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 egg2. Surströmming – Fermented herring (Sweden)瑞典酸鯡魚 | ruì diǎn suān fèi yú | Swedish sour herring3. Casu Marzu – Maggot cheese (Italy)活蛆乳酪 | huó qū rǔ lào | Live maggot cheese4. Fried Tarantula (Cambodia)炸狼蛛 | zhà láng zhū | Fried tarantula5. Hákarl – Fermented shark (Iceland)發酵鯊魚肉 | fā xiào shā yú ròu | Fermented shark meat6. Sannakji – Live baby octopus (Korea)活章魚 | huó zhāng yú | Live octopus7. Escamoles – Ant larvae (Mexico)蟻卵 | yǐ luǎn | Ant eggs / larvae8. Century Egg – Preserved black egg (China)皮蛋 | pí dàn | Century egg9. Blood Pancake (Finland)血煎餅 | xuè jiān bǐng | Blood pancake10. Witchetty Grub (Australia – Aboriginal delicacy)大白蟲 | dà bái chóng | Big white grub11. Tuna Eyeball (Japan)鮪魚眼球 | wěi yú yǎn qiú | Tuna eyeball12. Snake Wine (Vietnam/China)蛇酒 | shé jiǔ | Snake wine13. Guinea Pig (Cuy) (Peru/Ecuador)天竺鼠肉 | tiān zhú shǔ ròu | Guinea pig meat14. Mopane Worms (Southern Africa)莫潘蟲 | mò pān chóng | Mopane worms15. Frog Smoothie (Peru)青蛙果汁 | qīng wā guǒ zhī | Frog juice Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.