I had the full program when studying at NTU Taipei, Taiwan. Snake alley.
My colleagues pitched together and got me the blood (drawn into a glass of maotai), the gall bladder (squeezed into a glass of maotai), the charcoal grilled flesh (which I found utterly delicious after the first two dishes) and a soup with what I assume was not the same snake. My colleagues were in awe of me eating all that stuff. We had some more filling items at the same night market* and headed back to the university, passing an upper class shopping center.
I showed my appreciation of their gesture by buying the most expensive piece of Roquefort I have ever paid for. Chen, a lovely lady in her twenties and my secret favorite during my stay there, threw up on the fake marble floor** …
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*red-cooked pork parts (cheeks & tails). Soooo tasty !
** She forgave me directly after that, as I introduced her to Crémant d’Alsace from the same shop, which she mistakenly took as champagne (with some intercultural misunderstandings, none of which were to the disadvantage of anyone involved).