Eating exotic food is an adventure

Hello, Aileen.;-) We are from the same country and it is no surprise that we have those exotic foods. Aren't we, Filipinos, resourceful and innovative?;-) I am from the province of Aklan where bayawak, and even turtles are favorite amongst the locals especially during drinking spree. However, I have not tasted any of those yet. My father and uncles are good cooks of bayawak and they claimed that its meat tastes even better than that of a chicken. Still, imagining its gross appearance, I don't have the stomach to eat it. The only food that is exotically bizarre for me to eat is our balut.Yet, even this is hard for me to swallow. :-)

I don't know what country are you in but in Indonesia we eat frog (only green frog). It's fried or steamed with certain ingredients. We eat the legs and the body, we throw away the head. The legs are more expensive than the body, because more meat on those legs. It is considered an expensive dish in Indonesia's restaurant, and not all restaurant have it. Mostly we can find the dish in a Chinese restaurant. Some people also eat snakes, lizards, grasshoppers, bats, little Komodo dragon, dogs, horse, and crocodile. In Indonesia they are called extreme foods. I tried frog (which I like), dogs and little Komodo dragon. Once I was offered snake, but I refused. I am afraid of snakes.^^ Just try frog, you may like it.

I am just curious about what frogs tastes like even if my hubby said that it was more tastier and delicious than chicken. He calls it a jumping chicken that can only be found in their village. I haven't tasted any but if I have the opportunity of eating such, why not. By the way, i am referring to frogs only. I don't have any interest eating snakes and lizards and such animals

hw do you feel about eating such foods i may only eat little of non veg but i never hav eaten exotic foods how are going to manage eating such things do you dont feel vomiting while thinking of eating such foods

Exotic food means you are supposed to eat it somewhere else where it is popular. That's why its exotic. By the way, in other countries, what you are eating in your country may be considered "exotic" because they do not eat it often or have never eaten it. I agree that exotic foods are really weird because you have never eaten them, but many other people have. Don't worry, it won't kill you or anything though I am cautious when around this type of foods.

for the exotic food, I would reject what you have mentioned like snakes, lizards.I also heard some people ate different animals, it is not for me, the eating will make me feel disgusted. I will never try that.of course, the normal animals are not included!

I happen to live in the same country and I must say that our being resilient and experimental contribute to our ability to yield and accept things which is beyond norm. Those you've mentioned I guess are all tolerable except for the rats / or "dagang bukid" as natives call it. I happened to taste adobo frog already, I was reluctant at first, but my friend insisted that i really should try, and lo...it's not that bad after all.

I have eaten frogs legs and snails but that is about as exotic as I have got!!! There's no way that I would knowingly eat rat or creepy crawlies The frogs legs do actually taste rather like chicken but they also DO look like frogs legs!!

Yes! I believe those were the frogs found in rice fields as I have heard. I haven't tasted those yet but I am found of eating Balut! I consider balut as an exotic food because of the fact that not most of the people like the taste of it and it was a fetus of a duck. On the other side, frogs meat were I think delightful though I haven't eaten one yet. My daughter told me that she really like the taste of it and she was able to eat the whole frog sauted in soy sauce and pepper.

Exotic means that we are unfamiliar to the taste or the food. The food might be exotic to us but not to the locals. It is good to be adventurous however we must be mindful of how the food is prepared. Exotic in a way that it should also be sanitary because food poisoning can also be a serous problem.

My dad was a farmer, and when we were young we often see him bring home frogs from the fields. And it really tastes like fried chicken. You can even eat the bones because it is so crispy. I have eaten crocodile meat which tastes like beef. Just like you said they are cultured and only young crocodiles, around 2 years old are used for these dishes since it would be difficult chewing old crocodile meat. I also tasted a bite of tamilok or mangrove worm which are actually mangrove mollusk. They are a delicacy in Palawan, in the southern part of the Philippines. I also have eaten a couple of street foods like, chicken feet, chicken head, pig's intestine, pig's blood and how can I forget the ever famous balut or chicken embryo.