Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern

Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
Genre	Food/Travel
Starring	Andrew Zimmern
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	21
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	Travel Channel
Release	2006 (Pilot) – Present

Countries visited by Andrew Zimmern on Bizarre Foods (up to episode 22)

Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern is a documentary-styled travel and cuisine program hosted by Andrew Zimmern on the Travel Channel. The first season debuted on Monday, February 26, 2007 at 9pm ET/PT.

Bizarre Foods focuses on regional cuisine from around the world which is typically perceived by the American masses as being gross, unique, or, of course, bizarre. In each episode, Zimmern focuses on the cuisine of a particular country or region. He typically shows how the food is procured, where it is served, and, usually without hesitation, eats it.

Originally a one-hour documentary titled Bizarre Foods of Asia, repeated showings on the Travel Channel drew consistent, considerable audiences. In late 2006, it was decided to turn the documentary into a weekly, one-hour show with the same premise and with Andrew Zimmern as the host.

Bizarre Foods draws many parallels to Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, which airs Mondays on the Travel Channel immediately after Bizarre Foods. Whereas No Reservations can be seen more as a mix of travel, unique food, and nightlife, Bizarre Foods focuses more on the ethnic foods and culture of the regions and in particular what Americans see as oddities.

Among the many weird foods sampled by Zimmern in the show, some of the most bizarre include haggis, nutria, balut, goose intestines, coconut grubs, callos (blood sausage and tripe casserole), fruit bats, and a still-beating frog heart, among many other dishes.

Zimmern begins and ends every episode with his line "If it looks good, eat it."

Episodes

Season 1

#	Airdate	Location	Bizarre Foods
Pilot	November 1, 2006	Asia	Pilot episode in Japan, Thailand, and Malaysia. Frog sashimi (plus the beating frog's heart), lizard sake, fugu, turtle, Kobe beef, bird's nest soup, frog ovary soup, spirulina, bat, Belacan, durian.
1	February 26, 2007	Philippines	Balut, yam and cheese-flavor ice cream in a bun, water crickets, soup no. 5 (bull's rectum and testicles soup), coconut grubs, mangrove worms.
2	March 5, 2007	Morocco	Lamb tongue and eye, cow’s heart, stuffed pancreas, cuttlefish, poached calf’s brain, pigeon pie.
3	March 12, 2007	Ecuador	Guinea pig, empanada, cow's stomach, lining, and heart, lemon ants, piranha, coconut grubs, chicha. Andrew participated in a cleansing ritual.
4	March 19, 2007	Spain	Suckling pig, baby eels, pig ears, bull testicles, deep-fried worms, horchata, rooster comb, pine and seaweed gelees.
5	March 26, 2007	Gulf Coast	Nutria, squirrel, Turducken, boudin, opossum, chitterlings, 33 oysters, alligator, grouper throat, flathead mullet, roe.
6	April 2, 2007	United Kingdom	Haggis, pheasant, cockles and whelks, jugged hare, jellied eels, head cheese, ox heart and bone marrow, pie and mash.
7	July 9, 2007	Trinidad and Tobago	Iguana, conch, souse, pig's feet, cow heel soup, callaloo, shark sandwich, King mackerel sashimi.
8	July 16, 2007	Mexico	Octopus, grasshopper (chapulines) pizza, armadillo, mosquito eggs, chicken feet, mole and duck enchilada.
9	July 23, 2007	Alaska	Beluga and Bowhead whale muktuk (fermented blubber), spruce tea, Eskimo ice cream, whitefish, fermented fish heads, seal soup, walrus, jellied moose nose, reindeer pizza, ptarmigan. Andrew goes on a sled dog tour.
10	July 30, 2007	Taiwan	Stinky tofu, unborn chicken eggs, cockscomb, chicken uterus, fermented meat, black-bone chicken testicles, fried bees.
11	August 6, 2007	New York City	Special episode with guest Anthony Bourdain. Tongue sandwich, geoduck, live lobster, ceviche, pupusas, worm pretzels, maggot pupae, tarantula pops, teriyaki cockroaches, jellyfish salad, sea cucumber salad, goose intestine, frog congee, salo.
12	August 13, 2007	Vietnam	Cobra parts including beating heart and dried bones, civet dropping coffee, pig's ears, silk worms, scorpions, roasted sparrows, bull penis, horseshoe crab. Andrew also visits a fishsauce factory.
	November 28, 2007	Most Memorable Moments	Season 1 recap with some of its highlights, including lamb's head, guinea pig, roast pigeon, worms, grubs, armadillo, and stinky tofu. Also included were outtakes and unaired scenes.
	February 26, 2008	Best Bites	Season 1 recap with some of its highlights, including Balut, hen's uterus, grubs, conch, ptarmigan, jellied eels, nutria, octopus, and souse. Also included were unaired scenes and a preview of season 2.

Season 2

#	Airdate	Location	Bizarre Foods
15	March 4, 2008	Beijing, China	Cicada, seahorse, sea urchin, donkey rib and tail stew and skin, dried tree lizard, sea cucumber, camel paw, pig stomach, dao jiao, snake penis, fried deer penis, yak penis, whelk over dry ice.
16	March 11, 2008	Iceland	Hákarl, grilled puffin, slátur (a type of blood pudding) skyr, lamb hot dog, geothermal cooking: langoustine.
17	March 18, 2008	St. Petersberg	Vobla, borscht, cow's tongue, kvas, herring blini, salo, pickled lamprey, brown bear meat, caviar, shashlik.
18	March 25, 2008	Minnesota	Pig's foot, lutefisk, reuben on a stick, spaghetti and meatballs on a stick, gator on a stick, teriyaki ostrich on a stick, wild boar's liver, brain, and testicles, venison, sauerkraut pie, deep fried chicken gizzard, goober burger (with peanut butter and mayonnaise), herring roe.
19	April 1, 2008	Bolivia	Lamb kidneys, tripe, bull penis soup, all-organ dish, llama brain and tongue, carpaccio, pickled pig's feet, lamb jerky, chitterlings, mocochinchi (like peanut milk), llama jerky, chuño, mangosteen, armadillo, feral pig, quinoa, Titicaca Orestias.
20	April 8, 2008	Chile	Abalone, Pacific razor clams, cow udder, braided intestines, blood sausage, lúcuma juice, donkey milk, cow's butt sandwich, barnacles, mussels, seaweed, horse, conger eel, live sea squirt, fresh bull testicle and scrotum stew, lamb's blood pudding.
21	April 15, 2008	Guangzhou, China	Grilled squid, dim sum with chicken feet, stuffed duck's feet, stir-fried milk with shrimp, turtle soup, pigeon, scorpion, suckling pig, jellyfish salad, worm and hairy crab roe omelet, wood ear, frog legs, 60 meter long noodle, stinkhorn, hairy gourd, starfish being used for decoration.
22	April 29, 2008	Delhi, India	Pomfret, lentil, brain curry, mutton liver and kidney stew, tandoori roti, goat and lamb testicles, paneer, boiled banana flower, banana plant stem, fruit sandwich, pani puri, lassi, mutton balls, gushtaba, chapati.

Season 3

#	Airdate	Location	Bizarre Foods
23	September 9, 2008	Phuket, Thailand	fried cashews, crickets and grasshoppers, soft shelled crab, red weaver ants, wasp larvae, lizards, vines, fish stomach sauce, cashew plant soda, stingray, shrimp, fish stomach sauce and sugar cured fish jerky, ant larvae with salad, horse shoe crab, fish stomach curry, coconut curry, coconut boiled crab, sea welks
24	September 16, 2008	Sicily
25	September 23, 2008	Goa
26	September 30, 2008	Samoa
27	October 7, 2008	Paris
28	October 14, 2008	Los Angeles
29	October 21, 2008	Halloween Special
30	October 28, 2008	Hawaii
31	November 11, 2008	Ethiopia
32	November 18, 2008	Maine
33	November 25, 2008	Holiday Special
34	December 9, 2008	Uganda

Media

A DVD set (2 discs) called Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern: Collection 1 was released on January 8, 2008. It includes the following episodes:

• Morocco
• Spain
• Philippines
• Ecuador
• New York City
• United Kingdom
• America's Gulf Coast
• Mexico

A second DVD set (2 discs) called Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern: Collection 2 is due to be released on October 7, 2008. It includes the following episodes:

• Iceland
• St. Petersburg
• Minnesota
• Guangzhou, China
• Beijing, China
• Bolivia
• Chile
• Best Bites
• Dehli, India

External links

• Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern website
• "If it looks good, eat it!": interview with Andrew Zimmern
• Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern page on Facebook
• [1] Bizarre Foods Season 3 schedule