Well, might as well stay at home then and order a take away. You can get dog or cat at your local chinese or Indian, disguised as chicken of course. If you fancy horse it is McDonalds or nouvelle cuisine.

Ok, Ok. I'm leaving. Mine's the coat with the Fido collar on it.

Just don't ask for catsoup in China.

http://www.messybeast.com/eat-cats.htm

Sounds like the locals who like to eat dog for dinner are going to have a 'ruff' time.

I grew up with dogs as pets throughout my childhood.

I'm a vegetarian.

I think this is stupid. If they eat dogs, why on earth should they take it off of their menus? If people coming from other countries don't want to eat dog... don't order it. I don't want to eat chicken, pork, or beef, but I don't go around telling restaurants they shouldn't be serving it.

I think your comment could be misinterpreted, considering what a lot of men consider to be their best friend...

Never ask for a doggy bag BTW...

I know presenting the Chinese as very repressive against the media is popular but goes against reality. Especially since the earthquake recently China is no longer trying to hide it's problems. I am reading the news directly from there and I find it open, objective and well-balanced. Not the war propaganda and lies we are used to. Just the facts.

Check this site: http://www.xinhuanet.com

What, no dog meat on the menu? They must be barking.

OK sorry, I'll get me coat.....

That was one of the main reasons for going. As a cat lover I was looking forward to chomping on a few mangy mutts to help reduce the worlds population of these street polluters.

Mine's the one with the Hello Kitty badge.

"If the Chinese do solve the problem of voluminous expectoration, can they share the secret so that we can do the same to younger people in this country."

I think it mainly consists of a series of increasingly severe extra-judicial beatings. Simple, but effective.

I think you'd be very interested to find out what my cat did last night, in fact it was very interesting and amusing, and I have over a thousand photos on Flickr to prove it.

On a more serious note though, if I was attending the Olympics, I would be sorely disappointed at the westernization of the city. If I go to a foreign country, I want to experience their customs and food, and attempt to speak their language, not be presented with a bland watered-down carbon copy of my own country.

And what's the point of eating at a Chinese restaurant in China if all the amusingly-named dishes have been spell-checked? There's nothing quite like ordering 'Fuck Juice' on a whim.

My biggest disappointment when visiting Beijing recently was that it was impossible to see at more than 100 yards. And to breathe properly.

Don't wait for any new records on the track this year!

I guess world + dog are interested.

Mine's the one that looks like of like a dalmatian.

I guess that's why you never see a Chinese vetranarian. "I'm so solly, ma'am. Fruffy didn't make it."

Mine's the one with toothpicks and a little bit of fur in the pocket.

People eat rabbit, for example, a cute little creature that many have as pets. They eat other smallish animals. Why not dog? I wouldn't; the notion sickens me. But my reluctance is cultural, not rational. And it may well be that I've had some "fragrant meat" when I ordered "chicken" from certain shadier restaurants.

Paris, because of tinkerbelle...

It's pretty variable at the moment. Today the visibility is excellent here in Chaoyang, yesterday the air was redolant with healthy hydrocarbons.

As a side note, there was dog on the menu on Thursday night here, a stone's throw from Chang'an Jie, so perhaps like spitting, it's nothing more than a news story.

*hawks up a loogie and lets rip at the yappy pomeranian that keeps annoying me in the evenings*

Dead vulture because the duck's much nicer anyway.

And I do love a hot spicy bitch!

F*ck the dogs, we should pressure them to stop eating shark fin soup as a sign of their wealth / status.

Many shark species close to, or already collapsing with 100 Million killed each year.

Please ask your local Chinese restaurant to take shark fin soup off the menu.

http://www.bite-back.com/

Can you still get a snake skinned alive and cooked at your table?

If not I'll head for the penis restaurant...

ph, cause she's so thick I could tell her she hasnt't yet worked off that $69bill' I lent her at at king Tut's 90th birthday bash

i'm with you Rob - tucking into a mouthful of mans best friend - prefer the feline variety myself ;-)

Hot dog shir?

Can I have a chilli dog?

Certainly shir, I'll get fidoo out the fleege....

I don't understand what all you Brits are going on about. Just about every menu I've seen in the UK features Corgiettes! I understand that even the Queen herself always keeps a few around - for quick snacks, no doubt. Appalling!

Does that mean there will be a huge increase in the number of strays wandering the city?

France would be off the itinerary for start:

Frogs, snails and horseys - terrible. I'll stick to my fried pigs kidneys, cockles and winkles and baby baa-lamb. (removes tongue from cheek - and serves with mustard sauce with capers)

I've eaten snake, jellyfish tentacles and tortoise in China, so dog on the menu wouldn't faze me - nor I suspect anyone making the trip. If you don't want it; don't order it.

Paris, because there they do the best steak de cheval avec frites.

This one doesn't fetch or roll over - could you make him play dead?

This is all because of the Bush-loving, gun toting, tree-hugging, commie, fascist yanks!

...it just won't be on the menu. <nudge x2, wink x2>

@DZ-Jay

"How nice of them to think of our western sensibilities. I guess this means that the next time a western country hosts the Olympics, we must surely serve dog meat at sponsoring restaurants, lest we offend or deprive our eastern visitors."

But given that many of our eastern visitors will be strict Buddists, we'll have to take all meat off the menu.

And then there's the Brahmanistic Hindus, so we'll get rid of dairy too.

Maize is a sacred grain to the Maya, so must be treated with respect. Can't risk people leaving scraps for the bin -- take it off the menu.

Also, does anyone know any reliable halakha scholars? There's a whole world of offence lying in wait for the unwitting service of treif food to an Israeli or one of the Jewish diaspora....

Do I assume unlucky fried kitchen, kitchen kebab, egg flied lice amnd latex duck are off of the menu as well?

No, it just means that next year will be the year of the dog.

No dog? No spitting? No surliness?

At least they haven't said they'll stop the stadium public executions which will provide more spectacle than watching people running round a track or throwing things.

Mine's the one with the bargain-basement transplantable kidneys in a coolbag in the pocket.

Um....can you hear the dinner bell?

http://www.all-creatures.org/anex/dog.html