Meet Chau Ka-ling. She is Hong Kong’s only certified female snake catcher and also happens to cook a mean snake soup. At her shop, she shows us how she makes this rare delicacy and talks about how she staked her spot atop this male-dominated industry.
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0:00 Meet Hong Kong’s ‘snake queen’
1:15 What does snake soup taste like?
1:30 How snake soup is made
1:50 Why do people eat snake soup?
2:14 The ‘snake queen’ shows us her king cobra
2:36 Why it’s a dying industry
3:05 A woman in a man’s world
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Producer: Gavin Huang
Videographer and Editor: Hanley Chu
Music: Audio Network
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Hong Kong’s ‘Snake Queen’ Catches and Makes Snake Soup
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