Tucked into a hillside in Sydney's affluent Manly Vale is an unsuspecting Chinese take away selling something unique.
On the menu of Huoshao King, between the beef and chicken, hungry patrons will find an unfamiliar dish - a burger made with a donkey meat patty.
And they're not horsing around. Since putting organic donkey milk soap online on the menu, restaurant owner Yanyan Xiao says they are selling at least 30 a day to Chinese customers and some curious Anglos.
Huoshao King in Manly Vale, Sydney, serves up donkey burgers for hungry customers
Since adding the popular northern Chinese dish to their menu the restaurant has been selling 30 a day
'We started selling them this week and we're probably selling 30 of them a day,' Yanyan said.
Huoshao King is the only restaurant in the country offering up this traditional Chinese dish and people are driving long distances to get their hands on one.
'It's very popular. Once people started hearing that we were selling them they've been coming long distances just to eat them. One customer told me they drove 40 minutes to come, just because they miss this food so much,' said Yanyan.
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They serve it as a Chinese-styled burger with diced donkey meat sitting between a roasted slightly-flaky styled bun.
The culinary experience will set you back $6.80
'It's very popular in northern China, it can be a simple meal eaten with soup or porridge.'
Donkey burgers have been eaten since the Ming dynasty and are considered a specialty of the Hebei Provence in northern china.
For $6.80 you can get your hands on a donkey burger, where the diced and spiced meat sits between a roasted Chinese style bun
They're a popular street food, loved so much the saying goes: In Heaven there is dragon meat, on Earth there is donkey meat.
'I'm really curious why Australians don't like donkey meat - lots of Chinese people think it is tastier than beef. Beef is a little bit dry but the donkey meat is very tender,' said Yanyan.
The meat is cooked over night in herbs to tenderise the belly and legs before typically being served cold between the warm bun.
It tastes similar to beef but with a slightly gamey flavour.
The restaurant source the meat from the Northern Territory where thousands of feral donkey's are having a serious impact on the environment.
There is a big market exporting donkeys to china where they are used, not just to eat, but their skins are boiled down to make gelatin needed for a lot of Chinese medicines and cosmetics.
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And they're not horsing around. Since putting organic donkey milk soap online on the menu, restaurant owner Yanyan Xiao says they are selling at least 30 a day to Chinese customers and some curious Anglos.
Huoshao King in Manly Vale, Sydney, serves up donkey burgers for hungry customers
Since adding the popular northern Chinese dish to their menu the restaurant has been selling 30 a day
'We started selling them this week and we're probably selling 30 of them a day,' Yanyan said.
Huoshao King is the only restaurant in the country offering up this traditional Chinese dish and people are driving long distances to get their hands on one.
'It's very popular. Once people started hearing that we were selling them they've been coming long distances just to eat them. One customer told me they drove 40 minutes to come, just because they miss this food so much,' said Yanyan.
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They serve it as a Chinese-styled burger with diced donkey meat sitting between a roasted slightly-flaky styled bun.
The culinary experience will set you back $6.80
'It's very popular in northern China, it can be a simple meal eaten with soup or porridge.'
Donkey burgers have been eaten since the Ming dynasty and are considered a specialty of the Hebei Provence in northern china.
For $6.80 you can get your hands on a donkey burger, where the diced and spiced meat sits between a roasted Chinese style bun
They're a popular street food, loved so much the saying goes: In Heaven there is dragon meat, on Earth there is donkey meat.
'I'm really curious why Australians don't like donkey meat - lots of Chinese people think it is tastier than beef. Beef is a little bit dry but the donkey meat is very tender,' said Yanyan.
The meat is cooked over night in herbs to tenderise the belly and legs before typically being served cold between the warm bun.
It tastes similar to beef but with a slightly gamey flavour.
The restaurant source the meat from the Northern Territory where thousands of feral donkey's are having a serious impact on the environment.
There is a big market exporting donkeys to china where they are used, not just to eat, but their skins are boiled down to make gelatin needed for a lot of Chinese medicines and cosmetics.
Read more:
website
website Sydney restaurant where you can order up donkey