Let's clear up the back-and-forth about bones and penises. The bone is called the baculum, and it is common in MOST mammals. Fewer do not have a baculum than do. I remember as a kid fashioning home-made fishing hooks out of racoon baculum. Feel free to read Wikipedia for confirmation ( of what a baculum is, not my fishing hooks...)

Tom, College Station,

I am a chinese,I had never eat those thing.most pople around me are vegetarians.

Jane, hangzhou, china

You say that the dog is the only animal which has a bone in its penis, yet I have just finished a novel by Fred Vargas called This Night's Foul Work, which says that it's the cat which alone has this phenomenon.

Christopher Kelk, Toronto, CANADA

I am NOT going to risk going into a Chinese penis restaurant!

Have you ever seen those meat cleavers that the Chinese cooks use? Whack! Whack!! OMG... they make me literally shrivel up with fright!

"Mad dogs and Englishmen...go into penis restaurants!"

Garth Rex, Glendale Heights, USA

I want part II of this story. What did Mr. Gates do for the rest of the night... After leaving this restaurant. I feel sory for any female that crossed his path that night.

SH, Hong Kong,

Doubly, triply glad I'm a vegetarian.

JLTucker, Cleveland, OH

Well, do not only single out dogs simply because they can be pets. Actually human beings are cruel to other aninals too, like pigs, lambs etc. This happens all over the world.

Lianke, China,

Eating evey parts of the animal is the most environmental friendly way. It sure beats eating only the muscles and throw away the rest. With global warming and the carbon footprint of raising cattles etc, maybe it is about time we all start exploring alternative source of protein bandwagon with the same gusto as exploring wind power.

Kris, New York,

I'm fairly surprised nobody has pointed to the ingredients of the average hotdog as an example of stomach churning organ-usage. I'm sure most meat eating humans have, unwittingly or not, consumed penis, eyelid, testicle etc.

Mike Simpson, Prague, Czech Republic

The argument that people eat every part of the animal due to famine poverty etc is just weak. Other people living in harsh areas dont eat these things....Anyway what is the hardship now ? why are they eating it these days....? Chinese are hypocrites because they express distaste at other peoples ways and culture but this sort of thing even neanderthals wouldnt do it.

Dev, Perth, Australia

Fish semen is called milt and it is delicious fried on toast.

Bill, Vancouver, Canada

The bigest threat to the animal kingdom is the asian obsession with their erection. If someone told them that eating the eyeball of a puppy would give them a longer erection, they would gather up every cute puppuy dog for slaughter

jay, burlington, vt

We eat animals' feet, wings, ears, stomachs, and intestines, not only become traditionally people were starved or we think they are nutritious, but also because they are more tasty and have got more flavour than chicken breasts, etc. I never fight with the English when we eat birds together because I prefer thighs and wings, while the English people go for white meat, which I think is tasteless and dull. Have you noticed that feet, wings, ears, stomachs etc are more expensive in China?
As far as penis is concerned, how many percent of the Chinese population eat it and does it reflect the real Chinese's appetite? It is like sushi on a naked Japanese girl, how many Japanese people eat that?

Lily, Leeds, UK

I can assure you that this article is genuine. The writer has got it spot on. We, the Chinese eat everything on the animal; ears, feet/trotters, snouts, intestines, stomachs, tail and also penis because historically you either ate them or starved. And the Chinese have made some very decent dishes involving all of these parts and nearly all of the above can be found in the average dim-sum restaurant today.
The other part you have to consider is the old Chinese adage that whatever organ or body part you consume, improves the same organ in your body. This isn't as daft as it sounds. For instance when you boil stock with animal bones which the Chinese frequently do, you end up with a lot of calcium in the soup.
All this restaurant has done is put an up-market spin on this, so that well off patrons end up paying many-many times what street hawkers have been dishing out cheaply for years.

Mike, Hong Kong, China

bro there is other things to eat u noe!

sally, auckland nz,

Lily in Leeds. Of course this is true. China has a long and proud history (no pun intended...) of consuming all kinds of foods that increase the male libido. And, having lived in China for the past couple of years, I've been served everythings from chicken's stomach to yak penis so don't doubt the authenticity of this for one moment.
p.s. i wasn't a big fan of the chicken's stomachs...

stephen, china, china

This article does not give the name of the area where the restaurant lies though the restaurant's name is mentioned. Remember there are quite a lot of anti-Chinese people around.
Even if this story is true, the restaurant owner thought of this idea just for the sack of attracting customers to make money and I am sure not many people would like to try those dishes. I would vomit even if I were offered penis dishes free of charge. If you examine the photo in this article carefully, how many people or Chinese people have you seen apart from the writer and his guide? I think this restaurant is more attractive to foreigners than the local Chinese.
As far as I know, the majority of Chinese people eat the same meat as that in the western countries. In southern China, some people do eat snakes and dogs occasionally. I myself have tried these meat once and they tasted delicious, but this is not something often used. I suggest more western people go to visit China and see it with their own eye

Lily, Leeds, UK

As seen on the Paul Merton travel programme. Any mention of China has to be followed shortly after by this story until journalists grow up a bit
tee hee guess what they eat in China!!!

John Ledbury, Kings Lynn, England

Hysterically funny! There is a chef in Spain who has fish semen on the menu....!

cherry, london, uk

So, people are eating animals' penises. Goodness me! Hold the front page. Yawn. ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Terence Stratham, Wombourne,

I am sorry to see the BBC allowing it's reporters to patronise an establishment contributing to the plight of endangered species just for a pointless report on something almost none of it's audience will want to partake of.

P D Cunningham, Camden, SC/USA