Shit Chinese People Eat: Cow's Lung

The only things we can't eat from the air, land, and sea

are planes, cars, and boats.

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Where do I begin with cow's lung? I suppose the establishment from where I bought it is as good as any.

I was at the Aberdeen food court in Richmond and I wanted a bowl of noodles in soup with tripe. There was a Vietnamese stall but I didn't feel like Vietnamese food so I went to this place:

I didn't realize until now that the name of the place pretty much gives it away.

Which sold this:

And I got this:

 

At first I thought the miniature boat / floatation device (second from the top) was cow's heart

 

 

And the chunky bit imitating a part of the sea floor (third one from the top) was cow liver.

As it turns out, I was so totally wrong. Both of them are actually different parts of a cow's lung.

 

Like most other animal internal organs, cow's lung tastes like blood. The small boat one had a very strange texture to it. Overcooked, it falls apart in your mouth and not in a good way. The sea floor one had the added bonus of chewy veins; at least, I think they're veins. (Please don't tell me otherwise if they're not.)

 

While forcing myself to eat this so called food, I tasted something sandy. With every other bite, there was an undeniable crunch of sand. It may have been a spice, or a natural byproduct of from the small boat, or it may be because the organs weren't properly cleaned. I don't really know.

 

But what I do know is that I couldn't finish my dish. Even the noodles were inedible due to the sand.

 

Yeah, no. That's not food.