deep fried worms in china. i was young and my auntie told me it's the chinese herbs that looks like a worm (tung chung chou). turns out that those are really worms. sigh

Those are expensive stuff and good for your body. Same goes to people drinking bird's nest.

yak testicles

erm. not really. because i didn't eat the herbs, i ate worms. ew

with bigger livestock such as chicken,cow,pig etc getting more and more expensive to raise and purchase, these might be the future of main protein source.

Horse meat, in the form of sausage (the one hanging at back in photo). In Belgrade Serbia.
Bit more fat than the normal European cured sausage and salty.

Was talking to my Mongolian friend and apparently these extremely cold countries like eating horse meat. As in, they eat horse meat as normal as we eat beef.
Sounds exotic to me.

Will I eat it again? Yep, I liked it. Even brought back some.



This post has been edited by ememes: Jan 17 2017, 04:04 PM

The one I had was raw, think it will taste like beef or deer if it's cooked. Many may find it repulsive to consume horse meat but as you mentioned some places consumed them regularly.

This post has been edited by Xccess: Jan 17 2017, 04:16 PM

About time we use these as alternate food source. Won't be long before we deplete the ocean from fishes and crustacean.

does belangkas consider exotic?

Almost ate this in Bangkok but stopped because of poisoning cases. A friend of mine said only the eggs can be eaten. Have you tried it? How does it taste?

These fellas crawl on seabed and brackish mangrove water, does it have this "muddy" taste?

my relative bring home belangkas and we just fry it on the gas stove just like that..

only the eggs can be eaten, it taste.. I dunno, different in good way.. salty a bit..

but.. got fever that night, my face swollen..

poisoned I guess..

will I try it again? yes

You may want to read this but guess I'll avoid.

"Between 1994 and 2006, a total of 280 cases of varying degrees of tetrodotoxin poisoning following ingestion of the toxic eggs of the horseshoe crab, Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda, were admitted to the medical service of Chon Buri Hospital. The severity of the poisoning was classified into four stages based on clinical signs and symptoms of human tetrodotoxication. Of 245 available medical records; 100 were in stage 1, 74 were in stage 2, 3 were in stage 3 and 68 were in stage 4. The frequencies of symptoms and signs included the following : circumoral and lingual numbness (98%), hands and feet numbness (94.7%), weakness (59.6%), dizziness and vertigo (54.3%), nausea and vomiting (52.6%), transient hypertension (39.6%), respiratory paralysis (27.7%), fixed dilated pupils (14.7%), ophthalmoplegia (12.2%), blood pressure lower than 90/60 mmHg (5.7%), and polyuria (0.4%). All patients received symptomatic and supportive treatment. Endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation were considered when paralysis was progressing rapidly. The results of treatment are as follows: 239 patients (97.5%) showed complete recovery, 5 patients (2%) died, and 1 patient (0.4%) suffered anoxic brain damage. Horseshoe crab poisoning occurs both sporadically and epidemically in Chon Buri. Seasonal variation in the number of cases of poisoning was observed with a peak from December through March."

Had a chance to tried game meat while visiting Nairobi Kenya, there's this restaurant name Carnivore, they serve free flow of grilled meat from giraffe, wildebeest, crocs, antelope etc. Quite interesting as the location is next to wildlife safari, can hear mating calls from lions not too far away.

This post has been edited by Xccess: Jan 24 2017, 02:29 AM

not really exotic but i tried crocodile and kangaroo meat

recently a horse meat sashimi in japan

Yogyakarta fried crickets. Taste not bad. Like eating those satay fish snack.

Crying giant salamander (娃娃鱼) - China

Curry / sweet & sour monitor lizard - Malaysia