Top 10 weirdest foods from around the world to fill your Instagram feed
SHARING delicious snaps of food has become an integral part of social media, with more than 31 per cent of people admitting to Instagramming their meals.
These are the 10 weirdest foods from cities around the world
This latest figure, from a survey of 20,000 people from 18 cities around the world, proves finding exciting food has never been more important.
Tania Ballantine, Time Out London Food & Drink editor says: “I’m constantly on the hunt for the most delicious, the most exciting, the most surprising dishes; and sometimes ones that look quite extraordinary.
“That’s why we asked our Time Out colleagues across the globe to reveal some bizarre and extraordinary dishes to help you track down those Instagram-worthy places.”
From giant raindrop cakes to rattlesnake sausages, these are the food from around the world that can help you stay ahead of the Instagram pack.
Explorer Levison Wood reveals the weirdest food he's eaten
Chewy tapioca marshmallows from Chicama
London: Cheesy tapioca marshmallows - Chicama
Tapioca marshmallows are made from the root of the cassava plant making them wonderfully chewy and giving them a unique taste. They have a cheesy taste and come served with hot chilli sauce, Insta-prefect.
Amazing raindrop cake by Darren Wong in New York
New York: Raindrop cake - Smogasborg
This otherwordly cake is a new take on a Japanese desert called miss shinbone mochi. Dubbed the raindrop cake by its creator Darren Wong it has been a big hit in the Big Apple.
With its stunningly unique look this dish will light up any foodies feed.
Seoul: Blood sausage - Dongwonjip
Be careful ordering a ‘sundae’ at Dongwonjip, instead of something sweet with whip cream on top you’ll be served a blood sausage stuffed with noodles.
The restaurant also specialise in a traditional hangover cure, sundaeguk, is a simple steamed with pig’s head and intestines, you’ll be feeling better in no time.
Catch your own dinner at Zauo
Tokyo: Go fishing - Zauo
You can always rely on Tokyo to take everything one step further, and their take on quirky restaurants is no exception.
At Zaou diners are seated next to the fish-filled moats and told to go fish, armed with little more than a rod and some bait they are left to catch their dinner.
This isn’t like shooting fish in a barrel though, hungry restaurant goers can wait up to half an hour for a bite from the smallest fish. But if you do manage to snag a prize catch you will be applauded in front go the entire restaurant.
Rattlesnake hot dog served by Wurstkue
Los Angeles: Rattlesnake Tausches - Wurstkuche
People complain about not knowing what goes into their hotdogs, but some diners at Wurstkuche would probably rather not find out.
From traditional Polish bangers to rattlesnake and rabbit sausages if you can put it in a hotdog bun you can probably order it here.
Barton do not do things by halves and Marie Antoinette's head is the perfect example of this
Miami: Marie Antoinette’s head - Barton G
When she said ‘let them eat cake’ this probably was not what she had in mind. Chow down on a life-sized homage to the sweet-toothed aristocrat at the ridiculously over the top Barton G.
The cake comes fresh from the guillotine complete with a fabulous cotton candy wig.
Get some Puerto Rican flavour at Chicago's El Nuevo Borinquen
Chicago: Jibarito sandwich - El Nuevo Borinquen
El Nuevo Borinquen is an authentic Puerto Rican spot bringing a taste of the Caribbean to the Windy City. The jibarito is a step up form you average sandwich, containing a juicy steak perched between juicier plantain instead of boring old bread. El Nuevo Borinquen.
Pigmeu's signature pig tails
Lisbon: Pigs tails - Pigmeu
At Pigmeu waste is not an option, they pride themselves on using every last bit of the pig, which makes for a very interesting menu.
Order pezinhos à coentrada (pig’s trotters with coriander), salada de orelha (pig’s ear salad) or rabinhos de porco molho agridoce – that’s pigs’ tails with sweet and sour sauce.
It might not have the most appetising sounding recipe but sticky tofu is something special
Hong Kong: Stinky tofu at the street markets
Well with a name like stinky tofu, it better taste good…
This brilliantly bizarre dish is served on the busy streets of Hong Kong and made by leaving tofu to rot in a brine of milk, vegetables and meat for days, weeks or even months. Then it’s fried and served with sweet and sour sauce. It stinks, but it’s delicious.
Le Festin Nu dish up some creepy-crawlies
Paris: Creepy-crawlies - Le Festin Nu
Although common place on dinner plates in Asia and Africa for some reason Europeans have yet to take to insect cuisine,. Luckily Le Festin Nu offer you the chance to right this wrong and eat some bugs.
High in protein and low in fat these little critters are the food of the future, plus it’s a great way to spook your online followers.