Cat as the Main Ingredient of Siopao....
@toxic_lifestyle (1213)
Philippines
September 24, 2012 12:58am CST
In the Philippines, there is an urban legend that some vendors use cat meat in making siopao. The story tells that one of the restaurants in Quiapo, Manila City was caught throwing cut heads and body parts of street cats. Some versions also said that they actually saw them cooking it. This urban legend began way back during the Japanese time when there was a scarcity of meat and lots of cats on the street. :)
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@rubrub (166)
• Philippines
24 Nov 12
This was the legend my father told me when i was still young and i still don't know if this is true or not. I am a cat lover and i can't think of eating "siopao" with a cat meat on it that's why since i was a child, after i heard the story, i am not eating "siopao".
@knicnax (2233)
• Philippines
24 Sep 12
Probably true, probably not, but with the Chinese's track record using dangerous ingredients/materials just gain profit? Well, it is highly probable.
I had a friend who's family business is selling bakery ingredients. Among them were powdered milk. He said that milk used in scramble is for animals and the cheese used in buy 1 take 1 burgers on the street are expired already because it's cheaper.
I don;t know why they're selling those. Really, expired cheese and animal grade milk! but guess what, he's Chinese.
@watchamacallitz (1171)
• Philippines
26 Sep 12
I have heard of this story even when I was younger and actually, some believe the story. Personally, I have not seen any siopao made of cat. And if you try it, you could actually taste that the meat used in siopaos are either pork or beef meat, depends on the flavor.
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
24 Sep 12
I heard that story to, but my mom and uncle used to tell me that one Chinese restaurant really makes use of cat as the ingredient for their siopao. That is why I never tried eating on that restaurant.
