# Food Fit For Tourists **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 28, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486 "2019-12-28T01:39:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486/21 "2019-12-29T18:17:16Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > If the OP allows for “chug” rather than “chew” … > > [Foster’s Lager](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster%27s_Lager) > > Apparently UK tourists are the prime market domestically. > That this “eau de Yarra” apparently actually sells well in the UK is an affront to the POMs long and noble history of brewing. Glad to hear this. I always thought Foster’s was swill, along with LaBatt’s and Molson. The latter is part of Coors now, which is also in the swill category. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486/22 "2019-12-29T18:32:07Z")
I have been given many bags of moose meat in my time. Most suitable for jerky. In Australia, a companion was foolish enough to order Fosters. Bartender scowled, then told my friend “I guess you like the taste of piss”. 😉 Goat can be tasty. Watch out for the bones. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486/23 "2019-12-29T18:44:30Z")
> [@lingyi](#): > > Not a tourist situation, but once when I went to Chinese restaurant and we were served soup, found something in my bowl that no one else had. I asked what it was and my ex’s Mom insisted it was good. My ex kept shaking her head saying “Don’t eat it!”. I bowed to Mom’s insistence and ate it. A bit rubbery and tasteless. Having satisfied Mom, I once again asked what it was and Mom said “Fish bladder! Wasn’t it good?”. Later that day I got some mild hives and a slightly upset stomach. Looking back that day, I thought I caught Mom giving giving the waitress a nod in my direction as she was serving the soup! :smack: > [@lingyi](#): > > …I’m waiting for someone to post: “What wrong with fish bladders, they’re delicious!”. 😛 👋 My dad used to cook Chinese food, and sometimes he included fish air bladder as an ingredient. (It’s what evolved into lungs in land animals. Fish use it to maintain neutral buoyancy at their preferred depth.) I wouldn’t go so far as to say they are delicious – they don’t have a lot of flavor, really – but I will say they were a pleasant part of many dishes I ate as a child. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486/24 "2019-12-29T19:03:22Z")
I recall The Stinking Rose in San Francisco’s North Beach - our chef SIL took us there to freak us out. Every dish contained onions and/or garlic. I think Rice-A-Roni was on the menu, too. ☹ Tour buses parked outside. Customers were definitely not locals - I lived in SF for years and can recognize City-ites. I felt almost embarrassed there. Do Seattle-ites ever dine atop the Space Needle or is that for tourists only? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486/25 "2019-12-29T20:16:00Z")
> [@RioRico](#): > > I recall The Stinking Rose in San Francisco’s North Beach - our chef SIL took us there to freak us out. Every dish contained onions and/or garlic. I think Rice-A-Roni was on the menu, too. ☹ Tour buses parked outside. Customers were definitely not locals - I lived in SF for years and can recognize City-ites. I felt almost embarrassed there. > > Do Seattle-ites ever dine atop the Space Needle or is that for tourists only? Probably. It’s like Voodoo Donuts in Portland. They’re pretty mediocre, IMO, but tourists line up around the block to get them. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486/26 "2019-12-29T20:17:14Z")
The Stinking Rose LA is very good and serves an excellent prime rib and garlic martini. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486/27 "2019-12-29T21:03:44Z")
**Pulykammel @14:** Thank you. I’ve added it to my goat bucket list. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486/28 "2019-12-29T21:21:59Z")
> [@RioRico](#): > > … > > Do Seattle-ites ever dine atop the Space Needle or is that for tourists only? When i visited, local friends took me there. They said they’d been before. So yes, it’s attractive to tourists, but at least some locals go, too. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486/29 "2019-12-29T21:33:56Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > I spend an lot of time in France, and you very rarely see snails on a menu. I always assumed that when you did see them it was pretty much a “dare” menu item\* for tourists. It would be interesting to have one of our French dopers’ views on this. > > j > > - Yes I did, in Paris, forty years ago. I brought back a can of escargot from a Paris supermarket. Sautéed in butter and garlic, they tasted just like… chewy butter and garlic. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486/30 "2019-12-30T00:14:25Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > **Pulykammel @14:** Thank you. I’ve added it to my goat bucket list. Drop me a PM if you do go. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486/31 "2019-12-30T00:36:36Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Not so much eschew, but to keep this thread going, while Chicago is associated with deep dish pizza, I feel safe in saying that Chicagoans generally eat thin crust pizza, particularly a somewhat local style that has become known as “tavern style.” Crispy crust, cut into in squares. So while it wouldn’t be true to say that Chicagoans don’t eat deep dish and only leave it to the tourists, it’s more of a special occasion pizza than anything else, in my experience, and it seems to be the only pizza the tourists know about. Our more commonly eaten pizza locally is our version of thin crust. (I was born and raised here, in the city, and I didn’t even have my first slice of deep dish until I was a teenager.) Not a native, but deep dish or stuffed pizza is something I usually only order 2-3 times in the winter. It’s way too heavy for summer unless I’ve got guests visiting. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486/32 "2019-12-30T01:53:24Z")
> [@RioRico](#): > > I recall The Stinking Rose in San Francisco’s North Beach - our chef SIL took us there to freak us out. Every dish contained onions and/or garlic. I think Rice-A-Roni was on the menu, too. ☹ Tour buses parked outside. Customers were definitely not locals - I lived in SF for years and can recognize City-ites. I felt almost embarrassed there. > > Do Seattle-ites ever dine atop the Space Needle or is that for tourists only? I went there decades ago (The Rose). I liked my entree. I also tried garlic ice cream, which definitely belongs on this list. The first taste is vanilla, but then the aftertaste of All the Garlic pulls into the station and doesn’t leave. It was awful. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486/33 "2019-12-30T02:57:04Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I brought back a can of escargot from a Paris supermarket. Sautéed in butter and garlic, they tasted just like… chewy butter and garlic. That’s always been the point as far as I’m concerned. As for Rocky Mountain Oysters: The Clinton Testicle Festival got shut down due to drunken debauchery, so eating bull testicles and getting drunk was likely popular with the locals to some extent. Probably mostly the getting drunk part, but I’ve had fried testicles and they’re good. It’s true they’re only on the menu at very, very few restaurants in Montana, though. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486/34 "2019-12-30T12:36:04Z")
I’ve eaten Iquana a few times in the Caribbean. A few wild iquanas are caught, chopped up, and stewed. Locals wouldn’t bother, as you have to work hard for the bits of meat you gnaw off the bones. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486/35 "2019-12-30T17:15:24Z")
If any of you come to South Africa, let me assure you we do _not_ do this. The local dishes we push on foreigners are the same stuff we eat ourselves. We don’t really have any “trick” foods, and the things that aren’t regular modern Western fare and might freak out some people, like smileys (sheep’s heads), \*are \*actually eaten by many locals. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486/36 "2019-12-30T17:29:50Z")
Malort. Just a dirty trick Chicago plays on newcomers. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486/37 "2019-12-30T18:19:26Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > I have been given many bags of moose meat in my time. I just checked my “List of Sentences I Expected to Read in This Lifetime,” and nope, this one wasn’t there. I’m convinced that Italy’s live-jumping-maggot cheese fits the OP. ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486/38 "2019-12-30T18:51:19Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I’m convinced that Italy’s live-jumping-maggot cheese fits the OP. If you refer to ‘Casu Marzu’, first time I heard of it was a while back, from a co-worker with deep family roots in Italy, who related how his relatives would eat this cheese with maggots for special occasions (he would too when he went to visit them). Thought he was 'BS’ing until I looked it up and learned there was such a thing, so at least some native Italians do eat it. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486/39 "2019-12-30T18:58:03Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > What’s the matter with goat? Many Caribbean restaurants in Brooklyn serve stewed or curried goat, and it’s delicious. I prepare it myself, and I’m not Caribbean. Or Korean. It’s good in street tacos too. I look for Birria to make sure they are authentic. So is Lengua. Both are far better than chicken. Now, serve me dog meat as a joke, and you’re gonna get a bowl of hot soup poured in your lap. In Baja the tiny 7oz bottles of beer are for tourists only, afaik. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486/40 "2019-12-30T19:02:30Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Goat can be tasty. Watch out for the bones. Are lots of bones and bones in unexpected places simply something that comes naturally with goat? I’ve only had goat in two places, and thankfully one of them turned out to be boneless, but the other is one of the signature entrees at an Indian buffet and is always on the menu, with plenty of bones. I like the taste but I hate having to work so much for so little meat and sometimes getting a tiny bone along with my tiny forkful. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-fit-for-tourists/845486.md?page=3)