Stone Salad, Godzilla Ramen and Isopod Noodle Go Viral
Anything strange immediately goes viral on social media. Check out the video to see some of the strangest dishes.
Anything strange cannot avoid going viral on the internet in the era of social media.
An unusual and odd dish made by a Taiwanese restaurant recently gained popularity due to one particularly bizarre ingredient. The restaurant in Douliu City has started serving "Godzilla" Ramen. Featuring crocodile meat as its main ingredient. The news portal further said that "Godzilla" ramen, which is prepared by steaming or braising the front leg of a crocodile. In a clip, a young female customer samples both flavours and describes the dish as surprisingly delicious. The woman in the video claimed that the dish's braised meat tastes like pork feet, while the dish's steamed version tastes like chicken. The owner of the restaurant learned to prepare this while visiting Thailand, and it is said that the soup contains over 40 different spices.
This is not the first time a dish from Taiwan has gone viral due to its offbeat ingredient. Last month, a Taipei ramen restaurant started topping bowls of noodles with huge Isopods, a mystifying 14-legged deep-sea creature, and pictures of the dish are going viral on social media all over the world. The 14-legged goliaths are normally found 1,640 feet below the ocean's surface. Explaining the manner of eating it with a description of the taste, the noodle bar wrote, "It's simple to handle, remove the intestines of the stomach sac; the glands can be kept for food. This time it is steamed. The overall taste is unexpectedly sweet!
There is also a traditional Chinese dish called Stone Salad. It originated in the Eastern Chinese province of Hubei. Patrons are supposed to suck on the small rocks to relish the rich and spicy flavour of the dish. They are instructed to suck off the flavours, then spit out the rocks.
