I would have put congee but it's not really weird. I also had chili crab in Singapore but I can't remember what it was like. Answer me this (obviously you are Chinese): Do you know ANY non-Chinese who like thousand year old eggs? I doubt it. Next time I head over there, I promise to eat at least one full egg in my congee.
You know now that I think about it I don't. A former GF of mine would tolerate it since I was such a big fan but I don't recall her ever enjoying it. If you want a really odd egg experience try one of the mooncakes with a preserved egg in them. For those who don't know its sort of like a sweet mincemeat pie with an egg yolk preserved in salt and sugar in the middle.
What is actually in 1000 year old eggs? I had them at some big restaurant at Hong Kong but only because my friend wouldn't eat them, and I wanted to prove we were adventurous and not wussy westerners. They were pretty nasty , though not quite as nasty as they looked.
I skimmed the first page. I have never seen, smelled or tasted a Durian but I have heard it smells like wet ass. I think you win.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermented_egg Some Chinese won't eat pork intestines or kidney, but I don't know anyone (Chinese) who would not eat preserved eggs. One more note, the wikipedia makes it sound like chicken eggs are as common as duck eggs for making preserved eggs, it's quite misleading. I have not seen or eaten any preserved eggs that were not duck eggs.
I posted that link a couple posts above your's. Also, if you think wikipedia's info is wrong you can always correct it.
Sorry didn't see your post while I was pondering at the moniker 'thousand-year-old egg,' cause I couldn't remember there was such equivalent term in Chinese. Well I am sure there are some places where people use chicken eggs to make preserved eggs, but I suspect it's very rare. What's interesting is a similar Chinese food item, salted egg, is also almost exclusively made from duck egg. There are reasons for the Chinese to choose duck eggs over the more commonly available chicken eggs to make preserved eggs or salted eggs. Too bad the wikipedia didn't go into that. Maybe someday I will contribute when I can't stand it any more. For now it's good enough.
I have no idea why it is blocked. A college girl eats a live mantis in front of a group of frat boys. That's it. It's somewhat disgusting, but nothing obscene about it.
Being Asian, I love all of the "weird" things. Barbecue chicken feet is the best thing ever to snack on Pig's blood with soup? Yummy. Chicken fetuses? Delicious, especially with some salt/pepper/lemon mix and taragon to bite on
I flew into San Fran last night, and before the ladies are done with their conference and we head out to Sonoma, I had the early part of the day alone with my good friend (the one who brought me the cobra). In the spirit of this thread, we took a walk through Chinatown, and not knowing the language, we just pointed to what we wanted to try and they took our money (good Lord is stuff cheap there). Most of the stuff seemed fairly innocuous (good though), but I did get one HUGE boiled chicken foot to knaw on. It was cold like it just came from the fridge, and it really didn't have much flavor. All in all......it wasn't that impressive. Later though, we went and ate at the Slanted Door.....THAT was impressive.
I might try the chicken feet, but that's it. I would have to pass on the blood soup and chicken fetuses.
You know, I forgot, I was in HK and we all went to eat Dim Som (msp??) and i figured, when in rome...I had the feet and it was ok...I also had some meat below the fish's eye...very tasty... After all of that, on the same trip, a friend and I ate KFC, yes, I know...I was sick all night long and had to get up early to take a early morning flight to Phuket...first time i got real sick on food...freakin' KFC...
^ You suck the skin and meat off of the bones. They don't have a lot of meat but when done right the skin is gelatinous and taste vaguely like pork rinds.
