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Exotic Delicacies

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Roman Edirisinghe
on March 23, 2005
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Taipei SnacksI was checking out Mutant Frog Travelogue and found a post about some fascinating Chinese delicacies: scorpion, starfish and seahorse snacks. Reading it made me simultaneously cringe and ponder, “What would that taste like?” I’ll have to find out for myself. This is one of those things I would be willing to do when I launch my “pay me to travel and blog” phase of this blog. Need some more pictures for proof? I found more references here | here | here | here | here

Further perusal of the web brought many other discoveries. Interested in some exotic alcohol? I’m not talking about the tequila worm. Edible.com features some provocative items for sale, including snake vodka, scorpion vodka, and BBQ worm crisps. My stomach growls with hungry excitement.

Do you enjoy coffee and tea? I certainly do. And I would enjoy it more if it was shat out the anus of some exotic kitty, that’s for sure. Check out civet coffee, weasel coffee (vomited by weasels), and monkey-picked tea.

Nyataimori/Nyotaimori

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Roman Edirisinghe
on March 1, 2005
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NyotaimoriNyataimori/nyotaimori is the much fabled “naked sushi” of Japanese origin. The rough translation of the word nyataimori/nyotaimori is “adorned body of a woman.”

Check it out at the Yak’s Lair

Check out a gallery of nyataimori pix

Last post of February

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Roman Edirisinghe
on February 28, 2005
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Tonight I went to Suze & Jer’s to eat some great Jamaican food, vegan style. Entrees included jerk seitan, cornbread, cabbage, rice & beans, fried plantains, and spicy condiments. Rasta, dem cook well.

My attitude today was excellent, considering I slept terribly last night (I was up until 5 am tweaking this blog). Went to Narwhal and soaked for a bit, got downright meditative. Feeling optimistic is a welcome change from the painful cloud of negativity I was walking in.

Life really does remind me of those “Choose Your Own Adventure” books from the 1980’s. We make our own choices about how we live, act and react to the stimuli around us.