204627 Tue Oct 21 11:39:30 -0700 2003 4 18 Manhattan 0 1091188 I'd appreciate input on where unusual game may be had in Chinatown (Manhattan). I'd be particularly interested in fox, for example. Tue Oct 21 11:39:30 -0700 2003 0 cabrales 1 1091305 hopefully someone will answer with experience. I have never, ever seen exotic meats or wild game type items on the english language menus in the type of places - upscale, catering to banquets - that I would expect to offer it. That doesnt mean it isnt on the chinese language menus, of course. I would tend to think that youd get the best results by asking specially at a Place like, say, Pings or Sweetn'Tart, if they offer special game dishes. Many hunted examples of wild game are not legal here, I dont believe, and any offering of them would probably be rather low key. In my opinion too, it would be wise to consider the possible health implications of consuming exotic meats, since hunted game, for example squirrels, deer, civet cats or african primates hunted as bush meat have been the most prominent channels for animal diseases to move into the human population. One fox, purchased frozen, is probably not going to do you in, of course. Tue Oct 21 21:25:39 -0700 2003 1091188 0 jen kalb 1 1091319 There is one place in China town, small place that offer snacks, with things like armadillo and rattle snakes in stew. Mostly for winter time. All written in black ink on white paper pasted on the window. I'm Chinese, and I want and asked to order one of those exotic dish, but they said they didn't have it. Now I don't know if they just decided that I might not be reliable, that I might turn them in, or if they were really out of it. That was a while ago, I'll have to go to Chinatown again to find this place. It's somewhere off of Mott, near Bayard. Wed Oct 22 00:45:05 -0700 2003 1091188 0 HLing 1 1091342 aren't foxes endangered species? is one still a true chowhound if they think ethics should come before chow? Wed Oct 22 10:22:30 -0700 2003 1091188 0 panda 2 1091352 I don't know whether or not they are endangered, but they are as common as racoons at our Cape Cod house. About a month ago, a kit came up to the front door, looking for grub. Pat G. Wed Oct 22 10:55:25 -0700 2003 1091342 0 Pat Goldberg