BBC’s list of 50 things to eat before you die.
1. Fresh fish
2. Lobster
3. Steak
4. Thai food
5. Chinese food
6. Ice cream
7. Pizza
8. Crab
9. Curry
10. Prawns
11. Moreton Bay Bugs
12. Clam chowder
13. Barbecues
14. Pancakes
15. Pasta
16. Mussels
17. Cheesecake
18. Lamb
19. Cream tea [what is cream tea? tea with cream?]
20. Alligator
21. Oysters
22. Kangaroo
23. Chocolate
24. Sandwiches
25. Greek food
26. Burgers
27. Mexican food
28. Squid
29. American diner breakfast
30. Salmon
31. Venison
32. Guinea pig [!!!]
33. Shark
34. Sushi
35. Paella
36. Barramundi
37. Reindeer
38. Kebab
39. Scallops
40. Australian meat pie
41. Mango
42. Durian fruit
43. Octopus
44. Ribs
45. Roast beef
46. Tapas
47. Jerk chicken/pork
48. Haggis
49. Caviar
50. Cornish pasty
Looks like I’m sorted after I eat some Guinea Pig and some Cream Tea (unless Cream Tea refers to tea with cream, then it’s only the Guinea Pig.. why do I feel like one?). I seem to have eaten or tried everything else.. including some not on the list: camel and horse, some bits of monkey, turtle, snake, dog… I’m pretty adventurous when it comes to food.
Someone once said if Adam and Eve were Chinese, they’d have eaten the snake instead.
I so far haven’t summoned the guts to eat the fried locusts and caterpillars I saw being flogged at the Beijing food markets. And no, not the Filipino baluts or penoys either.
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Balut taste just like chicken eggs. Tee hee~
don’t tell me you… ewwwwww! :)
there’s a close up of ur lips at the bottom of this post
how symbolic is that???
can’t imagine all those thigns going past em though. they look so innocently sweet
euw. but of course they missed out penis.
i’d say they missed out ‘sup torpedo’. ahahhaah, you have to try that out…
ugh! That list is so vegetarian-unfriendly.
Fuzz : Yeah, I did. Visited Pateros "Balut Central" Manila some years back … :x Hee hee~
kev, penis is not a food.
HAHAHHAHAHA!!
liew: oooh.. hahaha no thanks. i know what the torpedos are.
jon: blame the BBC!
lynn… :X
are you serious? shit. but it’s damn yummy though.
ewwwwwwww!
Cream Tea is a great English invention. Basically its scones, jam and clotted cream served with a pot of tea at early/mid afternoon.
http://www.broadwayhouse.com/creamtea.html
(PS Clotted Cream is the greatest thing ever…)
someone fill me in already what the heck is it this balut?
woo.. so one more to go! but guinea pigs.. err.. hmm.
oh sorry kayz,
a balut is a filipino delicacy.. cooked, semi-formed unhatched chicks in eggs
Dear Stephanie,
Just came across your page while browsing. Cream tea is a lovely English Tradition. You begin by having tea(whichever choice you like) and rich fruit cake. This is followed by a three-tier tray which consist of finger sandwiches on the first tray; three varieties- cucumber (very Englisgh) , smoked salmon and egg mayo. The second tier will have pastries and the last tier has scones with sultanas in them. This is served with butter, jam and clotted(not whipped like in KL!!) cream. Finally after all of that, some places offer you a cake of your choice.
That would be a full English cream tea. There are other subtler versions where its just the cucumber sandwiches and scones with clotted cream.
If you ever are in London I’d suggest trying Patisserie Valerie, Richoux or cream tea at Harrods.
thanks, nadia :) i will keep that in mind for when i visit london!
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