Thursday, November 27, 2008

The Almost Great Escape...

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News in brief...

HONG KONG: A restaurant chef ended up in hospital as a turtle bit his foot to escape the cooking pot in a restaurant, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday.

The 60cm wattle-necked, soft-shelled turtle sank its teeth into the chef's foot during a dash for freedom as it was about to be put in boiling water on Monday.

The chef was taken to hospital with a suspected broken toe, while the turtle - a delicacy worth hundreds of US dollars - was put back in a cage, having successfully won a temporary reprieve.

The owner of the restaurant in Hong Kong's Shau Kei Wan district told the newspaper that the turtle, eaten for its supposed medicinal value, would now be cooked and served up on Thursday. - 9news

Bravo to the feisty turtle but still I can't help but feel sorry for it. It'll still be cooked and eaten :*( It must be tough being a turtle. You can only 'run' so fast! Quick getaways are most definitely not for them.

They should have spared its life... put it on display for visitors or something. At least it was man urrrmmm, turtle enough to fight back. To those who ate the turtle, well, I have only this to say, 'I hope you get demam kura!!'
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14 comments:

  1. Darn it! Poor little turtle! Yeah, those people who ate the turtle should get demam kura (not that I know what that is la ... LOL).

    But at least the lil fellow did try to make a break for it ... hehehe ...

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  2. kami ada piara boo (tortoise)...i cannot imagine if people want to eat our boo...trus perang dunia keempat oh.

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  3. way to go si turtle!! sia nda pernah makan turtle lagi..dorang cakap baik konon..ntah lah!
    tapi kalau sia jadi si turtle..memang sia gigit lah berabis tu urang yang mau masak sia..hahaha

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  4. Yeaaaaaaa!!! "clapping my hand" Good for you turtle!! Im so proud of you..seriously! You Should have attack his lolou instead..celaka betul that person who wants to cook you.. ISK! China punya orang kan gila gila oh..ada ada saja.. monkey brains la ni la..oh dear..they make me sick!

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  5. Kasian si turtle! Eeh... sya nda tau pulak dia pandai menggigit kalo marah sudah kan... Takajut kali dia kana siram air panas, kasian! Baru tau tu tukang masak!

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  6. Yeah, pity the turtle, in the end still cannot escape such death!! Why those people believe in how nutritious turtles are, dont they pity them??!!

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  7. Spiff ~ Well, if it's not demam kura, then I hope the turtle's angry spirit will haunt them for life! Yeah, I never thot a turtle could break a toe, he must have bit it with all its might!

    Where are those teenage mutant ninja turtles when you need them??

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  8. Carol ~ Cute ba tu Boo kan. Sedih sia pikir tu boo kana masak suda... :*(

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  9. Kadus Mama ~ Sia pun nda pernah makan tapi sia mimang nda mo makan turtle. Kesian juga jadi haiwan ni kan...

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  10. Ohhh .. poor turtle .. one last act of defiance does bring some sort of satisfaction! .. thank God I'm a vegetarian :)

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  11. Ms Envy ~ Wow! I wish I have the strength and will power to become a vegetarian.

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  12. Emelda ~ Hahaha... kalau tu turle gigit dia punya *** tu sampai putus, forever la tu chef menyesal masak turtle!

    You're right, smua pun diorang mo makan kan. Heran sia, yang inda patut2 pun mo dimakan...

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  13. Crystal ~ Hebatkan tu turtle :) Ada perasaan juga ba walopun dia seekor binatang seja.

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  14. Rose ~ These people just think of their stomachs only ya.

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