I am the anti-Bourdain. When I watch him, I see someone who turned Fear Factor into a full time career.
I confess. Foreign food terrifies me. So much of it is slimy and chewy and squishy.
Seriously, have you SEEN a 100 year old egg? It’s an unnatural translucent green that you suspect incubates something that would stalk Sigourney Weaver. If I had eaten it, there would have been a translucent green coating on everything within 30 feet.
The most lavish feast I’ve ever seen was when I attended a traditional Chinese wedding (it was in Chinatown in Los Angeles, but that’s besides the point). All the main courses came out with heads still attached, so I had to survive entirely on fried rice and a slice of the marital cake. » Read more: Confessions of a Cultural Idiot Part 1: Eat





