Weirdest I've had is frog's legs. Tasty (chicken-like texture but with a stronger, erm, 'froggy' flavour) but fiddly.
I had some fried seaweed at a Chinese restaurant once, laced with monosodium glutamate. The effect was similar to Red Bull, and the stuff was dangerously moreish - not suitable for children.
General principles for Indian restaurants in the UK:
- When they dish out the poppadoms, feel free to eat the mint yoghurt, salad and mango chutney. The other condiment is usually lime pickle - BEWARE.
- If the menu says something is spicy, it's unlikely to be lying. Know your limits. Ordering a flaming hot vindaloo and then trying to counter the burning sensation with lager is not likely to end well.
- After eating a curry you might have a lingering 'bad egg' taste in your mouth in the morning. Don't worry; this is normal, as are the laxative effects.
- Most Indian restaurants offer excellent vegetarian options.
- Curry should be reasonably brightly coloured, but not fluorescent. Some restaurants have taken to using coal-based dyes and the like, because ignorant customers have been rejecting naturally coloured curry as not being red enough.
- Because of the way it tends to be served (at least at the places I've been to), it's quite easy to try out a number of dishes by having everyone picking a different dish, along with rice, naans etc, then putting all the food in the middle. There should be enough for everybody, and if you don't like a dish, you can just have more of the others.
- There are plenty of good Indian restaurants in this country. You don't have to tank up on beer to have a good meal!
Originally posted by AcolyteI've never tried chutney. What's it like?
Weirdest I've had is frog's legs. Tasty (chicken-like texture but with a stronger, erm, 'froggy' flavour) but fiddly.
I had some fried seaweed at a Chinese restaurant once, laced with monosodium glutamate. The effect was similar to Red Bull, and the stuff was dangerously moreish - not suitable for children.
General principles for Indian restauran ...[text shortened]... ood Indian restaurants in this country. You don't have to tank up on beer to have a good meal!
Originally posted by AcolyteYummmmmm love Indian food :-)
Weirdest I've had is frog's legs. Tasty (chicken-like texture but with a stronger, erm, 'froggy' flavour) but fiddly.
I had some fried seaweed at a Chinese restaurant once, laced with monosodium glutamate. The effect was similar to Red Bull, and the stuff was dangerously moreish - not suitable for children.
General principles for Indian restauran ...[text shortened]... ood Indian restaurants in this country. You don't have to tank up on beer to have a good meal!
Down here in South Texas we have a strong Mexican Influence in the food, and it has come to be called "Tex-Mex". Like most ethnic cultures that are still close to it's roots, they tend to eat all of the animal: you know, blood pudding, tripe, guts of all kinds, beaks and claw, feet...etc.
So they have barbacoa- The entire head of a cow is barbequed, then chopped up and served in a tortilla-brains, meat, tongue, eyeballs. I have had the meat part, and it's not bad, but terribly greasy.
So my friend and I got taquitos (breakfast tacos) from a restaurant, and she got barbacoa. When she opened them to put the salsa inside, there was a cow's ear, fur and all in the taco.
BTW- I am mostl;y vegetarian now
Originally posted by elvendreamgirlthe taste of vegimite (vegemite? dunno) is impossible to describe. Take the approximate pleasure levels of dental work without anesthetic, cleaning the bathroom and self-immolation and make a taste out of them, and you begin to approach vegemite.
What does vegimite taste like? What is it made of?
I'm given to understand it's made out of yeast. And possibly feces, vomit, and partially decomposed human flesh.
Originally posted by paultopiayummy😛
the taste of vegimite (vegemite? dunno) is impossible to describe. Take the approximate pleasure levels of dental work without anesthetic, cleaning the bathroom and self-immolation and make a taste out of them, and you begin to approach vegemite.
I'm given to understand it's made out of yeast. And possibly feces, vomit, and partially decomposed human flesh.
Originally posted by elvendreamgirlMarmite is a bit like vegimite but tastes far better, it is great on toast. Jaffa cakes are a sponge based biscuit with an orange jelly topping all covered in chocolate. It wasn't very nice...... still if you think that is bad one of the top restaurants in the uk does a bacon & eggs flavoured ice cream which is supposed to be really good!
what is it?
The list I could produce would be endless. And some of the things I've eaten are truly disgusting.
Turnip.
It's bloody awful.
Dog
It's supposed to taste like chicken. Believe me, it doesn't!
Frogs legs
I love frogs legs. Especially with a bit of garlic.
Snails
I love snails. Especially in garlic sauce (there might be a pattern here).
Chicken livers or kidneys or hearts
I don't know which it was, but it was gross. I'm not into the whole organ thing at all.
Raw liver
I think the term says more than enough
Raw herring (has been mentioned before)
Sushi has its high points (like salmon) but raw herring with onions...man...there are limits!
Crocodile tail
Lovely! Same substance as frogs legs, except there's more of it.
Smoked shark
Lovely! Bit tough though (I really just wanted to use tough and though beside each other, straight after each other in a sentence...true though..)
Haggis
Small furry creatures which roam the hills and glens of Scotland. The males have shorter left legs and the females shorter right legs, and once a year they meet each other as the packs run around the hills in opposite directions.
Or so I'm told.
It tasted like sheeps stomach filled with intestines...but I could be wrong.
Cockroach
One of the few times I've actually said: "No. Sorry. I'm on a diet."