Archive for September 5th, 2009

Weird, strange, and exotic food from Asia

There are many weird food around the world, and Asia probably has some of the weirdest, strangest, and most exotic of them all. Here are some examples:

Mealworms served in Thailand

meal-worms

If you don’t like yours sauteed, how about a serving of fried mealworms?

Fried mealworms

Grasshoppers are very crunchy and tasty. They taste just like shrimps.

grasshoppers

Do you enjoy honey? Then you should try their larvae. Very sweet and soft.

hornet-larvae-thailand

Crickets are served in many Southeast Asian countries. The Chinese love them too.

crickets

There are others including scorpions, locus, etc.

Bugs

millipedesscorpions

Without ever leaving the US, you can go to any Chinese dim sum restaurant and ask for a portion of chicken feet.

chickenfeet

Chicken anus – I hear that they make your less intelligent, but if that is something that you’re not too worried about, it shouldn’t be a problem.

chicken anus

Frog legs taste like chicken.

froglegs

If you’re more adventurous and have more income, try the frog ovary soup. This soup helps with your sexual and reproductive prowness.

frogsoup

Seafood more your fare? How about starfish and seahorse?

starfish

Electric eels are very tasty. You have seen them served in sushi, but you have to eat them whole like this to appreciate the texture and wholesomeness of eels.

electric-eels

Sea urchins look difficult to consume, but if you have the courage to dig deep beyond those sharp needles, a great piece of seafood awaits you.

sea urchins

Of course, dogs, cats, snake and anything else that move are considered delicacies, but I would not rather go there.

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Appetizers

I told you they eat everything.

witchetty-grubs

Shave before your wedding night

That was my interpretation of this commercial.