The soup is made from swiftlet nests, which are literally just big balls of the bird’s spit that hardens over time. Tourists can enjoy a heaping helping of bird saliva for extravagant prices in parts of China. General consensus is that the coffee brewed from these beans tastes kind of nasty and there’s even an argument to be made that the vast majority of Kopi Luwak is fake, which is even more reason to avoid it. The excreted beans are then (presumably) washed and sold to coffee snobs for outrageous sums of money.
Hailing from Indonesia, Kopi Luwak are coffee beans eaten and excreted from the Asian palm civet, an adorable weasel-like creature. So put down that burrito you won’t be needing (or wanting) it, because here’s a list of stomach-churning delicacies from around East Asia: But then there are other so-called “delicacies” that a lot of locals won’t even go near, let alone doe-eyed tourists. Most of the time, while exotic and possibly a little off-putting in appearance, these quirky dishes taste great. These dishes run the gamut from super spicy to super sweet, may have gooey but oddly pleasant textures, or may come from some animal you’ve never heard of. East Asian countries in particular all seem to have a plethora of extreme foods that you’d never be able to get back home. One of the top tourism draws around much of Asia is all the adventurous eating.
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