Food can symbolize a lot of things from a love language, how you express yourself, comfortness, and many more. But, what if the food served can be categorized as unique, or bizarre? What is the food trying to symbolize? If you like to push your culinary adrenaline, maybe you should read the list of bizarre foods that are going to be discussed below!
3 Bizarre Foods From All Around The World
- Sannakji from South Korea
Sannakji or live octopus is a exotic traditional dish from South Korea. The octopus is still partly alive when you eat it, since the octopus’ tentacles are still moving around while it’s being served. They usually cut the octopus in small pieces, poured with sesame oil or soy sauce, and topped with sesame seeds.
A lot of tourists like the dish. A lot of them say that it tastes like chicken and shrimp. But still, if you are going to eat it, be careful with the suction of the partly alive tentacles. It could stick to your inner mouth, like tongue, gum, or even your throat!
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- Fried Tarantulas from Cambodia
Not only chicken and fried, tarantula can be deep fried and consumed too! They usually deep fry the tarantula and eat it with their dipping sauce. It costs a lot of bravery to try this Cambodian dish. But if you’re willing to try fried tarantula, be careful to remove some parts of it, like the fangs and venom glands, because it still can cause pain even if it’s already removed.
- Balut from Philippines
Balut is a fertilized duck egg that has been incubated for 14 to 21 days, and cooked by boiling it, making the duck embryo inside cooked. Balut is usually consumed with salt or vinegar, or maybe Philippines sweet and sour sauce. A lot of people actually like the taste of Balut. Yet, a lot of them have difficulty chewing or swallowing the Balut since there is clearly a developing baby duck inside.
