Pigs Brain and Chicken Feet Soup

This herbal soup is boiled with the Chinese herb kei chi (for good eye sight), dried longan fruit and Chinese yam. The pig's brains and chicken feet are said to nourish the brain and strengthen muscles.

Boiled Jellyfish

Shredded jelly fish takes just 2 minutes to boil. You don't want to over cook it and spoil the texture. However, if you are using the head and eyes too, it will take a few minutes longer. Apparently this is best served ice cold.

Fried Spiders

These street hawkers are selling fried spiders on the street in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. They are said to be a very popular snack.

Balut

Filipinos enjoy balut which is an egg containing a half developed duck foetus. When you crack open the egg you find a miniature duckling complete with feet, a beak and feathers. The smell is is said to be quite horrible.

Guinea Pig Roast

Guinea Pig is a popular but expensive dish in South America, especially in Ecuador and Peru. It is said to taste just like chicken with a similar texture.

Frog Sashimi

This sushi dish is enough to put you off for life.

Frog! What more can I say?

Hairless Rats

These hairless rats are very popular in Taiwan. They are a special kind of rat bred for food and not the same as the ones running around the sewers. However, I don't think that fact helps them sound any more palatable.

Roast Snake Soup and Tonic

This Cantonese dish is said to make men virile and women healthy and strong. It relies on fresh ingredients for a perfect dish. Oh, yummy, fresh snake.

It is often said that the main difference between cultures is in the food eaten. Most of these dishes sound quite intimidating to the western palette but they are all favourites in someone's culture.