Bizzare Foods From Around The World

Each country has its own traditional delicacies; however, there are some dishes that are so unusual that even the sight of them would give you shivers. You will wonder how anyone can probably eat such a dish, but the people who have them, it is very usual for them. You must have heard the saying that what is one person’s trash is another person’s treasure and the same goes for such unusual food. You might be amazed to find that such food exists and people also eat them. Would you eat this food? Have a look at the top 10 bizarre foods in the world and get ready to be surprised!

1. Haggis 

Haggis is a Scottish dish which comprises of the organs of a sheep example the liver, heart and the lung. These organs are mixed with chopped onions, salt, spices, raw beef and mutton fat. This mixture is further mixed with stock and filled inside animal stomach. They appear like big meat balls and are then simmered for around 3 hours. These days, the modern Haggis is encased in sausage casing rather than the actual stomach. Haggis is available all year in Scottish restaurants, pubs and supermarkets. If you want to eat a plate of sheep liver, heart and lung, the Haggis is the perfect dish for you.

2.Fried Brain Sandwich

A fried brain sandwich is made by putting slices of calves’ brain between bread. This sandwich was prevalent long before the period of the Mad cow disease and was served on thin white breads in the hotels of Missouri or US. Even today, the sandwich is available in the Ohio River Valley but the brains are now battered heavily and served in buns. The brains of cows that are over 30 months old are now no longer permitted in food in the US due to the Mad cow disease. They serve pig brains instead. If you ever feel you have lost your brain somewhere, try the Fried Brain Sandwich. 

3. Casu Marzu

Casu Marzu is a strange cheese which is found in the city Sardinia in Italy. The strange part about this cheese is that live insect larvae lives inside this cheese. The insect larvae are deliberately added inside the cheese so as to create a level of fermentation which is also close to decomposition. At this point, the fat in the cheese is broken down. Tiny worms live inside the cheese, which if disturbed can jump up to about half a foot. This is the reason why people generally prefer to brush out the insects before they take a bite of this cheese. This is certainly the strangest cheese you would ever come across!

4. Hakarl

Anthony Bourdain who is very famous for eating the strangest of foods in the world claimed that Hakarl was the most disgusting and strangest thing he had ever tasted. Hakarl is made by gutting a Basking Shark or Greenland which is further fermented for around two to four months. Basically, Hakarl is a food from the Iceland and has the smell of ammonia. It is available in the Icelandic stored all around the year. Hakarl is usually served on toothpicks in cubes. The fermentation and the smell of Hakarl definitely make it one of the strangest and most disgusting foods ever!

5. Balut

If you have somehow managed to go through the entire list of foods you may change your mind after reading this one. Balut is basically a fertilized chicken or duck egg with an embryo which is almost but not fully developed and it is boiled and eaten in the shell of the egg. This type of egg is very famous in Cambodia, Philippines and Vietnam. The liquid which surrounds the egg is sipped first before the egg is eaten. These eggs are sold in the sand basically to keep the eggs warm. You must have eaten eggs, and you also must have eaten a chicken or duck, but have you ever thought of eating a nearly developed “embryo”?  This is the sole reason why this is the strangest food on the earth!

Ramadan Bazaars.

I'm not a big fan of the food bazaars: expensive, crowded, too sweet/salty/blank food, unhygienic. But i do appreciate their sociocultural significance to the Malaysians people. It's a gathering place, a melting pot over the basest of human needs - food. Every type of person is to be found, every creed, every take, every ambition. It's something to look forward to, something to anticipate, an anger feast of not just a body,but of lust and the soul.

The celebration of the holy Ramadan festival brings along a unique experience that can be enjoy all Malaysian, the food bazaar during this festive season one can get to sample a variety of authentic and delicious Malay cuisine  which is freshly prepare for the Muslim to break their fast.

The stretch of road transforms into a food haven with the hawkers piling their foodstuffs starting from 4pm till 8pm. The wide spread of delicious fare sold include traditional Malay kuih, lemang, barbecued chicken, nasi lemak, laksa beras which is known as Kedah or Perlis dish, rendang, satay, cucur udang, and nasi ulam. Other cross culture food such as beef and chicken pita, burger, apong balik (known as ban chang kuih in Chinese) and chicken rice are also found. There are others favourite, such as nasi briyani, popiah and murtabak.

Ramadan in Southest Asia is best experienced through the bazaars in cities like Singapore and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. These bazaars are closed throughout the day, but come to life in the late afternoon as bazaar food shops prepare food for Muslims breaking their fast at sundown.

The bazaars continue to operate through the night, providing food and shopping for both Muslims and non-Muslim visitor alike.

For drinks, there are the popular ros syrup, jagung, mata kucing, sugar cane, and the refreshing soy bean.

At the end of the day, Muslims break their fast (buka puasa) with huge meal called iftar, usually eaten communally at home or at bazaars that are set up specifically for Ramadan and Hari Raya Aidilfitri, the joyous end of Ramadan.

Scrumptious Food All Over The World.

Hi and assalamualaikum.

This is the next post on this blog. In this post, i would like to talk about the scrumptious food all over the world as stated in the tittle.

Scrumptious means, (of food) extremely appetizing or delicious. 

So, here i would like to share 10 out of 50 most scrumptious food all over the world.


1. Lasagna - Italy

Lasagna originated in Italy. traditional lasagna is made by interleaving layers of pasta with layers of sauce. nowdays, people used to made it by interleaving layers of pasta with ricotta or mozzarella cheese, tomato sauce and various meat such as beef, pork or chicken. lasagna was listed number 23 on world's 50 most delicious foods !

2. Peking Duck - China

Peking Duck is a famous duck dish from Beijing that has been prepared since the imperial era. The meat is usually eaten with spring onion, cucumber and sweet bean sauce with pancake. For me, i had  eat it with rice. Peking Duck was listed number 5 on world's 50 most delicious foods !

3. Sushi - Japan

Sushi is a japanese food consisting of cooked vinegared rice that combined with other ingredients such as seafood, vegetables and sometimes tropical fruits. Sushi is often served with shredded ginger, wasabi and soy sauce. I would prefer to eat it with soy sauce rather than shredded wasabi or ginger because i don't really like spicy food. Sushi was listed number 4 on world's 50 most delicious !

4. Masala Dosa - India

Masala dosa is a south indian traditional food made by stuffing a dosa with a lightly cooked filling of potatoes, fried onions and spices. The dosa is wrapped around an onion and potato curry. Indians used to eat it as their breakfast. I never tasted it before but my friend does. He said that it taste delicious but spicy. It was listed number 49 on world's 50 most delicious !

5. Chili Crab - Singapore

Chili crab is a seafood dish that is popular in Singapore. Mud crab are commonly used and are stir-fried in a semi-thick, sweet and savoury tomato and chili based sauce. Despite its name, chili crab is not a very spicy dish. It was listed number 35 on world's 50 most delicious foods !

6. Som Tam - Thailand

Som Tam is a green papaya salad. It is a spicy salad made from shredded unripe papaya. According to its origanal recipe, it really spicy in taste. Som Tam is one of my favorite food although i can't stand spicy food. I used to make it by myself by reducing the spicy taste. Som Tam was listed at number 46 on world's 50 most delicious foods !

7. Goi Cuan - Vietnam

Goi Cuan or as known as summer roll is a vietnamese dish that traditionally consisting of pork, prawn, vegetable and other ingredients wrapped in rice paper. I had ate this dish before but it was wrapped with chicken breast instead of pork. It tasted really good and i really love it ! It was listed number 30 on world's most delicious foods !

8. Tacos - Mexico

Tacos is a traditional Mexican dish composed of a corn or wheat tortilla folded or rolled around a filling. Tacos can have variety of filling such as beef, pork, chicken, seafood, vegetables and cheese. Tacos often accompanied by garnishes such as salsa, avocado or guacamole. Tacos was listed number 43 on world's most delicious foods !

9. Hamburger - Germany

Hamburger is a sandwich consisting of one or more cooked patties of ground meat that usually placed inside a sliced hamburger bun. Hamburgers are often served with lettuce, bacon, tomato, onion, pickles, cheese and condiments such as mustard, mayonnaise, ketchup and relish. i believe that each and everyone of you had tasted hamburger before this. It was listed number 6 on world's most delicious foods !

10. Massaman Curry - Thailand

Massaman curry is a Thai dish that is an interpretation of Malay curry dish. This curry most commanly made with beef but also can be made with duck, chicken, tofu or pork. Masaman curry taste sour as its name was derived from Malay word 'masam' which means sour. This dish is served with rice but sometimes people served it with bread. It was listed number 1 on world's most delicious foods !

I had tasted most of the food. it tasted really good as its rank. I hope my post will give you more knowledge about food and how it taste generally. 

The World's Most Expensive Food

Hi and Assalamualaikum.

We meet again. Thanks for visiting our blog !
Today, i would like to post about the most expensive food in the world !
It sounds bombastic right !
Hope you guys will enjoy it.

If you have lots of money and you would love to taste the food that maybe delicious but expensive then, you may try those 10 expensive food that listed below.

1. Huge Italian Truffle To Fetch

$216,000 (RM654,048.00)

This is the underground mushrooms which is most expensive mushroom in the world. It has been bought by strangers from Hong Kong for $216,000. But there are competitors who can bid higher than that.

2. Almas Caviar

$25,000 (RM75,700.00)

Almas caviar is caviar consisting of the eggs of Beluga sturgeon. It is found primarily in Caspian Sea, the world's largest salt-water lake. it is white, comes from beluga over the age of 100 years. Beluga fish, big fish and predators in the sturgeon family took 20 years to mature.

Reliable, the older the white caviar, the fish taste more delicious. Almas Iranian caviar is the most expensive. it is sold in 24-karat gold tin for $2,000 per 100grams. The shop in London, which is as known as Caviar House & Prunier sells a kilo of 24-karat gold tin Almas caviar for $25,000.00.

3. Yubari King Melons

$20,000 (RM60,560.00)

These are not the ordinary cantaloupes that you can find in the supermarket. The orange-fleshed Yubari King melons are coveted because of its proportion and sweetness.These items are so in demand that auctions are actually conducted for its purchase.In 2008, over 100 melon fruits from Yubari were on the block. The most perfect of all was the first item put on sale. A businessman who own a souvenir shop and seafood lunch restaurant made a bid of nearly $23,000 for the honor and privilege of taking home that particular fruit.

 4. Pizza Royale 

$4,200 (RM12,717.60)

Domenico Crolla is a Scottish chef known for putting portraits into his pizza creations. He decided to create the Pizza Royale 007, thought the producers of the James bonds films did not commission it.It was a 12-inch pie, filled with lobsters marinated in cognac, caviar soaked in champagne, tomato sauce, Scottish smoked salmon, prosciutto, venison medallions, and vintage balsamic vinegar. To top it all, there are 24-carat gold flakes. They are not to be taken home, however, as they are edible.

5. Samundri Khazana

$3,200 (RM9689.60)

Samundari Khazana “seafood treasure” and, at £2,000, it’s the most expensive curry in the world. Bombay Brassiere has packed this platter full of the most expensive ingredients they could find. Devon crab and white truffle and a half tomato filled with Beluga caviar and dressed with gold leaf are just the start of this lavish dish. A Scottish lobster, also coated with gold, four abalone and four shelled and hollowed quails’ eggs filled with even more caviar round out the dish. Bombay Brassiere’s head chef, Prahlad Hegde, expects to sell the dish despite the recession that makes the £2,000—over US $3,200—price tag seem ludicrous to some. Regardless of its success as a standalone dish, the hype surrounding the world’s most expensive curry will undoubtedly bring some new faces to the Brassiere.

6. Wagyu Steak

$2,800 (RM8478.40)

Wagyu beef is a sought-after item because of its high percentage of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. Its genetic predisposition also allows it to have an acceptable ratio of monounsaturated to saturated fats. The best of the lot is the one from Kobe, raised in the prefecture of Hyogo in Japan. The cows raised here are fed with beer and are massaged regularly to ensure tenderness. A full Wagyu ribeye in Craftsteak in New York was once served for $2,800. The restaurant is now closed, however, and replaced with Colicchio & Sons.

7. The Zillion Dollar Frittata

$1000 (RM3028.00)

Omelettes are so easy to cook. All you need are some eggs, along with any other food that you wish to use as an ingredient. In Le Parker Meridien Hotel in New York however, the restaurant called Norma’s took a giant leap forward by adding lobster claws and 10 ounces of Sevruga caviar into six eggs. The result is the thousand dollar omelette, or as the restaurant has advertised it, the zillion dollar lobster frittata. A scaled-down version features only 10 percent of the caviar. As only an ounce is included, the restaurant only sells it for $100. The full version of the frittata has been sold only about 12 times, while the smaller version is ordered around 50 times a year.

8. Matsutake Mushrooms

$1000 (RM3028.00)

The mattake, or matsutake, mushroom is the most expensive mushroom in the world today. This is a highly coveted mycorrhizal mushroom that can be found in Asia, North America and Europe, particularly in Japan, China, Korea, the United States, Canada, Finland and Sweden. The most popular is the one associated with the Japanese Red Pine. It is usually hidden under fallen leaves on the forest floor. While simple to harvest, it is extremely hard to find. The annual harvest in Japan is less than a thousand tons only.

Sunnah Food For Muslim

In the name of Allah,the Beneficient,the Merciful . 

 

Assalamualaikum.

Happy ramadhan everyone!  May Allah bless and ease our day. 

So, this blog will post anything about food around the world and enlighten you about facts of food. Everyone loves food right? But remember, you should be aware on food that you want to take. As  muslims, we should be aware on food that we consume. 

There is a surah in Al Quran stated:

‘O mankind, eat from whatever is on earth (that is) lawful and good and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.' (Al-Baqarah: 168)

So, it is clearly potrayed we need to consume good and halal food.Our prophet, Muhammad s.a.w. is concern in taking nutritious and quality food. The amongst food taken are vegetables, seeds, fruits and milk. But it does not mean that Muhammad s.a.w. is a vegeterian because he also ate meat but in small quantity.

Here are some of the sunnah food and sources gathered from Al-Quran and hadith that  we can share for you.

First and foremost, dates. 

You should eat a lot of dates because it is high in nutritional content. If you’re looking for fiber, potassium, or copper, look no further than dates. While dates are rich in many vital nutrients and therefore offer many health benefits, the fruit is so small that you will need to consume a larger quantity to intake the necessary amount.

Dates

                                                                               

Apart from that, you can consume saffron.

It is the dried "stigma" or threads of the flower of the S. crocus plant. Saffron contains many plants derived chemical compounds that are known to have been anti-oxidant, disease preventing, and health promoting properties. Hence, make sure your daily meals contain saffron in order to avoid from getting disease and you can stay healthy.

Saffron

                                                                              

Last but not least, honey.

These are the amazing benefits of honey . The Al-Quran mentions about honey that it is a healing for mankind. Honey offers incredible antiseptic, antioxidant and immune boosting properties for our body and health.  It not only fights infection and helps tissue healing but also helps reduce inflammation and is often used for treating digestive problems such as indigestion, and stomach ulcer.See, how good is honey for our health.

Honey

                                                                              

In a nutshell, we should consume in large potion of these sunnah foods because these foods can lead our health to a better level.

I hope this post will enlighten you about sunnah food better and can practice it in your life.