No dog dinners at the Beijing Olympics after canine cuisine is banned from restaurants

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Dog meat has been struck from the menus of officially designated Olympic restaurants and Beijing tourism officials are telling other outlets to discourage consumers from ordering dishes made from dogs, it was reported.

Waiters and waitresses should 'patiently' suggest other options to diners who order dog, it added.

Odd taste: Dead dogs at a market in Wuhan, central China. In an unusual Chinese campaign against canine cuisine, Beijing has called on restaurants to stop serving dog

Dog, known in Chinese as 'xiangrou', or 'fragrant meat', is eaten by some Chinese for its purported health-giving qualities.

Beijing isn't the first Olympic host to slap a ban on chowing down on chow chow.

South Korea banned dog meat during the 1988 Seoul Olympics by invoking a law prohibiting the sale of 'foods deemed unsightly'.

After the Olympics, the ban was not strictly enforced.

Dog meat is also eaten in some other Asian countries, including Vietnam, the Philippines and Laos.