http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23086541
![[Image: _68447570_deancooper624.jpg]](http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/68447000/jpg/_68447570_deancooper624.jpg)
Quote:Australians have an ingrained reluctance to eat their national emblem, but a number of chefs are now championing kangaroo meat as a delicious - and environmentally friendly alternative to beef and pork.
![[Image: _68447570_deancooper624.jpg]](http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/68447000/jpg/_68447570_deancooper624.jpg)
Quote:Filsell admits, many of the restaurant's customers are tourists and other out-of-town visitors. "Kangaroo is a bit of a novelty meat, like crocodile and emu," he says. "Most local people wouldn't have it at home."