I’ve eaten a lot of weird things on my travels. When I moved to China, I decided that I’d force myself to try anything once. Because of this, I’ve tried some really weird things. Here’s a list of all the weirdest things I have ever eaten (with photos of course).
Seoul, Korea: pink pickled soup
Verdict: strange and salty
Why is it so pink?!!
Seoul, Korea: white icy soup
Verdict: felt like someone threw a handful of snow in my soup.. and I still don’t know what those white chunks are
mmm soup slushie
First full day in Beijing: Sea Cucumber
Verdict: chewy
Not as bad as I thought it would be
Wanfujing, Beijing: fried scorpions
Verdict: crunchy french fries
make sure you try one in Beijing!
Beijing Hutongs: thousand year old egg
Verdict: look on people’s faces when you eat it > weird taste
I wonder if this is where Dr. Seuss got the idea for green eggs and ham
Beijing Pizza Hut: popcorn chicken pizza
Verdict: a fast food lover’s dream
KFC and Pizza Hut should do a joint-venture
Beijing Korean Restaurant: a whole octopus
Verdict: Wasn’t expecting that one! (We asked for a knife to break it up)
How am I supposed to eat this?!
Beijing: chicken feet
Verdict: taste fine, but they still weird me out
I think it’s the toenails
Dali, Yunnan: breaded cow stomach
Verdict: not so great
It was kinda gross
Lijiang, Yunnan: snails on a stick
Verdict: also chewy
escargot on a stick
Shaxi, Yunnan: (Brain??) noodles (still not sure what it was)
Verdict: scariest looking meat I have ever seen, grossest meat I have ever eaten
I really wish I didn’t eat this.
Dunhuang, Gansu: donkey noodles
Verdict: like salty beef stroganoff sauce on plan spaghetti.. with tofu
The white is tofu, not donkey meat
Kashgar, Xinjiang: pigeon kebab
Verdict: a lot of bones
Where’s the meat on this thing?!
Shanghai: shrimp flan
Verdict: really weird.. and not in a good way
Why, Shanghai? Why?
Everglades: frog legs and alligator bites!
Verdict: alligator > frog legs
Alligator is so good!
Taiwan: Stinky tofu
Verdict: absolutely horrible! (read about it here)
A large batch of fresh stinky tofu
What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten??
Good one! Makes me think of all the things I’ve tried in China.
I’ve had the blood tofu before, probably just ate one piece. I don’t have a problem with the texture of plain white tofu, but blood tofu, well, not a fan.
Stinky tofu – wasn’t very tasty but I remember it for mostly being too spicy and just not very fresh anymore (I blame that on the restaurant).
Frog legs – I thought that those weren’t too bad, but I’ve heard these have to be spicy, otherwise they don’t taste good.
Chicken feet – same verdict as yours, taste just like chicken, but it’s so hard to eat them with all the tiny bones (and the nails!).
So you haven’t tried snake meat yet? Tried it once, was okay, not as bad as I thought it would be.
We once had pig’s brain in a hot pot, I tried a little bit but that was already more than enough – I neither liked the taste nor the texture (obviously people do eat pig’s brain in certain areas in Austria too, have never tried it before though).
The tousand year old eggs aren’t too bad imo if prepared well – but my husband says I should stay away from them because they are contaminated with heavy metals.
That’s about all I can think of, I probably forget some things though.
Thanks for the suggestions! Would you recommend the fried snake on Wanfujing, or finding it in a restaurant?
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