Cyclists ride past a dog meat stall in t

HANOI, VIET NAM: Cyclists ride past a dog meat stall in the downtown of Hanoi, 07 November 2001. Dog meat is a very popular food for many Vietnamese and hundred of restaurants in the capital serve the meat to their customers. Eating "man's best friends", wild animals and insects in Asia is not considered all that extraordinary. There are a number of these foods which in some cases have become delicacies which date back many years and have now almost become traditional eating being prepared and cooked in many different ways using herbs, spices, ginger and garlic to enhance flavours. Some restaurants even have dishes of some animals as their main drawcard and is considered a normal cuisine. The Japanese love their whale meat and pufferfish, Cambodians are known to eat tarantulas-hairy spiders, while a number of other cultures incourage the eating of rats, snakes, bugs, beetles, monkeys (brains), crocodile, bats, scorpions, honey ants, grubs, embroyo eggs and many more. AFP PHOTO/HOANG DINH NAM (Photo credit should read HOANG DINH NAM/AFP via Getty Images)