No call to get crabby in China

Posted: Mon 1 Nov, 2010 1:39 PM

Commuters in China are being offered a novel alternative to crisps, chocolate and soft drinks usually dispensed from train station vending machines – live crabs.

According to a report in Travel Daily Asia that, in turn, quoted the Telegraph, automatic crab dispensers have been installed at several metro stations in Nanjing. The Dazha hairy crabs - a popular regional delicacy - are sold in three sizes ranging in prices from US$2.40 to US$8. The Twin Lake Crab

Company now plans to expand the trials, possibly to Japan.

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