South Silk Road (cha ma gu dao), a restaurant on Hou Hai lake at the center of Beijing is unique restaurant in many aspects.

It is a beautiful restaurant with a great menu and the most unique thing is that it serves Wikipedia in many special preparations be it stir-fried or steamed along with eggs, pimientos and all…!!

Those who have dined there have often tried to find out the wonderful mystery behind this special dish and here is how most think that ‘wikipedia’ came to be on the menu.

Conversation between the restaurant staff: (the origin of wikipedia recipe)

X : "Hey I'm making the new menu, what's the English name for those flat crispy mushrooms?"

Y: "Um, there isn't one."

X: "Well what should I put down here?"

Y: "I don't know, look it up in wikipedia."

X: "What?"

Y: "Wikipedia!"

Now that you know the closely guarded wikipedia recipe secret, here is a sneak peek at what stir fried wikipedia with peppers looks like.

Other restaurants in Beijing are also popular for serving ‘wikipedia with Congo eel’ (which turns out to be a salamander). Then you realize that it is conger eel which is actually an eel and nothing else.

Wikipedia may not be a delicacy but hey… they will eat anything in china. Strictly No Offence Meant!!

N.B – Wikipedia is nevertheless pronounced as quite palatable by people who have had the opportunity to savor it!!