What's the most exotic thing you've eaten?

[Taxloss]

Inspired by the thread about 'Chinese Fear Factor; is there anything we won't eat?' is the question :

What's the most exotic thing you've eaten?

Mine would be some rabbit meat my Mom tricked me to eat when I was little, real shark fin soup (felt guilty but it was so delicious...) and reindeer meat when I was in Finland.




(whoops, maybe this should be in the Lounge/The Rant forum?)

[joceyz]

Bear's paw (I know, I know...it sounds terribly gross in English. So, just don't freak out!)--it costed a fortune, but I have to say, it tasted DELICIOUS!! Two years ago, when I was in China, my dad's best friend who is the boss of a big company invited us to this one fancy restaurant that had this meal as their specialty. It cost around 2000 yuan!! But, it was definately worth it.

[adrianc]

What's the most exotic thing you've eaten?



Heard Greek restaurants serve dogfood with crackers to unexpected customers.

-shock

[Taxloss]

@ joceyz: So you had no problems with eating it or you tried it so not to offend your dad's friend?

[Taxloss]

Heard Greek restaurants serve dogfood with crackers to unexpected customers.

-shock

Dogfood can taste good as I've heard...:D

Did you know that some Japanese stores sell dog food that looks and tastes 1000x times better than human food? (saw it on telly about the far going Japanese love for little doggies)

[joceyz]

You see, I don't mind trying different types of foods even if it sounds or looks nasty. I mean, if it tastes good, then I'll continue to eat it. But if it doesn't, then I won't--if that's the case, I usually end up giving the plate to my mom or dad if they actually like it. You know, now that I come to think of it, my parents have tried various other abnormal animal meat--dog, cat (my parents tell me they taste disguisting and sour), rabbit, snake, eel, pigeon, and something else that looks like a turtle (I don't know what it's called in English).

[Taxloss]

I wouldn't eat bear claw, not because it sounds gross but out of principle. Lots of bears are threathed with extinction and I personally don't see what the point is eating exotic animals. Chinese believe the special powers the exotic meat can give but I don't believe in those things.

[kdotc]

i ate a cow lol......snake soup..that was bad..cause i hate snakes

[rin]

so far,i've eaten tin kai frog cooked in porridge,dried crocodile meat cooked in herbs and deer meat burger.

[singlung2099]

I haven't really eaten anything I'd call exoctic Shark fin soup, Frogs legs, Snails, Birds Nest Soup, Hmmm come to think about it the most has to be when I was in Vietnam I ate Horseshoe crab

[THF20]

That would be having snake meat with soup. They taste so awesome & it keeps u warm like a hot pot. :P

[martinj]

Frog Legs, Snails, Crocodile and Snake

Never tried a Bear's paw but I heard from a friend that they are good

[nicole]

Turtle soup and possum soup.

[Knoctur_nal]

a chicken with a british accent

[wildspecies]

Hahaha... bear's paw, frog legs, snails, crocodile and snake.. impressive.. For me, I was thinking of a fruit called Mangosteen! For those who haven't tried it, I highly recommend it :)

[HokaHoka]

PIG MEAT - TOASTED AND BURN IN FIRE

Eat With Sauce , SAuce = makes of PIG BLOOD and Some INgredients .....

BUT it is very Crunchy and NICE .....

[leelee]

ewwie. possom soup sounds gross lol. i really dunno what kinda exotic foods i eat. my mom just adds all htat junk in the soup so i dunno what im eating... =(

[i_LE10]

Snake and these little water swimmer dudes that look like cocaroaches

http://pix.0x8.in.th/Static/pix/dl/428949-2/HYO.jpg

[vietchino]

I think goat meat was most exotic, lol. But i tried snake, pigeon, and a whole bunch of stuff that i am not sure of, and i think i will neva know. ;)

[phatster]

It's kind of common for me to have eaten Shark's fin soup, bird's nest, venison, pigeons etc coz I'm an Asian? :P Though I don't eat them everyday at home, apart from bird's nest, the rest of the stuffs can be ordered in restaurants pretty easily. Real asian fruits, not imported, are fantastic too. Yummy and fabulous tastes!
I've never tasted turtle soup because I saw a documentary on how turtle soup's prepared, it was really really horrible. With a hook, the cook stick it through the hole and pierce it through the brain of the turtle. Then pulled the whole turtle out of the shell, tearing the skin etc. Ewww.....

Most exotic would be bear's paw, alligator/crocodile, cockroaches (freaking chinese medication) and only once whale meat.

[dim8sum]

snakes gall bladder as medicine when i was young, kangaroo, is about the most exotic. Had all the frogs legs and snails etc

Seen a dog being killed and cooked, but never ate it myself...

[larlarlar]

Sharks fin and birds nest, thats it.

[korx]

a fly flew in my mouth once. I decided to give it a try.

[eason41]

I can't really say the name of it on this forum, but the second most exoctic thing is

whale...lol, tasted like fat!!!!!!!

[korx]

I can't really say the name of it on this forum, but the second most exoctic thing is

whale...lol, tasted like fat!!!!!!!

Hummm i think they had a thread about ppl like you. It was about eating babies!!! j/k where did you go to eat whales? I'm guessing finland?

[alice183]

Frog legs, turtle panzer soup and rabbit meat.....the frog legs tasted not bad^^

[xiaojia]

snake...

[benjwang]

snake soup

[Candyshots]

Since I've been traveling through serval developing countries I've been offerd to try spider, pupa, grasshopper and things I don't even know the names of haha =P

[Taxloss]

Spiders! UUGHHH!!! I've seen people eating those fat black, hairy ones on telly, whack! And what is 'pupa'?

(please don't tell me that's another slang or internet abbrevation I don't know off!)

[Candyshots]

Haha, well everybody were starring at me when I was chewing one spiderleg for hours... And I couldn't just spit it out either, so I just had to swollow it =(

Hmm, pupa is a cover that the caterpillar makes around itself while it is changing into an adult. It is the resting stage of a developing insect before it changes into an adult insect.This is the third life cycle stage.

[Taxloss]

LOL, I had this image of a PUPPY in mind when I read 'pupa'! (the thread about the Chinese eating babies hoax is still fresh in my memory)

Well, I've learned another thing today :D

[fearless_fx]

Escargots, fish eyes, shark fins, chicken feets, and livers of various animals

[Jun]

squirrel, rabbit, eel, frog. Besides the frog, i've only eaten the rest once

[saiko]

dog, turtle, lizard. pork's brain, snake

[monmon22]

spiders.

[gaheun]

Crocodile, Ostrich, Seahorse......

[101]

cheetah with 3 snakes soup

[Veincentury]

If you're cantonese and go to Guangdong then you would be surprised at what they serve. I remember they had dogs, foxes, weasels, and various endangered animal locked up in cages. It's like you just point and they kill and cook it. I think I ate fox once and that was the most exotic animal.

[Jun]

we chinese should learn to stop eating endangered species...

[Veincentury]

^yeah i highly doubt it would be possible

[shnukumz81]

I would have to say...snake...and RABBIT!
ya i know...rabbit..

[bchanana]

Worms. They were way salty. My mom's cousin made me do it. Haha, I didn't really like it. But I've had shark fin soup which I LOVE, bird's nest which I LOVE, pigeons which is my FAV FAV. Snails where are real good. Umm, more but I can't think of any.

[Thisdamngood]

Shark's fins, sparrow nest, Gum Chi turtle.

[Ham_Sup]

Frogs and Shark Fin, might've eaten more.., but probably only once in my life <_<

[Xiah]

I'm too sheltered in my little town ---->snails :) they were yummy

[Thisdamngood]

I'm too sheltered in my little town ---->snails :) they were yummy

Snails? are you sure? Tin lor?

[silence]

Roti.

But then I had to white it up by eating it with peanut butter lol.

[xiaojia]

Roti.

But then I had to white it up by eating it with peanut butter lol.

Whats that? I tot roti is some kinda bread/flour.. like Roit Prata

[ch0ps7ix]

squarrel n pigeon ... :( i next drink soup again after the pigeon.......

[xiaojia]

^squirrel?? is that what you meant? gosh.. thats evil..

[SoulJai]

ummmm that'll b bear's palm... was so expansive to get it prepared too o.o n didn't taste anything special... and...??? deer's antler in soup? =o and...? some turtle like animal called "water fish" said in chinese.-what? -what? -what?

[~*Dawn*~]

mine would b snakes... i was lil... dad told me it was chicken soup...


i knew a few fds that ate deep fried scorpions...

[DuchSauce]

kangaroo, it was kind of tough, buffalo is really good and its good for you, less fat more protein than beef I believe.

As a kid I loved going to the museum to get those lollipops with bugs in the center, and astronaut icecream.



Roti Canai is an Indian pancake thats cooked in a cylindrical coal oven--they stick it to the wall of the oven. I eat it with curry usually.

[~*Dawn*~]

oh come to think of it... i remember i once had buffalo milk

[ch0ps7ix]

^squirrel?? is that what you meant? gosh.. thats evil..

yes thats what i ment ...sorry my spelling sux thats what spell check is for -tongue2 -tongue2 n it was good :D forgot where i got it but it was on a stick like a shis-ka-bob

[wind2000]

Beaver. That had to be most disgusting meat ive ever tasted.

[Thisdamngood]

ummmm that'll b bear's palm... was so expansive to get it prepared too o.o n didn't taste anything special... and...??? deer's antler in soup? =o and...? some turtle like animal called "water fish" said in chinese.-what? -what? -what?

Water fish? That's what we called "loser" in chinese.

[Lil-Chino]

I ate monkey brains, Snake, birds nest,unborn duck egg,kangaroo, mouse, pidget, shark fin soup and stomach from pork...

It taste all good nothin wrong with it, but not to live with such as food like that...

[dim8sum]

^ monkey brains -sick

Cow/pig stomach intestines are NICE!!!!

[turb0charged]

Crocodile -__ - in thailand.

[Xx_Flora_xX]

Bear's paw (I know, I know...it sounds terribly gross in English. So, just don't freak out!)--it costed a fortune, but I have to say, it tasted DELICIOUS!! Two years ago, when I was in China, my dad's best friend who is the boss of a big company invited us to this one fancy restaurant that had this meal as their specialty. It cost around 2000 yuan!! But, it was definately worth it.

seriously??? sounds horrible! cant imagine how tasty can it b?!

[DuchSauce]

My parents used to tell me to eat things that weren't what they said they were. "eat it you'll like it", "it's chicken", or "it doesn't matter which part of the animal it is"

[Xx_Flora_xX]

My parents used to tell me to eat things that weren't what they said they were. "eat it you'll like it", "it's chicken", or "it doesn't matter which part of the animal it is"

so give u a poo n tell u its chocolate ??? LOL

[Knoctur_nal]

a supposedly can of russian tuna

[DuchSauce]

so give u a poo n tell u its chocolate ??? LOL

Oh gosh...I hope not...

[Kooslee]

I don't know if balut ( embryo duck egg), frog egg, and durian could be consider as exotic.

[wind2000]

^ First 2 yes, last 1 no.

[misenlai]

ok...hm.. birth control pill...
god damn
i was down in mississippi helping with the hurricane katrina and we had to break down some houses. My friend found the birth control pills and gave it to me saying it's candy ... so i took it.. sigh.

[ivyjue]

I think turtle meat was most exotic

[ch0ps7ix]

ok...hm.. birth control pill...
god damn
i was down in mississippi helping with the hurricane katrina and we had to break down some houses. My friend found the birth control pills and gave it to me saying it's candy ... so i took it.. sigh.

hahahahaha that is the funniest thing ive heard!!.... im sooo going to do that to one of my friends..... now... to find a girl who will give me her birth control pills.....(i wonder hot they affect guys :D)

[fobabee168]

"kangaroo jerky".....but it was probably fake -_-

[theMooffin]

hm...that would be crocodile, rabbit, tin lor, frog's legs and something called sa chung ><;; i might've ate more but i don't remember..or didn't even know about -0-;;

[nyckeion]

i ate a wolf and wild boar before......tasted ehhhhh

[xixi]

i was in greece in vaccation last summer and i had baby shark and swordfish....i ate snails in france, they were not that bad actutally....

[BabyRain]

Snails...
and does frog (tin kai) count?

[Thyobear]

Snake was probably the most exotic i've ever eaten. Close to eating dog once but it just didn't feel right.

[無得頂]

In a hotpot restaurant in HK, I ate chicken testicles. In Beijing, I ate fried salty scorpions. That's all I can think of at the moment.

[BabyRain]

^Never knew there's such things as chicken's testicles! lol.

[無得頂]

They taste like thin elastic wrapped around tofu. The testical looks like a pink egg and doesn't take long for it to be ready to eat. The thought of it seems disgusting but it's actually not that bad when tasting it.

[BabyRain]

^Hmm.. well, although chicken is a norm; that testicle thing is certainly quite exotic -^_^

[Da-HaXx0r]

^Hmm.. well, although chicken is a norm; that testicle thing is certainly quite exotic -^_^

Haha, do male fish or crab eggs count as testicles? If so then I've had some. XD

Other than that.... I'd say abolone or shark fin dishes. I love those! >=D

[alice183]

i just remembered that i tried a embryo duck egg before. it was soooo ugly! they say it's healthy n we should eat it occassionally...they only make warm the egg then if u open it you'll see the embryo with feather ..it looks disgusting...i wanted to puke..so ugly! i couldnt eat the whole egg...only a lil bit and i had to drink the "water" n the egg...

[tdmt]

i had a "hair hot pot". my family went out to eat and we didn't know there was a whole bunch of hair in the pot until we nearly finished eating. i made myself throw up afterward

[wind2000]

^ how would you not know that there's hair while eating the whole time?

[無得頂]

i had a "hair hot pot". my family went out to eat and we didn't know there was a whole bunch of hair in the pot until we nearly finished eating. i made myself throw up afterward

You sure it wasn't your hair?

[robsh]

crocodile (forgot wot it taste like, chicken i think)
iguana ( in soup or stew, like chicken
stingray
shark

[wind2000]

^ how did they prepare the stingray?

[BabyRain]

i just remembered that i tried a embryo duck egg before. it was soooo ugly! they say it's healthy n we should eat it occassionally...they only make warm the egg then if u open it you'll see the embryo with feather ..it looks disgusting...i wanted to puke..so ugly! i couldnt eat the whole egg...only a lil bit and i had to drink the "water" n the egg...

Man that is gross.. I wouldn't dare eat any of those after watching 'Dumplings'...

[Da-HaXx0r]

Man that is gross.. I wouldn't dare eat any of those after watching 'Dumplings'...

Ugh, I agree. That movie freaked me out big time. *Shudder* Eating human embryo.... I wonder if anyone ever does that....? >.<''

On another note, when I went to China early on this year, we passed by several supermarkets which sold dog, tiger, deer and various other 'exotic' animal jerky.... Nicely packed in colourful boxes ready to be given as gifts. o.O;; Now THAT surpried me. *Shudder*

[BabyRain]

^Disturbing as it may seem; I think some people did that in China and some other parts of the world... Heard some rumors about it.

[AbZoNyX]

I haven't really eaten anything I'd call exoctic Shark fin soup, Frogs legs, Snails, Birds Nest Soup, Hmmm come to think about it the most has to be when I was in Vietnam I ate Horseshoe crab
I ate everything he ate and even more.. My mom made me eat a turtle!! A turtle!!
i just remembered that i tried a embryo duck egg before. it was soooo ugly! they say it's healthy n we should eat it occassionally...they only make warm the egg then if u open it you'll see the embryo with feather ..it looks disgusting...i wanted to puke..so ugly! i couldnt eat the whole egg...only a lil bit and i had to drink the "water" n the egg...
Actually that stuff is good.. It's freaking delicious especially with like the salt, pepper, red chilli peppers, and ginger in it.. I like the water and the actual egg itself.. Jeez my mouth was watering after I ate it..
ok...hm.. birth control pill...
god damn
i was down in mississippi helping with the hurricane katrina and we had to break down some houses. My friend found the birth control pills and gave it to me saying it's candy ... so i took it.. sigh.
Are you freaking kidding me?!?!?! LMAO!! Wow.. I mean wow.. Heh.. at least you helped out at Hurricane Katrina, unlike Bush that ignoring bastard..

[BabyRain]

Actually that stuff is good.. It's freaking delicious especially with like the salt, pepper, red chilli peppers, and ginger in it.. I like the water and the actual egg itself.. Jeez my mouth was watering after I ate it..


Ew.. I wouldn't eat it even if you say it tastes like heaven... lol

[AbZoNyX]

Ugh, I agree. That movie freaked me out big time. *Shudder* Eating human embryo.... I wonder if anyone ever does that....? >.<''

On another note, when I went to China early on this year, we passed by several supermarkets which sold dog, tiger, deer and various other 'exotic' animal jerky.... Nicely packed in colourful boxes ready to be given as gifts. o.O;; Now THAT surpried me. *Shudder*
To me eating human embryos are too far I mean goddamn.. You're eating a baby how the f*** could you do that?!!?!

[kakenx]

hmm... brains.. dont remember if it was cow or pig lol! and a Shanghai bull testicle plate.. lmao! snakes, rabbits, and frogs are pretty normal stuff I think compared to the brains or testies haha!

[Taxloss]

hmm... brains.. dont remember if it was cow or pig lol! and a Shanghai bull testicle plate.. lmao! snakes, rabbits, and frogs are pretty normal stuff I think compared to the brains or testies haha!

Whack! But erm how did the brains and bull testicles tasted? Nice or average?

[BabyRain]

I think testicles would taste rubbery... Lol, heard the description on Fear Factor.

[無得頂]

Whack! But erm how did the brains and bull testicles tasted? Nice or average?

The testicles are alright. Not my favourite food, but acceptable if cooked right with the right sauce. People in china eat monkey brains while the monkey is still alive. They hold down the monkey and cut off the top of the skull. Then the person just spoons the brain into their mouth. I've never tried it, it sounds horrible.

[brown_bear]

exotic thing ;) im not really the adventurous type so nothing out of the ordinary for me

[Bulek]

i had fried centipide on a stick in beijing on a dare. eat it so fast that I didn't really remember what it taste like.

[Maverick]

Dog meat, Snake

[robsh]

^ how did they prepare the stingray?

in the restaurants they panfried the stingray
my mom once braised it
and the local people in aruba called it keri keri, cooked in curry sauce
it taste quite nice

[wind2000]

^ makes me hungry thinking about fish with curry sauce.

[Taxloss]

The testicles are alright. Not my favourite food, but acceptable if cooked right with the right sauce. People in china eat monkey brains while the monkey is still alive. They hold down the monkey and cut off the top of the skull. Then the person just spoons the brain into their mouth. I've never tried it, it sounds horrible.

Yeah have seen this once years ago on telly! That was one of the very few things on telly that shocked me! It's one thing to kill the monkey and perpare it into a dish but keeping it in a small cage in the middle of a round table with a thing around it's head so the people can spoon it's brain out while alive is just horrendous.

And another time I saw an African kid covered with flies holding a cute tiny monkey in his hands and spooning it's brains out while it was still alive.

-sick2

[kakenx]

Whack! But erm how did the brains and bull testicles tasted? Nice or average?

Kinda hard to explain lol! Gotta say.. tasted very different from the normal stuff I normally eat haha! But anyways it tasted good! -^_^

[wind2000]

Kinda hard to explain lol! Gotta say.. tasted very different from the normal stuff I normally eat haha! But anyways it tasted good! -^_^

Both tasted good? -what?

[drsnoopy]

snakes....i was tricked by my mom.

[sk8erjcx]

snakes are common, dog meat...now that is some good stuff...

[kakenx]

Both tasted good?

lets say it's an acquired taste lol! Just like Durians haha! If you like it... you like it..

[artofwar]

my dad told me dog meat is so good, even the gods can't resist

[akoke]

yea snake soupy thing is the weirdest but it;s really good =D... feell like some now =P

[meemo1031]

i had rabbit, frog,pigeon and all sorts of other meats when i was little, it was mixed in with my congee, my mom said it was chicken : X , durian is exotic where i am, only my grandma, mom and i eat in my house.

[FishieExP]

frog my mom told me it was chicken but it wasnt -.-