Heard About the Food Problems in Asia?

Let's play a game. Take a good look at this picture and see if you can find what's missing.

I walked down a random street in Hong Kong and came upon stall after stall of local food vendors. Whether you're looking for fish, vegetables, spices, or meats, it all seems to be here. Despite a tremendous number of people, there seems to be no shortage of anything with the exception of...do you see it? There's no freaking ice! No cold packs, no cold air or refrigeration whatsoever. When I took this shot it was well into the afternoon and it was about 80 degrees. Being the only non Asian on the street taking pictures, I'm certain that if I asked, I would receive only the freshest choice cut imaginable. Hotel food? Yes please! Actually, I tried a bunch of things here, the majority of them strange and delicious. Indigestion or intestinal distress? It never happened. Here's a quick list:

Pork Cheeks with Spicy Chili Sauce

Chili Crab

Razor Clams

Giant Periwinkles (raw, of course...)

Fried baby quid (whole. If you told me I was eating fried scorpions I would have believed it)

Pork necks

Spicy Sting Ray

Cold Malted Barley juice

Smoked Eel

and a bunch of stuff, quite honestly I didn't know what it was...

These beautiful people eat every part of the animal. Pork Cheeks, you got it! Calf testicles? You can't eat just one. I can only imagine what my kids and most of their friends would do if they lived here. I can't get mine to eat asparagus, never mind something like sauteed fish livers...There are definitely fast food places here, but their food is closer to that nature intended us to eat, this being said, I'm dying for a tuna fish sandwich on toast...