1 northeast soy sauce
This soy sauce made from fermented soybeans is an important part of Northeast cuisine. Northeasters especially like soy sauce, but for foreign friends who eat soy sauce for the first time, the special fermented taste of soy sauce is really unacceptable. Moreover, the salinity of the sauce is very high, and friends who are used to the light taste are estimated to be unable to eat it.
2. Houttuynia cordata Thunb
Also known as the root of broken ears, it has an indescribable strange smell, which really makes many people unbearable, but many friends around it like it very much. This is also a relatively polarized food. Many people like to eat cold houttuynia cordata, and many small shops along Sichuan Road will also have this dish.
3. A boy's egg
It looks like a tea egg, but it is actually cooked with children's urine, which is a traditional snack in Dongyang, Zhejiang. Boys' eggs are twice as expensive as tea eggs, and they are often in short supply. Some Dongyang people buy dozens of them for the whole family in one breath, and some old people insist on eating two a day. You can taste it yourself, but I won't eat it anyway.
4. Stinky mandarin fish
As a representative of Anhui cuisine, the stinky mandarin fish is very famous. It gives off this slight smell, but the fish is as white and firm as garlic cloves, which personally feels very delicious. However, some friends are not used to the smell of stinky mandarin fish and avoid it.
5. Drunk yellow snail
This kind of common food in coastal cities is really terrible for mainland friends. Like a shelled snail with mucus, there will be broken snail shells and sand in its mouth, which is salty and fishy. But the person you like thinks it's delicious and has an appetite.
6. Beijing bean juice
It looks a bit like soybean milk, but it really smells like spoiled swill in your mouth. This Beijing specialty snack made of mung beans is a classic food that Beijingers like very much, but for foreign friends, it is definitely a lifelong regret to try it once.