Cambodians love their rats, and as soon as the monsoon season ends, they’ll start cooking them up:
Soeung Thy is praying for the monsoons to end so he can begin frying, grilling and currying rats to satisfy the hundreds of Cambodian villagers anticipating his feasts.
Sitting in his small, unnamed restaurant ? believed to be the first in the kingdom to specialize in rats ? the 27-year-old says he started cooking up rodents to wild acclaim two years ago in the southwestern village of Phum Bek Kroang.
“At first I just cooked them for my family to eat, but guests who tried them said they were tasty, so I started selling a few fried rats to the villagers,” he said. Business boomed so he devoted his menu to them.
Thanks to Cheryl for the link.