Snake soup shops have closed after the COVID-19 pandemic and as older chefs retire, leaving only about 20 still in operation. But Chau is determined to keep her business going as long as possible, ...

HONG KONG (AP) — As Hong Kong prepares to welcome the Year of the Snake on Wednesday, Chau Ka-ling displays a moving serpent with practiced ease, holding it like a pet in her decades-old ...

The soup usually contains slivers of mushroom, ginger, bamboo shoots, wood ear fungus and shredded snake meat. The meat ...

The soup usually contains slivers of mushroom, ginger, bamboo shoots, wood ear fungus and shredded snake meat. The meat requires cooking quite a long time to make it tender and easy to shred. 04:28 ...

The snake bones then are simmered with chicken and pork bones for at least six hours to make the soup base. Snake charmer: Chau petting her pet snake at her shop in Hong Kong.

Koreans celebrate with tteokguk, a brothy soup that contains thinly sliced rice cakes. Warm bowls of snake soup are also on the menu in some Hong Kong snake shops, as the Lunar New Year approaches ...

Snake soup shops have closed after the COVID-19 pandemic and as older chefs retire, leaving only about 20 still in operation.

Snake soup shops have closed after the COVID-19 pandemic and as older chefs retire, leaving only about 20 still in operation. But Chau is determined to keep her business going as long as possible, ...

Snake soup shops have closed after the COVID-19 pandemic and as older chefs retire, leaving only about 20 still in operation. But Chau is determined to keep her business going as long as possible, ...