Yes, it’s a debate that will forever exist amongst travellers – What Is The Best Food And Drink In The World By Country?
Well, that’s a pretty subjective question. We all have varied tastes in food, and some of us are pretty adventurous when it comes to international cuisine (including myself) and then there are some where the sight of something a little different from home (and your comfort fast food chain) will send them straight to pounding the toilet.
So you could ask that question of anyone and they would always come back with something different.
But I’m going to have a different take on this – the Best Food And Drink In The World By Country – The Weird Version!
And the vast majority of these food and beverages have been from my personal experience. And I’m still alive to tell the tale.
Then there are some in this list that I wouldn’t touch with a 30 foot barge pole.
Anyway here it is. My….
List Of The Best Weird Food From All Around The World!
Let’s go in alphabetical order!
Argentina
![Best Steak](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/steak.jpg)
Steak. It’s not the steak itself, but the enormous quantities of it. So much in fact, that a ‘baby beef’ steak of 700 grams will send you into hibernation.
Australia
![Persian Fetta | Food And Drink | Best Food &Amp; Drink In The World By Country - The Weird Version! | Argentina, Australia, Balut, Best Food And Drink In The World, China, Currywurst, Febo, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kopi Luwak, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Steak, United States, Vegemite | Author: Anthony Bianco - The Travel Tart Blog](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/persian-fetta.jpg)
Camel Milk Cheese. Not easy to get hold of, but if you can, it’s frickin amazing.
and then there’s the breakfast staple, Vegemite! Yeast in a jar!
![Vegemite Jar | Food And Drink | Best Food &Amp; Drink In The World By Country - The Weird Version! | Argentina, Australia, Balut, Best Food And Drink In The World, China, Currywurst, Febo, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kopi Luwak, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Steak, United States, Vegemite | Author: Anthony Bianco - The Travel Tart Blog](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Vegemite-Jar.jpg)
China
![Shanghai Restaurant Funny Chinese Food Menu | Food And Drink | Best Food &Amp; Drink In The World By Country - The Weird Version! | Argentina, Australia, Balut, Best Food And Drink In The World, China, Currywurst, Febo, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kopi Luwak, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Steak, United States, Vegemite | Author: Anthony Bianco - The Travel Tart Blog](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Shanghai-Restaurant-Funny-Chinese-Food-Menu.jpg)
It’s not the food itself that’s weird. It’s the menus and signs in Chingrish which attempt to describe what the hell you’re about the eat.
Good luck with that.
![Funny Chinese Food Names | Food And Drink | Best Food &Amp; Drink In The World By Country - The Weird Version! | Argentina, Australia, Balut, Best Food And Drink In The World, China, Currywurst, Febo, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kopi Luwak, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Steak, United States, Vegemite | Author: Anthony Bianco - The Travel Tart Blog](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Funny-Chinese-Food-Names.jpg)
Germany
![Currywurst Berlin's And Germany's Favourite Sausage Food](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Currywurst-Berlins-and-Germanys-Favourite-Sausage-Food.jpg)
Currywurst is one of my favourite ‘eat this at 3 o’clock in the morning after drinking beer all night’ food, right up there with the kebab. Deep fried sausage with ketchup and curry powder. Yummo!
India
![Indian Cuisine Eri Polu | Food And Drink | Best Food &Amp; Drink In The World By Country - The Weird Version! | Argentina, Australia, Balut, Best Food And Drink In The World, China, Currywurst, Febo, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kopi Luwak, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Steak, United States, Vegemite | Author: Anthony Bianco - The Travel Tart Blog](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Indian-Cuisine-Eri-Polu.jpg)
Have a go at Eri Polu, otherwise known as Silk Worm Pupa. See more at Weird Indian Foods.
Indonesia
![Chicken Head | Food And Drink | Best Food &Amp; Drink In The World By Country - The Weird Version! | Argentina, Australia, Balut, Best Food And Drink In The World, China, Currywurst, Febo, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kopi Luwak, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Steak, United States, Vegemite | Author: Anthony Bianco - The Travel Tart Blog](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/chicken-head.jpg)
Have a go at deep fried chicken head.
And wash it down with some Kopi Luwak which has come out of the back end of a small mammal.
![Kopi Luwak Coffee Beans | Food And Drink | Best Food &Amp; Drink In The World By Country - The Weird Version! | Argentina, Australia, Balut, Best Food And Drink In The World, China, Currywurst, Febo, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kopi Luwak, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Steak, United States, Vegemite | Author: Anthony Bianco - The Travel Tart Blog](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Kopi-Luwak-Coffee-Beans.jpg)
And have some cows nose in satay sauce for lunch.
![Rujak Cingur Cows Nose With Peanut Sauce | Food And Drink | Best Food &Amp; Drink In The World By Country - The Weird Version! | Argentina, Australia, Balut, Best Food And Drink In The World, China, Currywurst, Febo, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kopi Luwak, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Steak, United States, Vegemite | Author: Anthony Bianco - The Travel Tart Blog](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Rujak-Cingur-Cows-Nose-with-Peanut-Sauce.jpg)
And scoff down some tea with egg with dinner.
![Teh Telur - Tea With Egg](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Teh-Telur-Tea-with-Egg.jpg)
Japan
![Japanese Food And Restaurants - Octopus Lollipops](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Japanese-Food-and-Restaurants-Octopus-Lollipops.jpg)
Japan is full of weird. The food is actually excellent. But there is the odd strange one like octopus lollipops.
And the plastic food displays which show what you’re about to eat.
![Plastic Food Displays In Japan](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Plastic-Food-Displays-in-Japan.jpg)
Korea
![Bizarre Food - Sea Slug Soup](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Bizarre-Food-Sea-Slug-Soup.jpg)
Have some sea slug soup!
Netherlands
![Febo Unhealthy Fast Food Dutch Takeaway In Amsterdam Netherlands](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Febo-Unhealthy-Fast-Food-Dutch-Takeaway-in-Amsterdam-Netherlands.jpg)
Have some Febo – fast food out of a vending machine
New Zealand
![Huhu Grubs New Zealand | Food And Drink | Best Food &Amp; Drink In The World By Country - The Weird Version! | Argentina, Australia, Balut, Best Food And Drink In The World, China, Currywurst, Febo, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kopi Luwak, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Steak, United States, Vegemite | Author: Anthony Bianco - The Travel Tart Blog](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Huhu-grubs-New-Zealand.jpg)
Huhu Grubs. Basically beetle larvae. See more at 5 weird foods you must try in New Zealand.
Peru
![Eating Guinea Pigs In Peru | Food And Drink | Best Food &Amp; Drink In The World By Country - The Weird Version! | Argentina, Australia, Balut, Best Food And Drink In The World, China, Currywurst, Febo, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kopi Luwak, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Steak, United States, Vegemite | Author: Anthony Bianco - The Travel Tart Blog](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Eating-Guinea-Pigs-In-Peru.jpg)
This one is hard. Eating an animal that you used to have as a pet. Not really tasty either. But just remember eating guinea pigs in Peru is like eating chicken in the western world.
Philippines
![Balut Phillipines Crunchy Duck Fetus For Breakfast The Longest Way Home | Food And Drink | Best Food &Amp; Drink In The World By Country - The Weird Version! | Argentina, Australia, Balut, Best Food And Drink In The World, China, Currywurst, Febo, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kopi Luwak, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Steak, United States, Vegemite | Author: Anthony Bianco - The Travel Tart Blog](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Balut-Phillipines-Crunchy-Duck-Fetus-for-Breakfast-The-Longest-Way-Home.jpg)
Ahh, Balut. Duck foetus aged just the way you want it.
Then there is the cornflake battered fish.
![How To Use Fish And Chips | Food And Drink | Best Food &Amp; Drink In The World By Country - The Weird Version! | Argentina, Australia, Balut, Best Food And Drink In The World, China, Currywurst, Febo, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kopi Luwak, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Steak, United States, Vegemite | Author: Anthony Bianco - The Travel Tart Blog](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/How-To-Use-Fish-And-Chips.jpg)
And even a restaurant that specialises in Spam recipes – a staple of the Filipino diet.
![Spam Jam Manila Philippines | Food And Drink | Best Food &Amp; Drink In The World By Country - The Weird Version! | Argentina, Australia, Balut, Best Food And Drink In The World, China, Currywurst, Febo, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kopi Luwak, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Steak, United States, Vegemite | Author: Anthony Bianco - The Travel Tart Blog](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Spam-Jam-Manila-Philippines.jpg)
Samoa
![Seafood Recipes - Sea Cucumber In Lime Juice](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Seafood-Recipes-Sea-Cucumber-in-Lime-Juice.jpg)
Try some sea cucumber innards marinated in lime juice. I didn’t. That was a bit much for me.
Scotland
![Haggis Scotland](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Haggis-Scotland.jpg)
Haggis is by far the most famous Scottish Dish – stomach stuffed with mystery meat!
And that’s after you have Beefy Bovril for breakfast.
![Beefy Bovril](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Beefy-Bovril.jpg)
Singapore
![Phallic Food Geoduck At Seafood International | Food And Drink | Best Food &Amp; Drink In The World By Country - The Weird Version! | Argentina, Australia, Balut, Best Food And Drink In The World, China, Currywurst, Febo, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kopi Luwak, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Steak, United States, Vegemite | Author: Anthony Bianco - The Travel Tart Blog](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Phallic-Food-Geoduck-at-Seafood-International.jpg)
There’s nothing like the weird seafood called geoduck. I think my eyes would water if I ate this.
![Pig Intestine Dishes | Food And Drink | Best Food &Amp; Drink In The World By Country - The Weird Version! | Argentina, Australia, Balut, Best Food And Drink In The World, China, Currywurst, Febo, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kopi Luwak, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Steak, United States, Vegemite | Author: Anthony Bianco - The Travel Tart Blog](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Pig-Intestine-Dishes.jpg)
Followed up by pig intestines.
![No Durian Sign Singapore](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/No-Durian-Sign-Singapore.jpg)
but don’t bring the smelly Durian fruit anywhere, it stinks!
South Africa
![Eating Worms Mopani South Africa | Food And Drink | Best Food &Amp; Drink In The World By Country - The Weird Version! | Argentina, Australia, Balut, Best Food And Drink In The World, China, Currywurst, Febo, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kopi Luwak, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Steak, United States, Vegemite | Author: Anthony Bianco - The Travel Tart Blog](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Eating-Worms-Mopani-South-Africa.jpg)
Hmm, deep fried caterpillars. Taste a bit rubbery, but you could live on them for a while.
Then there’s Bunny Chow. Half a loaf of bread stuffed with curry.
![Chicken Curry Funny Bunny Chow | Food And Drink | Best Food &Amp; Drink In The World By Country - The Weird Version! | Argentina, Australia, Balut, Best Food And Drink In The World, China, Currywurst, Febo, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kopi Luwak, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Steak, United States, Vegemite | Author: Anthony Bianco - The Travel Tart Blog](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Chicken-Curry-Funny-Bunny-Chow.jpg)
And for dessert, a funny piece of cake from Johannesburg.
![Funny Cake Rip Diet | Food And Drink | Best Food &Amp; Drink In The World By Country - The Weird Version! | Argentina, Australia, Balut, Best Food And Drink In The World, China, Currywurst, Febo, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kopi Luwak, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Steak, United States, Vegemite | Author: Anthony Bianco - The Travel Tart Blog](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Funny-Cake-RIP-Diet.jpg)
and of course, a vegetarians worst nightmare – Mzoli’s Meat near Cape Town.
![Fresh Meat Market | Food And Drink | Best Food &Amp; Drink In The World By Country - The Weird Version! | Argentina, Australia, Balut, Best Food And Drink In The World, China, Currywurst, Febo, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kopi Luwak, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Steak, United States, Vegemite | Author: Anthony Bianco - The Travel Tart Blog](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Fresh-Meat-Market.jpg)
Taiwan
![My Nuts - Interesting Travel Photo](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/My-Nuts.jpg)
United States
Just supersize everything, especially at the Heart Attack Grill.
![Heart Attack Grill Menu Bypass Burgers](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Heart-Attack-Grill-Menu-Bypass-Burgers.jpg)
Vanuatu
![Chicken Fish - Seafood That Tastes Like Poultry](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Chicken-Fish-Seafood-That-Tastes-Like-Poultry.jpg)
Eat the fish that tastes like chicken!
Vietnam
![Dog Head | Food And Drink | Best Food &Amp; Drink In The World By Country - The Weird Version! | Argentina, Australia, Balut, Best Food And Drink In The World, China, Currywurst, Febo, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kopi Luwak, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Steak, United States, Vegemite | Author: Anthony Bianco - The Travel Tart Blog](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Dog-Head.jpg)
I’m not going anywhere near this one. Dog head from Vietnam. Open with caution.
Wales
![Bacon And Eggs For Breakfast | Food And Drink | Best Food &Amp; Drink In The World By Country - The Weird Version! | Argentina, Australia, Balut, Best Food And Drink In The World, China, Currywurst, Febo, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kopi Luwak, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Steak, United States, Vegemite | Author: Anthony Bianco - The Travel Tart Blog](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Bacon-and-Eggs-for-Breakfast.jpg)
Eat the beast and you probably won’t have to eat anything for the rest of the year.
Everywhere
![Canned Wtf | Food And Drink | Best Food &Amp; Drink In The World By Country - The Weird Version! | Argentina, Australia, Balut, Best Food And Drink In The World, China, Currywurst, Febo, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kopi Luwak, Korea, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Steak, United States, Vegemite | Author: Anthony Bianco - The Travel Tart Blog](https://www.thetraveltart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Canned-WTF.jpg)
Canned Food. Some just defy explanation.
But don’t get me started – wait, there’s more! Check out 52 Tips For Weird Food and Drinks.
Hungry now?
Yeah, the menus in China are basically useless. The names of items rarely have any correlation to what is in the dish.
The silkworms are gross in every country. Big ones small ones, they all taste like crap.
If you have spent any time in Vietnam, you have probably eaten dog. EVEN if you didn’t know it.
I have never had egg tea, but I drink an egg coffee in Hoi An, Vietnam almost every day.
The coffee we keep in our house is called weasel coffee. The coffee bean was eaten and crapped back out by a weasel before it is packaged. We drink it every morning.
Yummo. Maybe…