City bans popular Cantonese dish of snake and cat

GUANGZHOU: The popular Cantonese dish longhudou or "dragon duels with tiger" has been banned from dinner tables, local officials have said.

The delicacy derives its name from the snake and cat meat that, when mixed with herbs, has long been hailed as a nourishing dish in the southern metropolis.

Guo Qinghe, director of the Guangzhou bureau of forestry, reiterated over the weekend the citywide ban on the sale of snakes or foods containing the reptile.