Rat Meat

Here’s a market that’s picking up. 

Thai fast food sellers are enjoying a boom in rat sales, as people learn to love the taste of the rodent.

While rat has long been eaten in Thailand’s poorer northern regions, a growing number of the country’s roadside vendors are now serving it up.

The rats are drowned and sold uncooked or ready to eat, with happy customers purchasing rat meat for as much as 150 baht ($4.82; £2.30) a kilogram.

And here’s something I didn’t know.

One rat seller, Sala Prompim, said that the hip and liver were the best cuts.

“It’s tastier than other meats - nothing can compete with rat,” he added.