Snake and Scorpion Wine

Nevermind a sweet chardonnay or a crisp pinot grigio there’s a new drink in town… Snake Wine! This fine wine comes out of south east asia and has to be awarded 5 stars for presentation alone! From cobras and vine snakes

Casu Marzu – Maggot Cheese (casu modde, casu cundhídu, formaggio marcio)

I must say I prefer my cheese without maggots but apparently not everyone feels the same way. Casu marzu is a Sardinian cheese and is considered a delicacy amongst locals. The cheese is filled with live maggots and is often eaten

Civet Coffee (Kopi luwak, motit coffee, kape alamid, kafé-laku)

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 

Balut eggs – not egg, not duck, but in between!

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.

Pork Brains in Milk Gravy

Pork Brains in Milk Gravy, sounds delicious, eh?  It also sounds like something that people must eat in some far flung corner of Asia, right?  Cambodia, Korea, Japan?  Actually, if you are reading this from the US of A, you can head down south and pick yourself up a can of Pork Brains in Milk [...]