Top 10 Strangest Food we've seen in China

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I'll start this top 10 with a reminder - food is relative. It all comes down to what you grew up with really. I don't mean to offend or criticize Chinese cusine or tastes with this blog post. It's meant to be funny.



And I appreciate that Chinese people think salad is weird. And that still-pink steak is weird (to be fair, I don't eat steak). Good for them. They can make their own top 10 list and post it on their own blog 😊 But for those that haven't been to China, here's a look at what we've seen in the last month. Some of it has been mentioned on the blog before.



This is a collaborative effort between myself and Fernada:



1. Sea slugs. They are sooo expensive too! Why?



2. "Assorted heads" on a skewer. I'm just scared to know what that would actually look like.



3. Donkey meat, which apparently has its own special restaurants.



4. Dog meat, which apparently has its own district in Beijing. Where they also have donkey meat.



5. Duck necks, which are just everwhere.



6. Cooked while still alive and crawling bugs. Though I feel this is something for the tourists and not actual Chinese food.



7. Jellyfish. I don't actually think this is that weird, given the other things I've seen, but Fernanda put it on the list.



8. Chicken feet which are also just everywhere.



9. Drunken shrimp - shrimp you eat while still alive. Fernanda is thankful the restaurant was all out of them when she was at dinner.



10. Just really any body part that we don't normally eat. Whether it's goat tongue, cow stomach...but you gotta give the Chinese credit for their ability to use any part of the animal. Waste not, want not!

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The Chinese have different tastes in food than me. It's fun.

Comments

[kevin]

1. Sea slugs. They are sooo expensive too! Why? you mean sea cucumber? that's good, try it! 2. "Assorted heads" on a skewer. I'm just scared to know what that would actually look like. pig's head is pretty good depends on how you cook it, but no chick or duck head. 3. Donkey meat, which apparently has its own special restaurants. "天上龙肉，地下驴肉" means In the sky there is the dragon's meat, on earth there's the donkey's meat, but actually most chinese never eat donkey's meat, there just isn't many donkeys in china. 4. Dog meat, which apparently has its own district in Beijing. Where they also have donkey meat. the best is in the korean restaurant, try it one time if you're not a fundamental dog's lover. 5. Duck necks, which are just everwhere. not really everywhere, maybe in haining. 6. Cooked while still alive and crawling bugs. Though I feel this is something for the tourists and not actual Chinese food. true, that kind of things are for brave tourists 7. Jellyfish. I don't actually think this is that weird, given the other things I've seen, but Fernanda put it on the list. Jellyfish is darn good!! very good side dish. 8. Chicken feet which are also just everywhere. don't like chicken feet, but .. 9. Drunken shrimp - shrimp you eat while still alive. Fernanda is thankful the restaurant was all out of them when she was at dinner. better than those bloody steak 10. Just really any body part that we don't normally eat. Whether it's goat tongue, cow stomach...but you gotta give the Chinese credit for their ability to use any part of the animal. Waste not, want not!