BIZARRE FOODS IN PURSUIT OF BUSINESS

POST MARTYNSINCLAIR Has anyone tried any bizarre foods – especially when you have a client/customer opposite you and there’s a big contract waiting to be signed? I’ve always fancied trying the fugu fish in Japan, but the right opportunity has never presented itself. Been to a snake restaurant in Vietnam but bottled it, avoided trying both rattlesnake and crocodile in the States... I suppose I’m quite boring where food is concerned…

NAVNOV11

1. Fugu fish, snake wine, sparrow-on-astick in Japan. 2. Rattlesnake burger in Camden Town. 3. Crocodiles and kangaroos Down Under. 4. Duck’s heart, lungs, liver and curdled blood at a duck-only place in Shanghai. 5. Brain masala; a sumptuous, spicy dish I have had in India, London and Sydney.

STEVESCOOTS

It’s a long list, such are the exotic tastes of Officials in Asia (when someone else is paying!): snake, lots of it; sheep’s tail, as disgusting as it sounds; sheep’s anus…; buffalo hoof, slow cooked and just about the only thing I have nearly thrown up while eating; monkey, or at least that’s what they said it was...

F A R O F LY E R

Dog in South Korea and the following in China: deep-fried beetles, deep-fried duck beak, snake, turtle paws. The only food that I have ever had a serious reaction to was drunken prawns in Hong Kong. When I was young my mother would cook sheep’s brains on toast if I was unwell. I wish I could get the recipe and ingredients, as they were lovely.