Roasted Scorpion on a Stick. Squid tentacles on a stick. It's unfortunate I didn't photograph other foods on a stick like roasted cicadas, crickets, and lizard. These were not isolated offerings but available in a number of competing stalls in a very well known and packed market square in Beijing.
How about a nice Starfish lollipop?
It was about $2 USD. Now most importantly: Was it good? It was...mmm....I don't know. I chickened out on the scorpion. I had reservations about the poison and passed. I was later told the cooking destroys the poison.
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