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Eggs cooked in urine a delicacy in China

Webmaster — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 02:06:02 +0000

Chicken eggs cooked in the urine of young boys is a popular street food in China’s Dongyang City. The supporters of this delicacy believe that the eggs are good for clearing spring drowsiness and summer heat.

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Crouching tiger hidden bacon

Webmaster — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:01:14 +0000

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16 items they only sell at Chinese Walmarts

Webmaster — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 05:53:37 +0000

1. Crocodiles

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2,400-year-old soup found in China

Webmaster — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:30:28 +0000

Bone soup made in a bronze tripod 2,400 years ago was discovered in an ancient tomb in Xi’an, capital of Northwest China’s Shaanxi province, the Provincial Archaeological Institute announced on Saturday.

The institute said its archaeologists discovered the bronze vessel on Nov 25 when cleaning a Warring States Period (475-221 BC) tomb for the Xi’an Xianyang International Airport’s second construction phase.

“It’s the first time Chinese archaeologists have unearthed such a container with bone soup still inside,” archaeologist and head of the tomb’s excavation team Liu Daiyun said.

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Live crab vending machines in China

Webmaster — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 06:00:23 +0000

A vending machine at a subway station in Nanjing is selling live crabs.

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World’s largest sushi mosaic

Webmaster — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:04:14 +0000

The Norwegian Seafood Export Council set a new world record last week at China’s Shanghai Expo in celebration of the arrival of Norwegian Salmon No. 10,000,000 to China.

The record-setting sushi mosaic featured 8,374 pieces of sushi made from different types of Norwegian seafood, primarily salmon, but also cod, mackerel and prawns.

The mosaic covered 20.13 square metres, used 120 kilos of rice and 65 kilos of Norwegian Salmon, and took 6 hours and 15 minutes to complete.

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Weird Taiwan toilet theme restaurant

Webmaster — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:03:46 +0000

The Modern Toilet restaurant in Taiwan made international headlines in 2007 with its bizarre toilet theme design and food. I heard from my friends in Taipei that their business is still going strong, amazingly.

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Hokkaido blue beer

Webmaster — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:00:54 +0000

Blue beer from Hokkaido, Japan; contains 5% alcohol and spirulina.

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Heart shaped watermelon in Japan

Webmaster — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:06:36 +0000

A store in Fukuoka is selling heart-shaped watermelons, created by farmer Hiroichi Kimura and his wife.

The fruit is priced at 15,750 yen (US$160) each.

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Chocolate ramen

Webmaster — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:41:44 +0000

Japanese chocolate manufacturer Lotte is teaming up its Ghana brand chocolate with popular ramen shop Menya Musashi to create a chocolate flavoured ramen.

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