🍽️ EAT THE ANIMAL

🥩 Bucket List 9: eat an animal for every letter of the alphabet

Sitting at a tiny restaurant in under the towering walls of Sienna in Tuscany, with a German lady running the floor and her Italian husband in the kitchen, I had the most incredible local speciality Wild Boar stew.

Over that simple plate of Boar and white beans, a bottle, or two, of Chianti, I decided to try as many local specialities as possible, but in Italy that to often meant more pork, so to make in interesting "eat the alphabet" began, a different animal starting with each letter, but nothing morally questionable.

Current Tally - 17 / 26

A 🐚 Ark Shell (akagai) Sydney NSW

B 🐗 Boar - Sienna Italy

C 🐓 Chicken - Hong Kong, China

D 🦌 Deer - Rada in Chiatti, Italy

E 🍣 Eel - Mascot NSW

F 🐸 Frogs Legs - Hanoi Vietman

G 🐐 Goat - Sydney NSW

H 🐎 Horse - Tokyo Japan

I

J

K 🦘 Kangaroo - Mclaren Vale SA

L 🦞 Lobster - New York, USA

M 🦞 Marron - Sydney NSW

N

O 🐙 Octopus - Milos Greek Islands

P

Q 🐥 Quail - Sydney NSW

R 🐇 Rabbit - Dolceacqua Italy

S 🐌 Snails - Paris France

T 🐟 Tuna - Sydney NSW

U 🐚 Urchin - Sydney, NSW

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W

X

Y

Z

🐚 ARK SHELL - Ark Shell Nigiri was the daily special at a hole in the wall Japanese restaurant in Mascot. Ark Shell is a salt water based clam, has orange-red fresh, tender with a sweet and mild shellfish taste.

🐗 BOAR - Wild Boar stew remains one of the highlight meals of Italy. Simple and rustic, boar stew and white beans, the wild boar from the hills next to the restaurant.

🐓 CHICKEN - Roast Chicken isn’t that exotic, but when you order it in Hong Kong and it comes to the table with the head, that’s a little more confronting

🦌 DEER - Deer Steak at Ritorante Vignale at Relais and Spa Vignale Radda in Chianti

🍣 EEL - Unagi Sushi (Eel) at Ichiro's Mascot

🐸 FROG - Frogs Legs - simple dusting in flour and fried, served with salad and lemon. Sorts Restaurant, Ile Saint-Louis Paris, France

🐴 HORSE - Horse Sashimi not something I thought id ever order, but was assured by the owner it was their house speciality. Tokyo Japan

🦘KANGAROO - Kangaroo Tail, master stock braised Kangaroo tail with Chilli Caramel and Sichuan Pepper, Salopian Inn Mclaren Vale SA

🦞 LOBSTER - Lobster Roll, simple and specular, Maine Lobster, butter and bread - Lukes Lobster Roll New York USA

🦞 MARRON - White soy torched Marron, glazed smoked unagi, sushi rice, shallot vinaigrette Flying Fish Sydney NSW

🐙 OCTOPUS - Fresh Grilled octopus - Medusa Restaurant Milos, Greek Islands

🐥 QUAIL - Roasted quail, twice cooked Maryland with fried quail claw, this was quite imposing to see on the plate. Momofuku Sydney, NSW

🐇 RABBIT - Rabbit Stew with potatoes, wonderful local Ligurian dish, very rustic, I was even served the heart and two gun pellets in the flesh at A Viassa Restaurant in Dolceacque

🐌 SNAILS -

🐟 TUNA - Seared and Raw Tuna with Grapefruit and picked ginger salad with samba dressing and sesame crisp at Chin Chin Sydney

🐚 URCHIN - Waraq Simsim, a dish of Sea urchin, cumin aged rice, on a compressed sesame leaf. A luxurious take on traditional Middle Eastern dolmades at Aalia middle eastern restaurant in Sydney.