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Roasted Bats, Skewered Rats and Sliced Snakes - Tomohon Food Market Has It All

Warning, this video is only for the most adventurous food lovers. If you've got a weak stomach or if you get squeemish about food, then we suggest that you steer clear of the Tomohon food market in the norther part of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, which is famous for its selection of questionable and exotic food. Tourists and locals alike flock to the Tomohon food market to get a taste of dishes that they won't be able to try anywhere else. Instead of fresh fruits and vegetables, like you might expect to find at your normal, run-of-the-mill food market, Tomohon vendors fills their stands with the oddest of the odd, including sliced-open pythons, flame-roasted bats and skewered rats, which are all usually butchered into pieces and cooked on sight at the customers' request. Foods come from all over the tropical island nation of Indonesia and most include animals and insects that are usually seen in the zoo and not on the dinner plate. However, another dish offered by vendors at the Tomohon market makes some people stick their tongues out in disgust while also causing animals rights groups to go up in arms. Living dogs kept in cages are bludgeoned to death after being purchased by a customer and are roasted on the spot on the fire. Customers can then eat freshly roasted dog meat. Tomohon market is full of strange and odd types of food, some of which might be interesting to try, and others which are probably best left alone.