On Sun, 06 Jul 2014 21:19:05 -0400, Travis McGee >
wrote:

> On 7/6/2014 8:58 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Mon, 07 Jul 2014 09:13:16 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
> >
> >> As with most any other country. Not sure why the Philippines shouldn't
> >> have kangaroo <shrug>.
> >
> > Get over yourself. My point is, unlike your situation, it's not on
> > the common person's dinner table. Maybe they serve it to rich Asian
> > tourists, but I've never heard any Filipino talk about eating kangaroo
> > in the PI.
> >
>
> This was at a pretty good hotel, the New World in Makati, around the
> year 2000. They had several restaurants; the one that served kangaroo
> was pretty upscale. They had prime rib, steaks, and various ethnic
> cuisines. It was expensive, but I was on an expense account, so I didn't
> care.
>
> They did "themes" from time to time, and the kangaroo was available
> during "Australian Month". They actually had a large inflated kangaroo
> at the entrance to the restaurant for the month. Kangaroo was not
> normally on the menu, so I expect that it was authentic, brought in just
> for that month's theme.
>
> I ate a lot of Filipino food while I was there, over the course of
> several years, and never saw kangaroo at any other time.

Thank you, that was my point.

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