Is monkey meat tasty?

Now you know that different tastes can be experienced when eating monkey meat. Examples of these flavors are a veal-like taste, a smoky taste, a slightly gamey taste, a greasy-like taste, a tough taste, a chewy taste, and a chicken-like taste.

Is it OK to eat monkey?

Monkey meat has been historically seen as a delicacy in select areas of Japan including Hongū and Nagano, though current consumption is extremely rare at best. A Nagano proverb reads, “Don’t feed your wife autumn monkey – to do so would be to waste a fine-tasting delicacy”.