LIST OF DELICACIES

This is a 'List of national delicacies'. This list is sorted from where the food originated from. Many of these dishes may be normal to one culture, however to other cultures may seem bizarre.
A delicacy is a food that is particularly prized within a given culture. Delicacies are often rare foods that are difficult to obtain or prepare, and as a result may only be served for special occasions. Often the rarity or difficulty to prepare of a dish causes it to be comparatively expensive to other local foods.

Contents

List of delicacies

Australia

Cambodia

Canada

China

France

Greece

Guatemala

India

Italy

Japan

Malaysia

Mexico

New Zealand

Netherlands

Norway

Philippines

Portugal

Russia

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sweden

United Kingdom

United States

Vietnam

Sources

List of delicacies

Australia

★ Witchetty Grubs - moth larvae found feeding on roots underground - are historically eaten by Aborigines as a high-protein food, though they aren't generally consumed in modern day culture.

Cambodia

★ Balut

★ Fried spider

★ cobra blood

★ Fried River Snakes

★ Prahok

★ Sparrows

Canada

★ Dried cod

★ Lobster

★ Smoked salmon, especially wild salmon

★ Fiddlehead ferns

★ Geoduck

★ Seal flipper pie

★ Maple syrup

China

★ Bao yu (abalone)

★ Bird's nest soup

★ Geoduck clam

★ Hoi sam (sea cucumber or sea slug)

★ Peking duck

★ Shanghai hairy crab

★ Shark fin soup

★ Sweet sauce noodle

★ Soup dumpling

★ Turtle Soup

France

★ Calf brains

★ Black truffle

★ Escargot

★ Foie gras

★ Frog legs

★ Ortolan

★ Sweetbread

★ Tartare

★ Sea cucumber - ''beche de mer ''

Greece

★ Achinos - sea urchin roe

★ Atherina - Silverside (fish)

★ Avgotaraho

★ Octopus

★ Salingaria - Snail

Guatemala

★ Fiambre

India

★ Puran-Poli

★ Malabari paratha

★ Modak

★ Rasmalai

★ Kaju Katli

★ Kulfi

★ Gulab Jamuns

★ ThaliPeeth

★ Chakli

★ Alu-Vadi

★ Khichdi

★ Khubani ka Meetha

★ Paya

★ Tandoori Chicken

Italy

★ Babbaluci - Snail

★ Balsamic vinegar

★ Bottarga

★ Chestnuts

★ Octopus

★ Porcini Mushrooms

★ White truffle

★ Wild Boar

Japan

★ Anglerfish

★ Fugu - Poisonous pufferfish.

★ Wagyu beef

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★ Kobe beef

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★ Matsuzaka beef

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★ Mishima beef

★ Odori ebi – Live baby prawns

★ Sake kawa – Fried or roasted salmon skin

★ Toro - fatty belly meat of Northern bluefin tuna

★ Uni - sea urchin roe

★ Matsutake mushroom - Japanese counterpart of Truffle

★ Kurobuta pork (Japanese breed of Berkshire pork)

Malaysia

★ Rendang

★ Nasi Lemak

Mexico

★ Beef brain (''Sesos'')

★ Beef tongue(''Lengua'')

★ Pork rind (''Chicharrones'')

★ Fried Grasshoppers (''Chapulines'')

★ Fried ant larvae (''Escamoles'')

★ Menudo

★ Cuitlacoche

★ Tepezcuintle

New Zealand

★ Bluff oysters

★ Huhu grubs

★ Whitebait

★ Kina - (Sea urchin)

★ Paua - (Abalone)

★ Sooty Shearwater or New Zealand Muttonbird

★ Toheroa shellfish soup

Netherlands

★ Nieuwe Herring

Norway

★ Lutefisk

Philippines

★ Asocena - stewed dog meat

★ Batute - stuffed frog

★ Bayawak meat- water monitor

★ Camaro - mole cricket

★ Crispy pata - deep-fried pig's foot

★ Isaw - grilled chicken intestines

★ Lechon de leche - whole roasted suckling pig

★ Papaitan - stewed goat or beef innards flavored with bile

★ Pindang Damulag or Tapang Kalabaw - carabao jerky

★ Quek-quek - battered, deep-fried chicken or quail egg

★ Snake blood

★ Turtle eggs

Portugal

★ Açorda

★ Alheira

★ Túbaros - testicles of male animals

★ Bacalhau - dried cod cooked in very diverse manners

★ Barnacles and Gooseneck barnacles

★ Beef brain (''Mioleira'')

★ Beef tongue

★ Black pudding (''morcela'' and ''chouriço de sangue'')

★ Boar and Venison

★ Cabidela

★ Caldeirada

★ Caldo verde

★ Cheese (Queijo de São Jorge, Queijo de Azeitão, Queijo de Castelo Branco, Queijo da Serra da Estrela, etc.)

★ Chouriços and other types of cured sausages

★ Cockles

★ Cozido à portuguesa - Portuguese stew

★ Crabs

★ Eels (''enguias'') - fried or stewed

★ Eggs and brains (''Omolete de Mioleira'')

★ Espetada - various kebbabs

★ Feijoada

★ Frog legs

★ Hake

★ Horse mackerel

★ Lamprey

★ Linguiça

★ Lobster (''lagosta'') - boiled or grilled

★ Malasada

★ Octopus

★ Pastel de nata

★ Pork rind

★ Pork and Cow Trotters

★ Portuguese sweet bread and Folar

★ Rice pudding

★ Sardines (''sardinhas assadas'')

★ Scabbard

★ Sea bass

★ Snails

★ Squid

★ Tripe (Tripas) - done in very diverse manners

★ Fresh prawns and shrimps (''gambas frescas'') - boiled or fried

Russia

★ Caviar

South Africa

★ Boerwors Farmers sausage

★ Biltong Dried spiced meat

Spain

★ Fresh prawns and shrimps (''gambas frescas'')

★ Lobster (''langosta'')

★ Young eels (''angulas'')

★ Veal sirloin (''Solomillo de ternera'')

★ Foie gras

Sri Lanka

★ Koththu Roti

★ Hoppers

★ String Hoppers

★ Wild Boar

Sweden

★ Almond potato

★ Lingonberry

★ Surströmming

United Kingdom

★ Black Pudding

★ Jellied eels

★ Cockles

★ Haggis (in Scotland)

★ Cullen Skink (in Scotland)

★ Lamb fries

United States

★ USDA prime-grade, Dry aged beef

★ Dungeness crab

★ Fiddlehead ferns

★ Maryland blue crab

★ Maine lobster

★ Morel mushrooms

★ Olympia oysters

Vietnam

★ Durian

Sources

★ Footage Store Mentions Cobra blood and Fried snakes

★ Ecology in Cambodia Mentions sparrows as delicacy