00:00:02Taipei you can find seemingly every
00:00:06creature and it’s not just choice meat
00:00:09that’s for sale but nearly every other
00:00:11animal part as well the Chinese
00:00:13sometimes complain their countrymen will
00:00:15eat anything
00:00:16very little is taboo and if there’s one
00:00:20Taiwanese gourmet who can turn the most
00:00:22exotic fare into a delicacy fit for an
00:00:25emperor it is chef ping Chang Cho mr.
00:00:28Cho may be Taiwan’s most highly
00:00:30respected chef and tonight he will host
00:00:33a very unusual dinner for some very
00:00:35special guests including several of
00:00:38Taiwan’s
00:00:38top food critics the dish she’s chosen
00:00:41to prepare is so taboo it may be one of
00:00:44the few things many Chinese refuse to
00:00:46eat the penis of the bull so this was
00:00:51freshly killed today yes it was killed
00:00:54this morning this is one entree that
00:00:57challenges the diners and the chef’s
00:01:00alike if not prepared well the meat is
00:01:03sinewy and tough and inside is the Bulls
00:01:06urinary tract you have to cut it open
00:01:08and wash it clean if you don’t then
00:01:12you’ll have the taste of urine in your
00:01:13food could this really be a meal prized
00:01:16for centuries by Chinese emperors
00:01:18traditionally it was considered a potent
00:01:20aphrodisiac the Chinese version of
00:01:23viagra for help with his recipe chef Joe
00:01:27is turning to his friend dr. Zhen nearly
00:01:29a specialist in Chinese medicine dr. Lee
00:01:33knows exactly what combination of herbs
00:01:35to prescribe to compliment
00:01:37is bull penis more effective than viagra
00:01:39oh yes as soon as it hits the tongue the
00:01:43bull penis jump-starts the brain and
00:01:46enhances sexual desire I guarantee we’re
00:01:50going to make them very happy
00:01:53chef’s show leaves the herbs to steep in
00:01:56one pot while he stews the meat in
00:01:58another it will take four hours to cook
00:02:01for the Chinese a chef is like a doctor
00:02:04and every meal is considered preventive
00:02:06medicine here nearly every item is
00:02:09believed to have a specific effect on
00:02:11the body the Chinese believe that what
00:02:14you eat is what you treat so if you eat
00:02:17a pig’s brain then you will treat a
00:02:19human’s brain likewise even a boy’s
00:02:22penis is thought to increase blood flow
00:02:24to the genitals and boost a man’s
00:02:26stamina for sex people don’t eat these
00:02:28things every day you just couldn’t take
00:02:30it in his kitchen in Taiwan
00:02:34chef Chow is finishing four hours of
00:02:36work and he’s ready to welcome his
00:02:38guests among them are the leaders of
00:02:40Taiwan’s premier keulen area
00:02:42associations men and women who can make
00:02:45or break a chef’s reputation even for
00:02:47these experts this meal will be a rare
00:02:50treat most of them have never eaten bull
00:02:52penis before still no one wants to be
00:02:55the first to dig in even in Taiwan there
00:02:58are food taboos that can make
00:03:00connoisseurs hesitate it’s a little
00:03:03scary but soon the verdict is end it’s
00:03:07just like eating a piece of beef with
00:03:10tendons that is why chef Cho is so great
00:03:13he was able to serve bull penises in
00:03:15such a way that you can’t tell which
00:03:17part of the penis you’re eating it’s
00:03:20high praise with his power to transform
00:03:22the taboo into the tantalizing chef Cho
00:03:26may win new converts to this ancient
00:03:28delicacy diners who may seek it out not
00:03:31just for its romantic and medicinal
00:03:33effects but also for its taste
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