{"id":55883,"date":"2019-10-28T16:37:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T08:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/?p=55883"},"modified":"2019-12-05T12:07:45","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T04:07:45","slug":"strange-foods-to-eat-in-east-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/archives\/55883","title":{"rendered":"Strange Foods to Eat in East Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">Eight Crazy Foods<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Four Countries<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Dare to Try Them?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55912 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/501edab5-strange-foods-cover.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/501edab5-strange-foods-cover.png 600w, https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/501edab5-strange-foods-cover-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><!--more--><b>Strange Foods<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you like strange foods, you\u2019ve come to the right place. Today we take a trip to East Asia (Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and China) to look at eight weird and (maybe delicious?) foods. Each country will have two featured foods, and all of these foods are real, easy to find, and quite popular. Let\u2019s check out what\u2019s on today\u2019s menu and see if you\u2019re brave enough to try these strange yet edible(1) dishes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>South Korea\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><b>San-nakji (\uc0b0\ub099\uc9c0)<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By now, maybe you\u2019ve heard of or seen people eating live octopus in Korea. It was made famous by Korean cult-classic movie, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2HkjrJ6IK5E\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Old Boy<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. It has become a popular dish for both tourists and locals. To be more accurate though, the octopus is actually dead; However, the arms of an octopus have \u2154 of its neurons. What does this mean? It means that the arms will move for many minutes after the octopus is killed and chopped up for dinner (even without its brain).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now, live octopuses HAVE been eaten in Korea, but in the famous dish, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sannakji<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the octopus is indeed dead. You need to be careful when eating this unique dish though: the strong suction cups on the arms have been known to stick to people\u2019s mouths and throats, choking and killing a handful of people each year. I haven\u2019t tried this dish myself (and I don\u2019t want to), but I did have friends that ate sannakji.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55896 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bb9f7637-sannakji.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bb9f7637-sannakji.png 600w, https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bb9f7637-sannakji-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>Beondegi (\ubc88\ub370\uae30)<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beondegi <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">are roasted silkworm eggs. They are small and brown and can often be found in giant pots in the center of street markets. The first thing you will notice is the smell. The strange, Earthy, and sour smell lingers(2) within a block of where they are being sold. You can usually buy a cup of these tiny brown eggs for only $1 or $2 Korean won\u2014so cheap. You will be given a toothpick to poke and eat them with.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55897 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/61dc38ca-beondeggi.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/61dc38ca-beondeggi.png 600w, https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/61dc38ca-beondeggi-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I only tried beondegi once in Korea, and I didn\u2019t enjoy the fact that the eggs exploded in my mouth. Why do Koreans eat them? Beondeggi was consumed in the Korean War when food was hard to come by. These tiny silkworm eggs were common and offered a good amount of protein. They are still quite common today, so if eating silkworm eggs doesn\u2019t bug you, share some with your travel mate on your next trip to Korea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"video-title\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tw.voicetube.com\/videos\/74661\">Modern Seoul Korea, City Tour Travel Guide<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tw.voicetube.com\/videos\/74661\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-55888 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/90ecea22-seoul.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/90ecea22-seoul.png 600w, https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/90ecea22-seoul-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>Taiwan\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><b>Stinky Tofu \u81ed\u8c46\u8150<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You are super hungry, walking into a busy night market, excited, and ready to eat everything you see, when, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BAM<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a horrible smell attacks your nose and makes you cough. Is it a rotten egg? Is it dirty feet? Is it a pile of garbage? No, it\u2019s stinky tofu! This strong-smelling tofu can be found in almost every night market in Taiwan as well in many street-side stalls in major cities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stinky tofu is cooked for a long time\u2014anywhere from days to months. It\u2019s tofu that is made in a brine(3) with milk, vegetables, meat, and Chinese herbs (and sometimes other stuff).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite the bad smell, it actually tastes quite good, and locals really like it. It is supposedly healthy, containing protein and probiotics. If you make it to Taiwan, plug your nose and take a bite. You might like it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55898 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/90ebc736-stinky-tofu.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/90ebc736-stinky-tofu.png 600w, https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/90ebc736-stinky-tofu-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>Pig\u2019s Blood Cake \u8c6c\u8840\u7cd5<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pig\u2019s blood cake is like a giant popsicle, only instead of ice-cream, it\u2019s a giant black chunk of pig\u2019s blood and rice. It\u2019s another strange food that appears in almost every food market in Taiwan. It can be eaten as a snack (yikes) or put in a soup\/hot pot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Why do the Taiwanese like it? A lot of Taiwanese people find it to be tasty. It is also a good way to not waste any part of the pig and makes for a very cheap snack. The blood offers some essential minerals as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I personally don\u2019t enjoy pig\u2019s blood cake. I ate it for the first time, not knowing what it was. I just knew that it was something strange based on the color and irony taste. When I saw the translation for what I was nibbling(4) on, I understood why I didn\u2019t like it and ended up tossing it out. It\u2019s not for me, but maybe you\u2019ll enjoy it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55899 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/d212636f-pigs-blood.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/d212636f-pigs-blood.png 600w, https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/d212636f-pigs-blood-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>Japan<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><b>Natto \u7d0d\u8c46<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Natto<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a famous soybean dish most common in the Kanto region of Japan. It is fermented and comes served with soy sauce, mustard, and sometimes onions. I have to admit that despite traveling to Japan twice, I have never tried natto (but I might if I go back).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just looking at natto might<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> turn you off<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(5). The white beans are sticky and stringy, and if that wasn\u2019t enough, it comes with a powerful smell\u2014similar to a strong cheese\u2014and a slimy texture. Like a lot of other foods on this list, it is supposedly very healthy. Be sure to try some for breakfast next time you are in Japan!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55900 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/a0a1294c-natto.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/a0a1294c-natto.png 600w, https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/a0a1294c-natto-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>Basashi (raw horse meat sashimi) \u99ac\u523a\u3057<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Raw horse meat? Is it healthy? Why would anyone eat that? Well, it has a lot of B Vitamins and it\u2019s very lean (2-5% fat). It has a lot of protein and supposedly tastes sweeter than most other meats. To make it safe to eat, the Japanese store the meat at -20\u00b0C for 48 hours.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There\u2019s a legend that an old Japanese warrior was trapped in his castle for fifty-two days, and the only available food was horse meat. This may or may not be true, but Japanese people still love <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">basashi <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">today. It is often served <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cold along with soy sauce, garlic, and wasabi. If you love basashi, maybe you will also want to try the basashi ice-cream (I think I\u2019ll stick to trying the meat itself first\u2026).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55901 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/21c87faa-basashi.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/21c87faa-basashi.png 600w, https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/21c87faa-basashi-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>China<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><b>Scorpions on a Stick \u874e\u5b50<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If eating weird food is your thing, scorpions on a stick can be found on <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wanfujing Street in Beijing. They come in different sizes and (should) be safe to eat. They are usually cooked but can also be eaten raw (OMG).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Don\u2019t expect to share this dish with a Chinese local though: this food is just for the tourists. The Chinese occasionally use scorpion for traditional medicines but no longer commonly eat them, and it wasn\u2019t a traditional Chinese food anyway.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you try it, expect some Chinese people to take pictures of you and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">egg you on<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(6). I have never been to China myself, but this is a dish I would definitely pass on. Maybe you are braver than I am though.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55903 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/9b6e9a06-scorpions.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/9b6e9a06-scorpions.png 600w, https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/9b6e9a06-scorpions-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>Donkey Meat \u9a74\u8089\u706b\u70e7<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Donkey may not sound all that strange, but China\u2019s love of eating donkey makes for a strange story. It is more popular in northern China\u2014more specifically, Hejian and Baodin\u2014and It\u2019s served in sandwich form and often eaten as a bar snack with beer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To be fair, most Chinese people have never eaten donkey, and it\u2019s hard to find in most parts of the country. However China consumes about four million donkeys a year! The problem is that there are only 44 million donkeys worldwide, and they are very slow breeders, so while China is importing(7) more and more donkeys from Africa, the population is having trouble keeping up. Lastly, a Chinese medicine called ejiao (\u963f\u80f6), which uses donkey hide(8), is also very popular and becoming more expensive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It would be interesting to try donkey once, though knowing about the population problem, it would either be a \u201cno\u201d or a \u201ctry only once\u201d dish for me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55904 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1b9d8792-donkey.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1b9d8792-donkey.png 600w, https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1b9d8792-donkey-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019ve tried three out of eight of the weird food on this list and been to three of the four countries. How do you feel about the foods on this list? Is there any that you have tried? Any that you want to try or wouldn\u2019t try? Which countries have you visited in East Asia? Leave your comments below, and I\u2019ll try to respond to as many comments as I can.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Vocabulary &amp; Phrases<\/strong><\/h1>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1. edible (adj.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Def. suitable or safe for eating:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ex. That meat looks rotten. It might not be<\/span><b> edible<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2. linger (v.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Def. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to take a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">long<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">time<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">leave<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or disappear<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ex. Yuck! That fart has been <\/span><b>lingering <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in the air for ten minutes!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3. brine (n.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Def. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">water<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">salt<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in it, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">especially<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> when used to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">preserve<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> food<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ex. If I put my turkey in a <\/span><b>brine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> first, it will be less dry and more delicious.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">4. nibble on (phr.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Def. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">eat<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> something by taking a lot of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">small<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> bites<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ex. The donut was too sweet, so he <\/span><b>nibbled<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong> on<\/strong> it for an hour.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5. turn-off (n.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Def. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">something that you <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">dislike<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or that you do not <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">find<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> interesting<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ex. His love of Star Trek and Harry Potter was a big<\/span><b> turn-off<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for his new girlfriend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">6. egg sb. on (phr.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Def. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">strongly<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">encourage<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> someone to do something that might not be a very good idea<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ex. John Cena punched The Rock while the crowd <\/span><b>egged them both on<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">7. import (v.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Def. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">buy<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">bring<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">products<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from another country<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ex. A lot of countries <\/span><b>import<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> their kimchi from Korea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">8. hide (n.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Def. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">strong<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">thick<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">skin<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of an <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">animal<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, used for making leather<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ex. 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