In Nehru’s ‘duck brain’ predicament, a flavour of the unknown on a Chinese plate | The Indian Express

In Nehru’s ‘duck brain’ predicament, a flavour of the unknown on a Chinese plate | The Indian Express

In Nehru’s ‘duck brain’ predicament, a flavour of the unknown on a Chinese plate

APRIL 15, 2020 4:55:21 PM

At one state banquet in Shanghai the most memorable item on the menu was a whole cooked duck served with head, beak and claws intact. As Nehru watched in speechless horror, Chinese Prime Minister Zhou EnLai cracked open the duck’s head and offered its scooped out brains to his distinguished Indian visitor.