Braised pig intestines
What do pigs intestines have to do with carrots, konyaku, onions and mushrooms?
Well apparently if you put them all together in a large pot and simmer them with some sake, mirin and a drop of soy, you a delicious snack to encourage a thirst. I am not normally that excited about intestines and particularly pig intestines makes me mildly unappetized, but without knowing it I found myself eating and enjoying this dish with friends the other day. Whether they deliberately didn’t tell me what I was eating or just forgot, I cannot tell, but I’m glad I didn’t know till I was well into it.
It actually is delicious and it all goes to show how even a guy who prides himself on trying anything is better off going into a meal blind sometimes. Pig guts or not, I ended up liking it
Offals are fairly common in asian cuisine, even at Chinese dimsum.Taste is not the issue here, more so the texture. However, I still think escargot is weird!
Me? Not much of an intestine fan. The texture is usually like octopus that’s been boiled in… melted shoe rubber.