One of the main reason for choosing a destination when travelling is its food. We all love to overindulge with new dishes and surprising flavours.
Although the country’s food can sometimes be more of a ‘challenge’ than a pleasure for tourists. Some dishes are difficult to stomach even at first glance. Here at Look Out Pro, we’ve selected some of them, but the big question is, would you try them?
Top of the list is something that causes most of us nothing but panic. In your nightmares about tarantulas you probably never imagined seeing their crispy hairy legs served on a plate. In Cambodia, the legs are fried with sugar and salt and served with oil and garlic. Dare to try?
- You might be surprised to see a hard-boiled egg on the list, but here’s why. This Vietnamese dish is basically a boiled fertilised egg with the embryo, beak and feet inside. Let’s think about this for a minute, or maybe not.
- If Mexico, the first thing that springs to mind is when we think about food is delicious quesadillas and nachos. Not today, say hello to maguey worms, the larvae of a moth that’s eaten fried in tacos with guacamole or other sauces.
- Colombia also has a thing for bugs. Here they have a liking for hormigas culonas (big-arsed ants), whose name refers to the ant’s enormous ass that contrasts with its very skinny body. They even put them on pizza, and believe me, these are definitely not for the faint-hearted.
- In China, it’s waste not want not when it comes to animals. Chicken’s feet are usually eaten as a snack, fried in small paper, or served in soups.
- In Japan, people find giant tuna eyeballs delicious. Imagine these huge balls of muscle surrounded by fat staring at you from the supermarket shelf. Would you be tempted to take a pair home with you?
