An update on the stall at See Bay Ho at Blk 704, Bedok Reservoir Crescent. The stall no longer sell the pork aspic and shark meat due to hygiene issues. Cold crabs also temporarily suspended due to high cost of the crabs. These according to the stall’s serving staff.

Thanks for letting us know! Stalls selling pork aspic and shark meat are rare and I know many people would be happy to hear of another option :) This Bedok stall offers a larger variety of food, too.

Thanks! I will definitely check out the photos from your travels. I arm myself with my 40D when I travel since I got it last August. Unfortunately, I don’t like travelling for work cos’ I never have time to visit much. Was in Phnom Penh last year but couldn’t make it to Ang Kor Wat in Siem Reap cos’ I had to catch a flight. For leisure, I really prefer a partner which I don’t have so what to do?

I have some photos on my mediablog too. Some from travels some from other stuff. The crappy photos were from my previous iPhone 3G. Horrible prime lens. The better ones from my old Exilim EX-S600, a borrowed Exilim S10 and my current EOS 40D.

Hahaha that’s so funny! Kudos to you for getting past that terrible stench and actually eating the… flesh? GAHHH!!! How soft was it? You made my cold pig trotters here seem like child’s play. To be frank, these actually taste good. I just can’t swallow the thought of eating that thick layer of gelatin that I know was all formed from part of the trotters. Like they say, it’s all in the mind.

Oh I love “localising” myself when travelling too, just not when it comes to exotic food. Hahaha! I can’t do it!!! Hey if you like what you saw in my Bangkok posts, you should check out my travelogues to other cities. I chickened out of eating crocodile meat in Siem Reap, too, and had chicken instead.

LOL! I guess for me, I take the been there done that statement with perhaps slightly more fervour. To be honest, the little ones in the noodles soup (bun) wasn’t too bad. little crunchy. The big ones had a stench (visualise the smell from the standing monsson drain). I guess the sauce was to mask it. But alas, with all the fervour… I had but 2-3 pieces and just couldn’t take it anymore.

Haven’t tried crickets or any other insects…. Not that I wouldn’t try. For me when I travel for business or leisure, I tend to ‘localise’ myself when it comes to food. To local for some of my colleague’s liking though.

That said, your bangkok photos are nice. For a moment… I thought they were selling live dog meat… Thank goodness as pets…

Okay those pictures made me gag! You can totally tell that I’m not as adventurous as you when it comes to novel food. Even if it’s escargots, I wouldn’t go near with a ten-foot pole! The trotters are as far as I can go I think. lol! I can never understand how people in Thailand can munch on fried insects and various creepy crawlies like a regular snack! *screams*

If it’s trotters and sharkfins… Shouldn’t be too sqeamish… I had pig trotters similar to this when I was in Hanoi. Think it’s served with some young papaya if I remember correctly. See picture here.

At the same place (Quan An Ngon a Vietnamese styled Marche), I had something slightly more exotic. Not recommended for the faint-hearted. See pictures here, here and here.

These two dishes are not that common to begin with even in our parents’ days. The pork trotters would take a lot of work to prepare. And I’m sure it’s not that easy to acquire wholesale shark’s meat! Hope you aren’t as squeamish as I am when you get to try it out :) For me, I’m just glad to have been there, done that.

Anyways, I’m going to be in the Chinatown area on Friday so I guess I should check it out. Haven’t been to the food complex since they closed it for renovations. Used to go there for the massive bowl of fishhead beehoon.

As a aside, my mum cook it without the trotters but with the belly cut and lot of pig skins. If not enough pig skin is available, she will sneak in agar agar strips which is a no no for purist (my dad). (I think the stall at Jln Berseh does this as the pieces are still whole toward the end of our meal.)

As for it being unavailable in future, never fear for there is a variant (italian?) being sold at the Butcher house and Espiranto Santos. Ping is right, these two butchers label it as pork aspic.

Hi dotty,

As you said, it’s fine if the source is halal.

But more often than not, it’s usually gelatin made from pork. So it’s non-kosher ;)

Really? What about if the source of the gelatine is halal? As in from halal chicken or beef or mutton? Or is it due to some other reason?

Yep. Malays should stay away from gelatin as well!

Or pork jelly!

I guess that means vegetarians can’t eat marshmallows!