The Food Fetish

The List

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Les Fruits des Mers

The Meat of the Matter
(and bits and pieces)

stingray (skate actually), Toronto, Canada
stingray - for real this time, Singapore
shark, Canada, Taiwan, Thailand
eel, Canada, Taiwan, VietNam
fish eye - click link to play Guess that fish eye game!, Taiwan
sea urchin - all you need to know about uni, Canada, Taiwan
sea slug, Taiwan
jellyfish (much meatier than you might think...), Taiwan
mantis shrimp, Taiwan, Thailand
sea mushroom (???), Taiwan
an exotic variety of clams and mussels i'd never before seen, Taiwan
squid lips (actually the muscle around the beak), Taiwan
guitar fish, Ko Phi Phi, Thailand

-coagulated pig's blood and rice cube, Taiwan
-coagulated duck's blood curry soup (all last year I thought it was a type of tofu...), Taiwan
intestine (beef? lamb?), Cambodia, Canada, Taiwan, VietNam
chicken heart (and I think the bigger ones were goose heart), Canada, Taiwan, Thailand
goose tongue, Taiwan
ostrich, Canada, Taiwan
pigeon, Canada, Taiwan
bear, Muskoka, Canada
deer, Canada, Taiwan, USA
muntjac, Taiwan
mouse...or was it a rat?, Taiwan



Reptilians & Amphibians

Entomological Esculents
(and arachnids)

snake - see the whole platter below, Canada, Taiwan
snake blood, Taiwan
snake semen, Taiwan
snake venom, Taiwan
turtle, Taiwan
turtle blood, Taiwan
turtle bile, Taiwan
turtle ovary, Taiwan
alligator, Canada, USA
frog, Taiwan, USA, VietNam
ants (w/ lemongrass), Bangkok, Thailand
cockroach, Bangkok, Thailand
grasshopper, Thailand
scorpion, Thailand
bee larva, Taiwan
giant water beetle, Cambodia, Thailand
cricket, Thailand
mole cricket, Taiwan
bamboo worm (fried), Cambodia, Thailand
larval worm (raw), Phnom Penh, Cambodia
beetle (various species), Cambodia, Thailand
tarantula, Phnom Penh, Cambodia



Review of Peter Menzel & Faith D'aluisio's Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects


The Taste of Taboo

Strange Fruits from a Formidable Tree

whale, (imported from) Japan
dog, Cambodia, VietNam
cat, Saigon, VietNam - and I had to search for this illegal meat, but my driver found it in a dingy alley, and expected quite a fee for the find
durian (NEVER again!), Singapore
jackfruit, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand
carambola (starfruit), Taiwan
papaya, Taiwan, Thailand
guava, Taiwan
pink guava, Taiwan
pomelo, Taiwan
local berry (like a cross between a strawberry and a raspberry), Taiwan
mango, Canada, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand
green mango, Canada, Laos, Thailand
passion fruit, Taiwan, VietNam
wintermelon, Taiwan
lychee, Canada, Taiwan
longan, Taiwan
pear apple, Taiwan
wax apple (too spongy...), Taiwan
rambutan, Thailand
dragon fruit, Taiwan, VietNam
pink kiwi, Taiwan
bitter gourd, Taiwan
custard apple (anonas)Taiwan

The exotic fruits of Malalysia and S.E. Asia
Picture Index


Add your own
exotic food eaten:

The Hit List

  • X lizard X - couldn't bring myself to do it in the desert several years ago...then the place in Cambodia was sold out...
  • X crocodile X
  • X monkey X
  • X bat X
  • X kangaroo X

 

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