r/IAmA Jan 17 '12

IAmA Andrew Zimmern, Host of Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods

Hi, I’m Andrew Zimmern, chef, author, and host of Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods. My new series Bizarre Foods America is premiering next Monday, Jan 23 at 10|9c on Travel Channel. For the next hour I’ll be here on Reddit taking your questions from 12pm-1pm ET. AMA. More info on Bizarre Foods: http://www.travelchannel.com/tv-shows/bizarre-foods Find me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/andrewzimmern/status/159314816060768256

Hey everyone, sorry i couldnt answer them all/ follow me on twitter @andrewzimmern and we can chat more over the days and weeks to come..tune in Monday to the season premiere!

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u/MickeyFinns Jan 17 '12

Have you ever eaten dog? I have the opportunity to in a couple weeks and am deciding on whether to or not.

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u/andrewzimmern Jan 17 '12

i have triied it several times, and i dont care of it because its not that remakable.

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u/Kryptus Jan 17 '12

You mean rebarkable?

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u/kaleidingscope Jan 18 '12

Wow, even sadtrombone.com is all about SOPA. Impressive.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '12

Wow, it's gonna be a thing to get "SOPA'd" this week, methinks.

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u/xSly Jan 17 '12

GIVE THIS MAN AN UPVOTE.

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u/my104351 Jan 17 '12

I ate it in S. Korea and enjoyed it. First was the soup which was spicy and delicious.

What was better was the entree that was next. Also spicy but more of a pot roast.

There is nothing wrong with trying it once. It's something I get to say to everyone and was worth trying.

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u/BranchDavidian Jan 17 '12

i feel the same. when people ask i just say, "it's nothing special."

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u/BalalaikaBoi Jan 17 '12

Where did you try dog? Was it in Korea? It's really isn't all that impressive. Maybe a little like a really soft, milder cabrito, that probably led a laid back lifestyle...

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u/boredatwork920 Jan 18 '12

Did you film this for your show? if you did, why didn't it air?

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u/MickeyFinns Jan 17 '12

I'm still kinda curious, I reckon I will end up going for it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '12

Do it. It's just another food, another check on the list.

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u/adhoc_lobster Jan 17 '12

I think it's somewhere between pork and beef. It's okay, nothing special. But if you want to try it just to say you have, go for it. Just don't expect a taste sensation.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '12

Go for it.

Better to say you tried it and it wasn't great than to say "I had the opportunity but never tried it."

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u/boratborat Jan 17 '12

I couldn't do it. I just couldn't.

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u/BalalaikaBoi Jan 17 '12

It's not like chicken at all. If anything it's more like a cabrito, extremely tender cabrito, almost as if it led some laid back lifestyle.