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I wonder where on earth do you dig up some of this stuff. Your articles are so weirdly interesting. Good article again, Paula.

I agree with Debra.. where do you dig this stuff up at..lol.

Great as always Paula.

LOL! Had a good laugh. Made me feel good. Thanks!

hehe nice article. Enjoyed it a lot. I was impressed about the vegeterian chicken!
I have writen an article about a weird Greek menu too
Thanks for sharing!

Impressive and funny article!

What?…pizza al crudo(crudo in Iloko dialect in the Philippines means petrol)…what is the other one ’salad with cancerous neck’ no, they are only joking to their costumer lol…Thanks for the laugh.

Very, very cool!

I think after that,Paula, I’ll take some sanwiches.

This is such a cute, entertaining article - haha - *:)

Blessings.

Sincerely,

-Liane Schmidt.

Rocket is another name for arugula, actually.

Cute, though.

Um… Paula in arugala is known as rocket, so while the coocked arm is a little unusual rocket isn’t. And in the East textured vegetable protein is often named after the meat it is flavoured to resemble. So the Vegetarian Chicken, beaf and pork are probably are

Oh, I’m so glad you guys were able to explain at least a couple of these to me! Thanks for all the comments.

Rocket is roquette and arugula, a type of lettuce from Italy and England.

Lol, great article.

Fortunately, I have never eaten in any of these restaurants….! Great article!

Greart article!

Very funny article. I have seen misprinted menus and typos, but some of these were purposely put on those menus, just plain weird.

God Bless,

Nelson Doyle

The last picture is of a very popular barbecue restaurant in Kansas City. Short or long end is in reference to a slab of ribs (in other words, do you want enough for 1 or 2 people or several people). Burnt ends are my favorite; they’re the ends on a brisket and are actually very tender pieces of meat. Definitely try them some time. The 4 boner plate, I’m not exactly for sure what that is (I grew up in Kansas City, so I should know my way around barbecue), so I’m thinking it’s photoshopped.

Vegetarian Chicken means a chicken alternative.

Most of these seem to be due to mistranslations or misspellings. I was hoping to see some truly weird foods, not pictures of poorly designed menus.

As for the ends, I can only assumes they mean “tips” which are the leftovers from cutting steaks. I may be wrong.

Aww, it’s all fun until you start poking fun at the Hawaiians and Spam. XD Spam musubi is freaky that it’s as good as it is. The first time I saw it I thought ‘man, no one would buy that…’ Oh, but they do.

While hardly considered a delicacy here, you can find it with stuff like the corn dogs and pizza sticks at gas stations and grocery stores at the deli. …Everywhere.

And if you noticed….the price list on the first menu …Vegetarian Chicken. All dishes cost the same…9.50!!!
Good work Paula.

Wow, I actually have a Gates BBQ near where I live with a menu exactly like that and I never noticed before. *shrug*

funny,but it will be better to ask a local folk who can speak English about this weird menus,

I had a proper good laugh at this one - thanks!

Great article , very funny stuff, I am a master at cooking “strange flavour” sauce myself!

I had vegetarian meat meal from a Chinese takeaway where I’m from. It was tofu flavoured so it tastes like chicken, beef or pork.

This was hilarious!!

Hi I’m from England and reading the rocket comment i wanted to ask if you had that in America? It is a very common small herb.

vegetarian meats are like soy protien, not actual meat, theyre really good too

Rocket is an herb. Asians often misuse the word “strange” when they intend something more like “unique”. Funny; mostly ‘Engrish’ take-downs, though.

What’s wrong with Spam? Not only has it inspired a musical that has run/is running on both the West End and Broadway, but it can also inspire vikings to sing (please see clip for further details.) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ODshB09FQ8w

Haha! Lots of fun. As a recently-minted ESL teacher, I am all too familiar with these sorts of errors. Thanks for the post.

GATES BBQ!!! KANSAS CITY BABY!!! We know good BBQ boners!

I like the vegetarian chicken. lol

Hilarious! Aweosme article!In fact, I liked it so much that I blogged it!

http://webonasia.blogspot.com/2008/12/adventurous-eating-weird-menus-from.html

Kudos!

Thanks so much everyone for all the explanations and great comments. Thanks especially to you Amit Goyal for blogging the article. It is really appreciated!!!

Hilarious and interesting!

The 4 boner plate at Gates is like a sample platter. You get 4 types of BBQ and two sides if I remember correctly. If you can get over the embarrassment of saying it’s name aloud, it’s actually really good.

“Salad with cancerous necks” is just a translation problem… In fact, in reality it means a salad made of the living creature inside the shells on the beach… I live in Romania, and I know what it means….

Very nice article. I’ve seen several hundred spelling mistakes in my restaurant travels but never actually thought of making it into an article.

nice article=D

Some weird food you have here. The veggie chicken is made from soy. We are vegeterian and eat it often. It doesn’t taste like chicken but it is good and full of protein. an interesting article. Take care,Ruby

Liked it. Great menus too. I wonder how rocket tastes like.

Great article, weird menus!

Lol, I’m laughing about the spam menu. They have a restaurant in Maui that actually specializes in an upside down cake with spam in it. It’s considered a delicacy, and the people love it there. But quite frankly, it’s difficult to get that stuff down..lol! Although, interestingly enough, the spam a la’ California roll, isn’t too bad, lol! Take care.

Some weird stuff. Is “Rocket” the British english version of Rucola or Arugula?

Since when is a different culture’s food weird? I don’t really find it that funny

Yeah the first one isn’t really that strange, there’s a Chinese restaurant i frequent that reads just like that and it’s all tofu/tvp flavored/cut like whatever it’s supposed to represent.

How interesting. This article is going to make me take a second look at menus when I go out to eat.

“Strange flavor” or “strange taste” is a flavouring use in the Szechuan province of China. Guai-wei ji is the name for “chicken with strange taste” and it is a literal translation. It has all five flavours (sweet, salty, sour, bitter and “umami”). The umami flavor is provided by Szechuan peppercorns, which are really the seeds of the prickly ash tree and until a couple of years ago were banned in the U.S. (they potentially carried a plant disease that could not be sterilized until recently). Guai-wei ji certainly tastes strange, the first time I tried it I couldn’t decide if I liked it or not, and kept tasting small pieces until the entire order was gone. Then I ordered more for takeout. If you run across it on a menu, try some.

Cancerous neeks.. is actually translated wrong.. the actual name should be “craw fish neeks”