Dogs in Vietnam: Friends or food?
Friday, January 30, 2015, 16:45 GMT+7
HANOI – Signs at two patio cafés here in my walkable patch of Tay Ho District have caught my eyes. Perhaps they are signs of change.
First, I noticed some curious words scrawled on a white-board lunch menu: a dish that featured “false dog meat.” Hmm. Is this for people who tried thit cho (dog meat) and liked it – but now feel guilty about the real thing? And what sort of meat is it really? Thit meo (cat meat)? Thit chuot (rat meat)?
Around the corner, my curiosity was piqued by a sign that said Dodo Coffee Store above a line drawing of two dogs.
