Dancing squid bowl fish: Strange Japanese foods you may never want to eat

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Dancing squid bowl fish: Strange Japanese foods you may never want to eat

By Kylie McLaughlin
Updated
Dinner and show: Dancing squid bowl dish.

Dinner and show: Dancing squid bowl dish.

Heading to Japan? here's a definitive guide of what not to eat unless you are Anthony Bourdain, or well paid for it.

1. Dancing squid bowl dish

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2. Natto

Unfortunately, that is not delicious mozzarella cheese smothering those beans. They've been fermented to produce a coating that bears an uncanny resemblance to saliva. The beans are usually accompanied with soy sauce, karashi mustard, Japanese bunching onion (!) and an incredibly potent odour. Apparently, it makes for a delicious breakfastfoods in Japan. We are not convinced.

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