The other day before dinner i got in a taxi and headed for a little snake village with small huts built on stilts on the water. first we got to meet the strong beautiful creatures and we god to say hello to a cobra as well but we didn`t get to pet him.. which is understandable ;)
Later on we moved on over to the table where the staff was ready to prepare a nice feast for us.
We gathered around a tray where the snakes arrived in a bag, alive.
The waiter placed a bunch of shotglases on a tray and a big jug of rice wine and one big jug of whiskey.
The next step of the ritual was for us to cut 10 cm alongside the snake and rip out the beating heart and eat it, with a followup shot of the rice wine or the whiskey.
And because we cut the snake above the pitchers the wine and wiskey was now pinky/red.

After this we sat down around the table and waited for the food, with the pitches on the table and some shotglasses.. we had allready a good start of a good night.
Within 30-45 minuttes a bunch of plates arrived.. The feast had begun.
I guess i can call it a snake tapas.. the snakes came in different shapes sizes and tastes, the best was the peeled local snake, the victim of "the ripping the heart out alive" just minutes before.. many other snake/seaweed and snake/lemongrass combos was also good.. the less tasty parts was the stir fried snake skin (mostly because of the texture, the taste wasn`t bad) and the Cobra neck was less interesting.

Everything washed down with the whiskey and rice wine.
All in all, a really good night out.


Oh, and not to forget.. after the dinner, the local ball buster came out to try to grab all the guys buy their balls..