China's Most Interesting Bites

Hello all! Here is a list of China's most interesting dishes.

Fried Scorpions
In the article, "10 Bizarre Foods to Eat in China" by Rach in which he described a list of China's most popular usual dishes that are common in that country. To start off, the author described the natives in China would commonly eat scorpions. Scorpions are normally sold through street vendors, and are fried and topped with salt and chilli spice. Most people say scorpions taste like chicken, so that does not sound so bad, right?

Fried Smelly Tofu
In the YouTube video below by Shipai ducho, we have our favorite food critic, Andrew Zimmerman tasting his first Chinese tofu. In reference to the article, "What is Stinky Tofu" by Rory Boland,  described this tofu as having a strong and distinct smell similar to blue cheese because it has been stored from weeks to a number of months before serving it. The ingredients of this dish consists of: fish, meat, milk and vegetable (Boland 2017). The article goes on to explained that this tofu is deep fried and the smell worsens when the it is cold. Boland suggest that if you are interested in trying "stinky tofu", to visit the origins of "Taiwan, Shanghai, Hong Kong" (Boland 2017).

Antique Duck Egg (1000 Years Old) 
Although this antique duck egg found in China has a strong smell, it does not have such a foul smell as the "stinky tofu". Referring back to the Rach's article, he described that this Chinese duck egg is stored for approximately 100 days before distributed to eat. Before it is stored, the outside layer of the egg is covered in these ingredients in order for it to maintain its flavor: "mud, lime and ashes" (Rach 2016). instead of this egg smelling old cheese, Rach mentioned that it taste like cheese with soft texture. 
The YouTube video below is by emmymadeninjapan where she mixed the duck egg with another rice porridge. She shows how to eat where it won't upset the stomach.