Mandarin Vocab Challenge: Can You Guess These Strange Foods? | Mandarin Monkey Podcast

1. Balut – Fertilized duck embryo (Philippines)

鴨仔蛋 | yā zǐ dàn | Duck embryo egg

2. Surströmming – Fermented herring (Sweden)

瑞典酸鯡魚 | ruì diǎn suān fèi yú | Swedish sour herring

3. Casu Marzu – Maggot cheese (Italy)

活蛆乳酪 | huó qū rǔ lào | Live maggot cheese

4. Fried Tarantula (Cambodia)

炸狼蛛 | zhà láng zhū | Fried tarantula

5. Hákarl – Fermented shark (Iceland)

發酵鯊魚肉 | fā xiào shā yú ròu | Fermented shark meat

6. Sannakji – Live baby octopus (Korea)

活章魚 | huó zhāng yú | Live octopus

7. Escamoles – Ant larvae (Mexico)

蟻卵 | yǐ luǎn | Ant eggs / larvae

8. Century Egg – Preserved black egg (China)

皮蛋 | pí dàn | Century egg

9. Blood Pancake (Finland)

血煎餅 | xuè jiān bǐng | Blood pancake

10. Witchetty Grub (Australia – Aboriginal delicacy)

大白蟲 | dà bái chóng | Big white grub

11. Tuna Eyeball (Japan)

鮪魚眼球 | wěi yú yǎn qiú | Tuna eyeball

12. Snake Wine (Vietnam/China)

蛇酒 | shé jiǔ | Snake wine

13. Guinea Pig (Cuy) (Peru/Ecuador)

天竺鼠肉 | tiān zhú shǔ ròu | Guinea pig meat

14. Mopane Worms (Southern Africa)

莫潘蟲 | mò pān chóng | Mopane worms

15. Frog Smoothie (Peru)

青蛙果汁 | qīng wā guǒ zhī | Frog juice

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