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Johnny Tong 28/01/2019 Individual Blog#1 Surströmming museum "Fiskevistet" Last winter, I was on a trip to travel all the Nordics,to eat all the food, to see all the snow, to flirt all the girls, kinda feel like Anthony Bourdain. But besides all the boring schnitzels, meatballs and gravlax, something evil was long awaited for me kind of innocent tourist... Well, to be fair, I kinda deserved it. I was wandering in some small town where google didn't really help. So I asked a local mom if she had any authentic scandinavian food recommendation. With some help and good luck (or bad luck), I got to the little house up there, with full of unreadable swedish. The only readable sentence on a red can "MUST NOT OPEN INDOOR" simply reminded me what this devil I once saw on TV was... Surströmming, the (in)famous swedish stinky fish.  Photo courtesy: Wikipedia Just like Hong Kong people, or Vietnameses, fishermen in Scandinavia share the same convention...

Osvaldo Matthew Soputan 3035449918 Do you eat insects? Thailand is famous for its tourism and unique traditional delicacies. Fried insects are one of the most common local snacks that are available in every corner of Thailand. Some are dressed with thick sauces or breadcrumbs in order to attract tourists attention, some others are just fried without adding too many spices to prevent loss of natural flavors. The insects served range from larvas, grasshoppers, cockroaches, bees and any other insects that have a size big enough to be eaten can be found sold as street food in Thailand.  A couple of years ago I went to Bangkok, Thailand and ate a crunchy and crispy local delicacy. My first thought when I was eating the food was that it must have been made of chicken or lamb. Surprisingly, it was nowhere near to what I expected. I translated the menu into English and was baffled with the translation, it said fried grasshopper. Honestly, had I not discovered what it was...

Nicholas Chandra 28th January 2019 INDIVIDUALBLOG#1 Gudeg Jogja Gudeg Jogja (Stewed nangka/unripe jack fruit) Gudeg Jogja is a staple food for people living in the Central Java area of Indonesia. It was a dish, like many others, where grandmothers compete for the best eggnogs recipe, Southern American's for their fried chicken and the Chinese, for their dumplings. The competition for the best recipe has brought upon uniqueness to every Gudeg offered in different restaurants. This dish mainly consists of unripe jack fruit, palm sugar, and coconut milk, which is stewed for many hours before it could finally be served. Other complimentary ingredients and aromatics such as garlic, shallots, candlenut, coriander seed, galangal, bay leaves, and teak leaves are added to increase complexity and the flavour profile of Gudeg. Although it is a staple food, not few are known to dislike the flavor and texture of this particular dish. Many describe it as "odd, too sw...

Marco Brian Widjaja UID:3035493024 The Weirdest Food I have Eaten            That dish you are looking at is one of the weirdest food I have eaten. You are looking at the brain of a cow that was cooked into a savory experience that many Indonesians look forward to eating when entering a common Padang restaurant. This is a common delicacy of a city in Indonesia. The city is called Padang and it is located in the West Sumatra province of Indonesia. The yellow/ orange looking sauce is actually a form of Indonesian curry called "Gulai". The sauce has a thick texture that mimics curry similar to Indian curry, although spice-wise it is very different and the taste is also very different from Indian curry. The sauce has a spicy kick as well as a sweetness that calms it. The brain is soft and mushy almost as if you can let the meat melt in your mouth like butter. Though if you let the brain linger in your mouth you can always taste an aftertaste that I fin...