Bizarre Foods - Season 1 [repost]

Pilot Episode: Asia (6 November 2006)

Andrew visits a variety of places in this episode: Japan, Thailand, Malaysia

Andrews adventurous cuisine includes:
Tokyo: Bars, fishmarket, sushi restaurant. Pig's testicles, frog's beating heart, live turtle (supon). Kobe Farm - beef.
Northern Thailand: Jungle markets, Spirulina farm, reserve.
Bangkok: Outdoor markets, Chinatown. Bird's nest soup, bugs.
The hills of Thailand - Spirulina, bats
Malaysia: Roadside stall, shrimp paste business, Durian orchard. Shrimp paste, Indian mutton, pulled tea, Durian.

Episode 1: Phillipines (26 February 2007)

Andrew Zimmern is off to the island nation of the Philippines. There he chows down on local favorites like 'balut,' crickets, stuffed frogs and even live worms!

Episode 2: Morocco (5 March 2007)

Join Andrew Zimmern as he takes a culinary tour through Morocco, where he finds everything from lamb's head to pigeon pie on the menu!

Episode 3: Ecuador (12 March 2007)

Andrew visits numerous local eateries: a restaurant at the equator, a restaurant in the mountains, and a Saturday market. He also has more adventurous encounters with a local medicine man and searches for his own meal in the rain forest.

Andrew's treats include: guinea pig, lemon ants, coconut grubs, and chicha.

Episode 4: Spain (19 March 2007)

Andrew Zimmern's gastronomic tour of the world continues with a trip through Spain. He chows down on suckling pig brains, bull testicles — and everything in between!

Episode 5: Gulf Coast (26 March 2007)

Andrew stays in America and visits four states. His destinations include: Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida.

Some of the regional cuisine that Andrew tries: nutria (giant rat), squirrel, turducken, head cheese, pig's brains, fried pickles, mullet roe, and alligator.

Episode 6: UK (2 April 2007)

Haggis, neeps and tatties, cockles and whelks — it's either the start of a unique nursery rhyme or a list of some of the more unusual foods Andrew Zimmern is about to experience on his journey through the U.K.!

Episode 7: Trinidad and Tobago (9 July 2007)

Iguana, conch, pig's feet, cow heel soup, shark sandwich.

Episode 8: Mexico (16 July 2007)

Oysters, Mussels, Octopus, armadillo, tacos, jumiles, ant eggs (escamoles), maguey worms, mosquito eggs, chicken feet, red snapper (huachinango), corn smut (huitlacoche), mole and duck enchilada. Grasshopper pizza, shellfish served on the beach.

Episode 9: Alaska (23 July 2007)

Beluga and Bowhead whale muktuk (fermented blubber), spruce tea, Eskimo ice cream, whitefish, fermented fish heads, seal soup, walrus, jellied moose nose, reindeer pizza, ptarmigan. Andrew goes on a sled dog tour.

Episode 10: Taiwan (30 July 2007)

Stinky tofu, unborn chicken eggs, black-bone chicken testicles.

Episode 11: New York City (6 August 2007)

In this episode, instead of crossing the globe in search of culinary authenticity, Andrew headed to his hometown, New York, for a week to recharge his batteries and reclaim some of the edge he'd lost in his travels.

Episode 12: Vietnam (13 August 2007)

Snake parts, pig's ears, silk worms and cat coffee–all foods Andrew Zimmern indulges in during his Vietnamese adventure. Andrew also visits a fish sauce factory.