1. Snail noodles are now a special delicacy all over the country. Originating from Guangxi, snail noodles have conquered the taste buds of many people with their unique sour and refreshing taste. However, some people feel uncomfortable all over when they smell this smell.

Let alone eat it.

2. Beef stew pot In ethnic minority areas such as Yunnan and Guizhou, cows are often slaughtered, the undigested forage in the stomach of the cow is taken out, the juice is squeezed out, and then put into a pot with Chinese herbal medicines, spices, etc. and slowly simmered to make it.

Authentic beef hotpot soup base.

The soup base made this way has a rotten smell!

If you put it in a pot and cook it, the smell will immediately spread to a radius of ten miles, which can be described as a stink.

3. Baby eggs look the same as tea eggs, but they are actually boiled with children’s urine. They are a traditional snack in Dongyang, Zhejiang.

Baby eggs are twice as expensive as tea eggs, and demand often exceeds supply.

Some people in Dongyang buy dozens of pills at one go for their whole family to eat, and some elderly people insist on eating two pills a day.

As for the taste, you can experience it yourself. I won’t eat it anyway.

4. Houttuynia cordata is also called Zheergen. It has an indescribable strange smell that really makes many people intolerable. However, many friends around me also love to eat it. This is a relatively polarizing delicacy.

Many people like to eat cold Houttuynia cordata, and many roadside shops in Sichuan also serve this dish.

5. Jin Chan remembers that when he saw this special delicacy when he first went to a friend’s house in Shandong, he was completely shocked and didn’t dare to move his chopsticks at all.

This kind of cicada larvae in the developmental stage is a local delicacy and is expensive. Many locals like to eat it.

But the appearance of the bug is still very psychologically stressful.

6. Drunken yellow mud snails, a common delicacy in seaside cities, are really scary in the eyes of inland friends.

Like a shelled snail with mucus, there will be broken shells and sand in your mouth, which is salty and fishy.

But those who like it find it extremely delicious and appetizing.

7. Blood clams are very popular in the southeastern coastal areas. The bloody appearance can indeed scare many friends who eat them for the first time, and the vigorous method of soaking them in boiling water for a few seconds and eating them is also daunting.

Blood cockles have thick, tender meat and a moist flavor. They are actually very delicious.

8. Northeastern soybean paste, which is made from moldy fermentation of soybeans, is an important part of Northeastern cuisine. Northeastern people especially like doenjang, but for foreign friends who eat it for the first time, the specialness of doenjang

The fermentation smell is really unacceptable.

Moreover, the saltiness of doenjang is very high, and those who are used to bland taste may not be able to eat it.

9. Beijing bean juice looks a bit like soy milk, but when you drink it in your mouth, it really smells like rancid swill.

This Beijing specialty snack made of mung beans is a classic delicacy that Beijingers love very much, but for foreign friends, you will definitely regret it after trying it once.

10. Stinky mandarin fish As a representative of Anhui cuisine, stinky mandarin fish is very famous.

It gives off a slight odor, but the fish meat is as white and firm as garlic cloves. I personally think it is very delicious.

However, there are also friends who are not used to the smell of smelly mandarin fish and are afraid to avoid it.

Chinese cuisine is extensive and profound, and delicious regional characteristics are also important features of Chinese cuisine.