A waitress serves a customer at the family-run snake soup restaurant in Hong Kong, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Customers dine at the family-run snake soup restaurant in Hong Kong, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

People walk past the family-run snake soup restaurant in Hong Kong, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

A waiter holds a bowl of snake soup at a restaurant in Hong Kong, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

A handwritten menu hangs on the wall inside the family-run snake soup restaurant in Hong Kong, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Chau Ka-ling, owner of the family-run snake soup restaurant, skins a snake at her shop in Hong Kong, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Chau Ka-ling, owner of the family-run snake soup restaurant, prepares snake soup in Hong Kong, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Customers dine at the family-run snake soup restaurant in Hong Kong, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Waiters serve food to customers at the family-run snake soup restaurant in Hong Kong, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Customers dine at the family-run snake soup restaurant in Hong Kong, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

A pet snake crawls out from the cabinet at the family-run snake soup restaurant in Hong Kong, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Chau Ka-ling, owner of the family-run snake soup restaurant, pets her pet snake at her shop in Hong Kong, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Old photos of the family-run snake soup restaurant owner Chau Ka-ling on display at their shop in Hong Kong, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Chau Ka-ling, owner of the family-run snake soup restaurant, sits beside a pet snake at her shop in Hong Kong, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

A jar of snake-infused liquor is displayed the family-run snake soup restaurant in Hong Kong, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)