The Icecreamists, a small ice cream parlour in London, has caused a media storm with the launch of its latest dessert – the “Baby Gaga”. The “Baby Gaga” is made using human breast milk; yes that’s right human breast milk ice cream. Welcome to 21st century London! The breast milk Read more »

With a price tag of £150-800/Kg ($225-1200 USD) civet coffee certainly deserves the title of ‘the world’s most expensive cuppa’. civet coffee or Kopi Luwak as it’s called Indonesia starts life as any other coffee bean would, as an ordinary and unassuming coffee berry. From here though the story begins to unfold  Read more »

What do you think David Beckham misses most when he’s kicking a ball around in other parts of the world like the US Italy?  Fish ‘n’ Chips?  Roast Beef?  (er, what else does the rest of the world think we Brits eat?  Cucumber sandwiches?!).  Nope – Jellied Eels.  Yes, that’s eels as in the slimy [...] Read more »

Balut eggs (also spelled Baloot, Baalut, Baluge, or Balute.) Balut eggs are fertilised duck (sometimes chicken) eggs that are at the stage of development where there is a nearly developed embryo inside. The balut egg then boiled and usually eaten with salt, just like a normal boiled egg. Read more »