Buffalo penis to the right of the chicken satay, just about ready for the grill
Thai animal rights groups are up in arms over the proliferation of hot spiced buffalo penis snacks on the outdoor grills located in Bangkok’s adult entertainment zones. Rot kan cart owners generally agree that Khun Mot’s grill just outside of Nana Plaza on Sukhumvit Soi 4 was the first to offer this delicacy, which is imported in its uncooked state by Isaan bar girls returning from the country to the Bangkok bars in which they work. Westerners seeing these items on the grill next to chicken breasts may at first think they’re traditional Thai palad khik good luck icons, but Chinese bar patrons, recognizing the impossiblilty of finding tiger penis in Thailand, quickly switched their allegiances to the buffalo variety.
WoWasis interviewed Lek, a Nana area bar girl who supplies several raw buffalo penises to Bangkok outdoor grills every month, and asked her about her supply and distribution situation. “Easy to do. When buffalo old, have to make die, but tell farang customer buffalo sick, so he send money too much. Have 5, maybe 6 customer send money. Have Sweden man send 10,000 baht last month for buffalo already he die 3 time.”
Thai animal rights groups are furious, and are attempting to bring pressure on Bangkok authorities to stop the practice before it spreads beyond Nana, to other adult zones such as Soi Cowboy and Patpong Road. An underground Thai animal rights activist who refused to divulge her name or organization was among five individuals wearing brown shirts and protesting vociferously outside Khun Mot’s food cart on a recent weekend. Under the weary but watchful eye of a Bangkok police officer monitoring the situation, the protester stated her position quite clearly. “These animals are a national treasure and should not suffer this indignity in death. Let the Chinese eat their chop suey and westerners their hamburgers. But leave our buffalo alone.” She then offered a not-so-veiled threat: “Today, we shut down this food cart. Tomorrow, Suvarnabhumi Airport.”
At this juncture, few can say whether grilled buffalo penis is just another passing Asian food fad, or a real movement that could be the next crisis flash point for a Thai nation already battered and bleeding from protests that have severely curtailed tourism and damaged her economy.
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