Tour to the World’s Weirdest Foods

Have you ever tried having food that most of the world dreads eating? Well, you might have heard about the famous proverb, ‘One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.’ The list of the weirdest food across the globe can be endless. From fried worms, cooked termites, frog’s legs to cow’s tongue, the list can only get longer and longer. This article will provide you with a glimpse of some of the world’s weirdest food which some of you can try them as a challenge.

1- Balut Eggs – This is a type of dish using fertilized chicken or duck egg with half developed embryo.
2- Fugu fish – Fugu Fish is considered to be one of the world’s deadliest sea creatures.
3- Casu Marzu Maggot Cheese – This is a type of cheese found in Italy. The cheese is rotten and filled with live insect larvae.
4- Stuffed Camel – An entire camel is stuffed with a whole lamb. The lamb on the other hand is stuffed with chickens. Altogether 20 chickens are stuffed in the lamb and the camel. These chickens are further stuffed with rice and eggs. Everyone knows the size of a camel. So you can imagine the size of this entire menu.

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Live Octopus

In Korea Sannakji is a raw dish consisting of live octopus. The octopus is cut into pieces whilst still alive, lightly seasoned with sesame oil and served immediately whilst the tentacles can still be seen squirming on the plate.

Eating live octopus is a challenge not only mentally trying to get your head round eating something that’s still alive, but physically, as the tentacles stick to any surface they touch. You actually have to fight with your food before you can devour it and savour its taste.

The first hurdle is to get the tentacles off your chopsticks, and once the octopus is in your mouth it will suction to your teeth, the roof of your mouth and your tongue essentially trying to preserve its own life. It is supposedly enjoyable to experience the party in your mouth as the tentacles wriggle around and stick to your mouth as you chew it. Special care should be taken to chew thoroughly, however, because if the suction cups stick to the mouth or throat, this can be a choking hazard.

Birds Nest Soup

It’s something in the saliva of the bird that makes it have this unique gelatinous, rubbery texture and it’s one of the most expensive animal products consumed by humans. It’s expensive because the swiftlets build the nests during breeding season over a period of 35 days and nests can only be harvested around three times a year. The nests are typically built in coastal caves and collecting them is a treacherous process involving climbing and nimble skill, which adds to the hefty price tag.

With an increase in demand for birds nest soup however, manmade nesting sites are often constructed. Hong Kong and the US are the largest importers of birds’ nests and a bowl of soup can cost around $30 to $100 per bowl, whilst a kilo of nest can cost between $2,000 and $10,000. The soup has been a tradition for centuries and is believed to be nutritious in proteins and minerals and have aphrodisiac qualities.