Exotic food in Auckland?

[Number One]

I've never been eeling either..wouldn't know what to do and hate squirmy things - I'm such a big girls blouse

[98tls]

Odd place this "North Island" ive heard of.

[cave weta]

I was stuck in Albany a few weeks ago in the pissing rain and went into a big aisian supermarket for a bit of cultural experience. - I think it was Wairau Rd- could that be right? parralell to the motorway.
I couldnt read any labels but recognised a few things...
They had fresh anchovies, salted anchovies, dried squid, fresh squid, marinated silk worms,dried snails wet snails, sea weeds,fresh, powdered, flaked! big ugly fish, little ugly fish. Bean curd, plain marinated and dried.- I bought some marinated and fried it- shit it was tasty! There was some weird stuff in tins with odd pictures on the lables, could have been anything! whale spit or dolphins scrotum pate I think.
What a great place to take the kids!

[TOTO]

There is eel sushi that I have been eating lately from the sushi shop, and its bloody tasty.

[TOTO]

I was stuck in Albany a few weeks ago in the pissing rain and went into a big aisian supermarket for a bit of cultural experience. - I think it was Wairau Rd- could that be right? parralell to the motorway.
I couldnt read any labels but recognised a few things...
They had fresh anchovies, salted anchovies, dried squid, fresh squid, marinated silk worms,dried snails wet snails, sea weeds,fresh, powdered, flaked! big ugly fish, little ugly fish. Bean curd, plain marinated and dried.- I bought some marinated and fried it- shit it was tasty! There was some weird stuff in tins with odd pictures on the lables, could have been anything! whale spit or dolphins scrotum pate I think.
What a great place to take the kids!

O wicked. I ride trough there daily - will check it out


Man I havent had snails in years - since I was a kid

[discotex]

Does anyone know any places where I can try exotic food ?

Hey You should go check out the New World in Albany Westfield. There's a whole frozen game section there. Can't remember what they have but pretty sure kanga was on the list. Might have croc as well. By far the best supermarket on the shore side of town for variety!

[TOTO]

Hey You should go check out the New World in Albany Westfield. There's a whole frozen game section there. Can't remember what they have but pretty sure kanga was on the list. Might have croc as well. By far the best supermarket on the shore side of town for variety!

2 mins from uni - perfect. Thanks Disco

[007XX]

I've never been eeling either..wouldn't know what to do and hate squirmy things - I'm such a big girls blouse

Oh for cryin' out loud woman...you ride buckets like a bat out of hell and you're squimish about an eel?? Yeeeshhhh, I don't know...

You need to come and camp with me at my uncle in law's farm up North. The kids and I go eeling at night with a torch and a couple chicken bones: it is absolutely awesome fun!
Then, as the boys said, cooked on the barbie or smoked it is just one of the most flavoursome meats!

Personally, I've tried snake, croc, snails, pretty much all offals, ostrich and kangaroo...and no, it is not due to my nationality, but purely to a natural curiosity.

[Lias]

I've never been eeling either..wouldn't know what to do and hate squirmy things - I'm such a big girls blouse

At least yer blouse is big in the right places

[Naki Rat]

We kinda didn't have a choice...army kids on a school 'jungle' camp in Malaysia when I lived in singapore - woulda been rude to not accept a piece but yeah - It was nice...so was the snake but the monkey was definitely the nicer of the two!

Tried both while working in Borneo jungle. As was usual with any new taste sensation - try first, find out what you've eaten afterward. Monkey was not unlike rabbit but after learning what it was the 'cannibal' thoughts put a damper on things. Snake was an 8 foot Python that was excellent stewed, sweet white meat, but missed out on the eggs recovered from it as the Chinese staff got first dibs on them.

It always impressed me that the Chinese can cook virtually ANYTHING and make it taste good. European food is so bland and boring in comparison.

[007XX]

European food is so bland and boring in comparison.

That's cos you haven't been eating with the right Europeans... English are the only ones who seemed to be in love with the "boil it til its glue" technique.

Admitedly, the french and italian influence seem to have at long last made a difference and the poms are finally showing some taste in their cuisine...Jamie Oliver rocks!

[vifferman]

European food is so bland and boring in comparison.

Oh really?
I didn't find that last month. I wasn't keen on the raw herrings with onion, but then I'm not keen on raw onion. I was disappointed we didn't have horse though, and the wife was really keen to try frogs legs and escargot. The re was a street vendor in Brussels that was selling the latter, but we went to a restaurant and had mussels instead (except for the mother-in-law: she has a thing about seafood because she choked on a fish bone 127 years ago, so she had pork chops or summat boring like that. Waste of time going to a restaurant whose specialty was mussels and seafood...)

[kevfromcoro]

Cant understand why asian people put so much sauce on there food........
cooked up a nice pork roast the other night...and the missus ( who is thai) covered it in chilli..and tomatoe sauce......tasted like shit....
i like meat to taste like meat.....bit of salt mayebe......
but not covered in sauce...

[Tank]

inserting a bit of biking into this thread ..

You could ride down to the south to the wildfood festival.

Now thats Exotic stuff.

http://www.wildfoods.co.nz

[Qkchk:Me]

Have tried both possum and rabbit and vastly different fwiw.may i add ive only tried possum once and under protest,rabbit on the other hand is very nice.

Hope you where watching for cars..........