What is the most exotic restaurant you've eaten at?

[negooseman]

Trestle Inn in Northern Minnesota years ago. Had fabulous all you can bbq ribs and really good hamburgers.

 

[bill cooksey]

I ate at "The Carnovore" in Nairobi in '07 when my mom and I went on a sightseeing safari in Kenya/Tanzania. When I saw the title to your thread, that was going to be my response.

My mom would remember (she documents everything) but I believe we had ostrich, crocodile, and a few other plains game type animals. I remember being pleasantly surprised by the crocodile. Also the "Tusker" beer wasn't too bad, drank several of those!

Ceoc surprises me as it's one of the few sources of protein most Africans consider taboo.

 

[TheDuckSlayer]

Fudpuckers in Destin, FL. I know, I need to broaden my horizons.

Haha I was gonna say “Joes Crab Shack” but I was embarrassed. Everybody here already thinks I’m white trash anyway, so

 

[Fasteel72]

My house.

 

[Ducker 4 Ever]

Ceoc surprises me as it's one of the few sources of protein most Africans consider taboo.

I recall them saying to us that they no longer shot wild animals and most everything we ate that evening was "farm" raised of some sort. Must have been a bureaucratic decision somewhere along the lines. Either way... I just Googled their menu to see what they still offer and this was the first page.

 

[Foxwood]

Been to the Carnivore a couple times; it's an experience. Had some good stir fry at some place in Siem Riep Cambodia that had a live croc in the open basement, you walked over it on some rickety wood platforms. Their sign proudly proclaimed "we don't serve dog cat rat or worm".

 

[WHUP ! Hen]

Doe’s Eat Place in Greenville, MS. When you walk-in thru the back door through the kitchen you begin to wonder if you’re in the right place. 2 big black guys looking after the parking lot. The food was great.

 

[Green Duck Truck]

Spent a summer in 2000 in Anhui Province in China. Lots of interesting/bizarre meals there. The most memorable was a banquet they served at a restaurant in our honor. Banquets can go on for hours. At one point we were served a huge lobster on a wooden boat. The body and tail were chopped up raw, the rest if it was there for decoration. After about 10 minutes, we had eaten all the raw meat. It was then that it started to move, and I realized the "rest" of the body was still alive. Not just twitching, it actually tried to crawl off the boat. Weird to know we had eaten this thing while it was still alive. The Chinese hosts kind of giggled in an embarrassed way. The waitresses took it away, and it can back a little later, cooked and broken up in pieces.

 

[woodiefanatic]

Lamberts Cafe in Sikeston, MO. They looked at me like the devil when I tried to order a beer.

 

[jjgoose]

Spent a summer in 2000 in Anhui Province in China. Lots of interesting/bizarre meals there. The most memorable was a banquet they served at a restaurant in our honor. Banquets can go on for hours. At one point we were served a huge lobster on a wooden boat. The body and tail were chopped up raw, the rest if it was there for decoration. After about 10 minutes, we had eaten all the raw meat. It was then that it started to move, and I realized the "rest" of the body was still alive. Not just twitching, it actually tried to crawl off the boat. Weird to know we had eaten this thing while it was still alive. The Chinese hosts kind of giggled in an embarrassed way. The waitresses took it away, and it can back a little later, cooked and broken up in pieces.

I had a very similar experience at a traditional small homestyle restraunt in Shenzhen. The kicker is thats its considered very disrespectful to not eat everything offered to you in that situation as a guest of honor....