Les Fruits des Mers |
The Meat of the Matter
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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
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-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
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Reptilians & Amphibians |
Entomological Esculents
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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
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The Taste of Taboo |
Strange Fruits from a Formidable Tree |
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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 The exotic fruits of Malalysia and S.E. Asia Picture Index |
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