eh we city folks rarely see so much greens, ok. The reason we drove to Machap Baru was to taste its various dishes - all things wild.
Before reaching Machap Baru, we had no idea which restaurant to go but heard there were a few to choose from. Following directions from a friend, we took a left turn when we saw a sign leading to the town's police station. Surprisingly, the turn took us into what looks like a housing area. There were restaurants at the front portion and if you followed the road up the slope, you'd find the police station at the top of the slope. Left us wondering why the police is nestled within the housing area. Villagers supposed to protect police?
We took our chance at the first restaurant on the right (ai forgot the name of the shop). The waitress recited a list of dishes amongst which included turtle, squirrel and bat. We decided to go for turtle soup, ko pao squirrel, garlic tian qi (edible frog; not sure of it English name) and fish.
Frankly, the only wild meat I had eaten before were venison and once, a few small pieces of crocodile meat. Can't recall the exact taste of the croc meat but as I recalled it didn't taste bad. Just try not to think what the croc had for meals before it was served on our table.
Anyway, the squirrel was surprisingly tender and sweet. Taste a bit like chicken/turkey. We had no problem cleaning that plate. The turtle meat didn't look appetizing but that's probably because it was a soup and thus was not coated with dark gravy. Anyhow, the meat tasted good, too. A cross between fish and chicken. I can't describe it any better. You just got to taste them to know.
So, that's a notch on my adventure list. Lets see if I am adventurous enough to try snake meat....probably not! And before you suggest, dog meat is definitely not even considered. NOT.
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