Nancy, they confirmed that it was frozen snake from Southern China, 3 different species, from very dark to white meat. Pretty tasty, not too tough.

Sorry, no tissue samples for you. But after cooking them in soup for a long time they might not be well-suited for any detailed analysis. I don't remember ever examining any cooked tissue samples in my biology lab work at university...

Fortunately, there were no snake teeth in the dishes, but lots of tiny bones. The snake wine was pretty nice, too!

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Yes, must have been. Did they tell you what the species were? I would love to know.

Glad you didn't swallow a tooth.

Yes, that would be an unusual way to die, from a snake bone or tooth getting stuck in my throat instead of being bitten!

The names of the snake were getting lost in translation, they only knew one or two of the Chinese names. Ask Lammadonna's female assistant, she organised the whole event; she's very friendly, cheerful and the only one in that office speaking English quite well.

It was kind of a speed-eating dinner, 8 courses in 60 minutes and then people were rushing off to the ferry back to Lamma. We didn't even have time to finish the single bottle of snake wine per table. The first year when I wasn't the only gwailo at the event, bringing along a few friends.

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This year's sponsored snake dinner for Lammaites, as usual in Central close to the ferry pier. Almost sold-out already.

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This year's snake banquet for all Lammaites,
walking distance from the Central ferry pier in a specialised cooperative association rest., $190 each.
Tickets from Yu Lai Fan's office on Main Street #72, just besides the Lamma Gourmet.

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Each table will have a bottle of (pretty good) snake liquor.

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This year's snake banquet for all Lammaites, organised by Outlying Islands Women's Association, headed locally by Yu Lai Fan, I think.

The venue is in walking distance from the Central ferry pier in a specialised cooperative association rest., $200 each.
Tickets from Yu Lai Fan's office on Main Street #72, just besides the Lamma Gourmet.

Search for "snake banquet" at the top of the home page for photos of earlier banquets.
Each table will have a bottle of (pretty nice, in my own experience) snake liquor.

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