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Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
American travel and cuisine television show
Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern is a travel and cuisine television show hosted by Andrew Zimmern on the Travel Channel in the US. The first season began on Monday, February 6, 2007, at 9pm ET/PT.
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| Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern | |
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| Genre | Food, travel |
| Starring | Andrew Zimmern |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 13 |
| No. of episodes | 147 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Colleen Steward |
| Editors |
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| Running time | 43 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Travel Channel |
| Release | November 1, 2006 (2006-11-01) – August 14, 2008 (2008-08-14) |
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| Season 1 | ||
| Season 2 | ||
| Season 3 | ||
| Season 4 | ||
| Season 5 | ||
| Season 6 |
Bizarre Foods focuses on regional cuisine from around the world which is typically perceived as being disgusting, exotic or 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, TLC decided to turn the documentary into a weekly, one-hour show with the same premise and with Zimmern as the host. In 2009, Zimmern took a break from Bizarre Foods to work on one season of the spin-off Bizarre World.
Season 1
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| # | Air date | Location | Notes/Featured Bizarre Foods |
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| Pilot (0) | November 1, 2006 | Asia | Pilot episode in Japan, Thailand, and Malaysia.
Tokyo: Getemono bar, at Asadachi (1-2-14 Nishi-Shinjuku) raw pig's testicles, Frog sashimi, plus the frog's beating heart, lizard sake, at Yaki Hamna: Giant snails, fugu, at Hibari sushi, raw octopus sushi. |
| 1 (1) | February 26, 2007 | Philippines | Balut, Calamansi, Bamboo shoots, Coconut and rice paste wrapped on banana leaves and roasted, Okoy (shrimp pancake), Deep fried fertilized duck eggs, baby chickens marinated, steamed and fried, Tokneneng, Ube and cheese-flavor ice cream in a bun. At Balaw Balaw in Angono, Rizal: Balaw-balaw sauce, with fermented shrimp paste, soup Number Five (bull's rectum and testicles soup), uok in adobo, white worms from the larvae of crickets or beetles found in fallen coconut trees, crispy fried Alagaw leaves, ginatang bilo-bilo. |
| 2 (2) | March 5, 2007 | Morocco | Marrakech: Mashwi, Roasted Lamb, Sheep's head steamed, tongue and eye, snails in turmeric broth, beef tongue, cow's heart, pancreas stuffed with rice and raisins. Khlea, dried cooked meat preserved in fat, cooked with eggs.
Ouarzazate: Tajine with chicken and vegetables, mint tea, grilled kidneys, kefta, sausages. |
| 3 (3) | March 12, 2007 | Ecuador | Quito: Guinea pig, empanada. Motes de la Magdalena: Menudo (soup) tripe, cuero de librillo, outside, skin of the cow stomach, Guatita with the inside of cow stomach. Zimmern participates in a cleansing ritual. |
| 4 (4) | March 19, 2007 | Spain | Madrid: Tapas |
| 5 (5) | March 26, 2007 | The Gulf Coast | Morgan City, Louisiana: Nutria, squirrel,
Maurice, Louisiana: Herbert's speciality meats, Turducken, Soop's: boudin, stuffed beef tongue |
| 6 (6) | April 2, 2007 | United Kingdom | Edinburgh: Crombie's haggis, hunted pheasant Swansea: faggot, cockles and whelks, laverbread. |
| 7 (7) | July 9, 2007 | Trinidad and Tobago | Tobago: Iguana curry with dumplings, conch and relative penis in ceviche. Trinidad: Original souse king, souse, pig's and chicken's feet, cow skin soup. |
| 8 (8) | July 16, 2007 | Mexico | Huatulco: Shellfish, scallops, oysters, sea snails, mussels, Abalone, octopus, El Grillo Marinero Restaurant: with garlic sauce or stewed in its own ink, cocktail de pulpo. Oaxaca: grasshopper (chapulines), armadillo, tacos, jumiles, ant eggs (escamoles), maguey worms, mosquito eggs, chicken feet, red snapper (huachinango), corn smut (huitlacoche), mole and duck enchilada. Mexico City |
| 9 (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.
Zimmern goes on a sled dog tour. |
| 10 (10) | July 30, 2007 | Taiwan | Stinky tofu, unborn chicken eggs, cockscomb, chicken uterus, fermented meat, black-bone chicken testicles, fried bees. |
| 11 (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 (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, hybrid duck, mantis prawn, ship worms, and sea snails.
Zimmern also visits a fish sauce factory. |
| 13 (13) | November 28, 2007 | 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. |
| 14 (14) | 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. |
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Season 2
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| # | Air date | Location | Notes/Featured Bizarre Foods |
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| 15 (1) | 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 (2) | March 11, 2008 | Iceland | Hákarl, grilled puffin, slátur (a type of blood pudding), skyr, lamb hot dog, geothermal cooking: langoustine, minke whale (not shown on Iceland episode but shown during the 3/3/09 "Surf's Up" episode). |
| 17 (3) | March 18, 2008 | St. Petersburg (Russia) | Vobla, borscht, cow's tongue, kvass, herring blini, salo, pickled lamprey, brown bear meat, caviar, shashlik. |
| 18 (4) | 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 (5) | 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 (peach juice with cinnamon), llama jerky, chuño, mangosteen, armadillo, feral pig, quinoa, Titicaca Orestias. |
| 20 (6) | 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 (7) | 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 mushroom, frog legs, 60 meter long noodle, stinkhorn, hairy gourd, starfish being used for decoration. |
| 22 (8) | 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. |
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Season 3
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| # | Air date | Location | Notes/Featured Bizarre Foods |
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| 23 (1) | September 9, 2008 | Phuket, Thailand | Fried grasshoppers, pork liver and beef stomach and intestine soups, coconut balls, stretched squid, stuffed mackerel, wasp larvae, stir-fried stingray, mole crabs, wasabi-, chili-, and tom yum-flavored cashews and cashew apple juice at a cashew factory, red weaver ants, forest lizards, fish stomach sauce, deep-fried fish skin, horseshoe crab, sea whelk. |
| 24 (2) | September 16, 2008 | Sicily, Italy | Cow stomach soup, mystery meat soup, beef spleen sandwich, sardine meatballs, gourmet cow's mouth, Cerda Artichoke Festival: fried, roasted, marinated, and frittata artichoke, and artichoke gelato on a bun, chocolate rabbit, cinnamon pudding, bottarga, tuna heart and sperm, cuttlefish eggs and pasta with ink, sea snails. |
| 25 (3) | September 23, 2008 | Goa, India | Bora berry, chouricos (spicy pig offal and fat sausage), pickled mackerel, Vindaloo, hilsa fish roe, Bombay duck, chicken xacuti, pomfret, prawns, chickpea sandwich, golgappa (chickpea-stuffed pastries), chili fritters, betel nuts, sorpotel, mushroom and lentil curry, potatoes and rice in sour mango sauce cow urine herb drink
Zimmern visits the Sahakari Spice Farm and tries Ayurveda and yoga. |
| 26 (4) | September 30, 2008 | Samoa | Samoan apple, se'a (sea cucumber intestines), pork pies, mutton, umu-cooked eel, whole pig cooked in 'umu oven, raw tuna eyeballs and still-beating heart, giant clam, roasted tree grubs, fruit bat roasted on coconut husks. |
| 27 (5) | October 7, 2008 | Paris | Terrine, head cheese, lardo, pressed duck with duck sauce and marrow, blood sausage, squab, gourmet mustard, truffles, refined cheese, rabbit liver, bacon and eggs ice cream, lamb tongues, sea urchin, snail caviar, escargot.
Zimmern visited the Rungis market, a mustard shop, Paris's best cheese shop, and a snail farm. |
| 28 (6) | October 14, 2008 | Los Angeles | Head cheese, slow-cooked piglet in goose fat, pig ears, tongue salad, and eyeballs, scorpions on toast, South American ants on string potatoes, crickets, worms, shot of wheatgrass and barley, "rawsagna" with ground sunflower seeds, flax, cherry tomatoes, and dates, hemp-sunburger on flax flatbread, coconut-durian smoothie, soondae, hot dog burrito, cow's tongue sandwich from the taco truck, monkfish with caviar, sea urchin roe, Santa Barbara shrimp saashimi, octopus tirodido, menudo, corn smut, nopal salad, grasshoppers, whole catfish, deep-fried chicken testicles, Peking duck, cockscombs.
Zimmern went to a vegan supper and a Hispanic family's feast. Featuring special guest chefs Wolfgang Puck, Ben Ford and Ani Phyo and Los Angeles food blogger Eddie Lin . |
| 29 (7) | October 21, 2008 | Halloween (special) | This special discussed unfamiliar foods that are considered scary and what made Westerners uneasy about them. Zimmern then hosted a Halloween party with Bizarre Foods fans where he served his favorite fares. He discussed drinking blood with the food historian and author Linda Civitello, which is based on culture and status. The anthropology director at the University of Minnesota, William Beeman, explained about fear of bugs and organ meat, saying that people are more likely to eat insects with a side. The chef Patrick Lue Chai, at whose restaurant Zimmern ate in Los Angeles, cooked fried crickets with potato strings as well as other insects for the party. Appetizers at Zimmern's feast were tarantula, waterbugs, grasshoppers, hissing cockroaches, and Thai stir-fried ants and crickts. The entrees were fresh cow's blood, raw goat kidney, chicken feet and guinea pig. |
| 30 (8) | October 28, 2008 | Hawaii | Imu-cooked kalua pig, poi, a'ama crab, he'e luau (octopus w/ taro leaves), bonefish, Spam musubi, pPineapple upside-down cake with Spam, guava-glazed Spam, tempura Spam, na'au (wild boar offal and blood), ono with lavender sauce, lamb with lavender salt and pepper, goat with Maui onion and chilipeppers, Hawaiian fusion - natto, clams, wasabi, and soy, local escargot, caviar, seaweed, goat stew with intestines and bile, opihi. |
| 31 (9) | November 11, 2008 | Ethiopia | Fermented enset fiber pancakes and porridge, raw sautéed beef, ibe[check spelling] cheese, unfiltered honey, berbere, goat organs in ox intestines, crepe with chicken and onion, coffee, sorghum popcorn, fresh raw beef and camel kidney.
In Addis Ababa, Zimmern shopped at Africa's largest market and in Harar he fed meat to wild hyenas. |
| 32 (10) | November 18, 2008 | Maine | Flounder roe soup with seaweed, sea cucumber, fiddleheads, beaver chili, bean-hole beans, wild ramps, stinging nettle soup, Indian cucumber, cattail, raw lobster, whelks, cod sperm chowder, monkfish head stew, BBQ junebugs, oysters with ramps, snails with periwinkle and beurre, moose and venison terrine, duck tartare.
Zimmern went lobster fishing with Linda Greenlaw and judged a Deathmatch Maine Bizarre Foods contest with his father, a native of Portland. |
| 33 (11) | November 25, 2008 | Happy Holidays (Special) | Braised dried oysters with black hair moss, English goose, pig's feet and lentils, snot (sweet potato starch), cow cod soup, rabbit and wheatberries, Swedish meatballs, cuttlefish eggs, pork intestine soup with red dates, tobacco-wrapped cheese, porcupine stuffed with potatoes and bacon, sweet noodle kugel, spritz cookies, sweet fish-shaped cake.
Zimmern hosted a holiday pitch-in party with chefs and friends he made around the world. It was at a historic mansion in Minneapolis and the food was cooked at the Calhoun Beach Club. |
| 34 (12) | December 2, 2008 | Uganda | Lungfish, white ants lured by drumming, matoke (steamed green bananas), braised goat with peanut and sesame sauce, grasshopper, squirrel, millet bread, goat stomach lining and intestines, Nile perch, rotten goat meat from a Ugandan drive-through, roasted corn, mixed grill (intestine-encased organs), cane rat with tilapia from Lake Victoria and raw Nile crocodile.
Zimmern takes part in a spiritual possession ceremony while in one village. |
| 35 (13) | December 9, 2008 | Japan | River eels, sea squirts, stonefish liver, Bluefin tuna eyeballs, mayonnaise fondue and milkshake, octopus egg sac, sea cucumber egg jerky, turtle blood sake, octopus ice cream, pit viper ice cream, beef tongue ice cream, horumon, takoyaki, raw horse mane, funazushi, squid ink soup, stewed tuna eyes in mirin, giant sea snail, sea snake soup (smelling sea snake anus in the market), raw goat testicles with scrotum. |
| 36 (14) | February 10, 2009 | Sexy food | This episode was a Valentine's Day special. It was a compilation episode about the cultural connections between food and sex, featuring foods that are supposed to be aphrodisiacs or are made of sexual organs of animals. Zimmern visited the Mall of America where he gave out samples of bull testicles to see people's reactions and if they would eat it when told it would help their sex life. The author and food historian Linda Civitello talked about the history of eating reproductive organs. At the Midtown Global Market, Zimmern interviewed people about foods that were supposed aphrodisiacs, including chocolate and oysters. He handed out chocolate-covered meal worms and crickets that tricked people into thinking they were pretzels. At the end, Zimmern and some others ate sushi off a naked woman, a practice called nyotai mori. |
| 37 (15) | March 3, 2009 | Surf It Up | Compilation episode |
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Season 4
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| # | Air date | Location | Notes/Featured Bizarre Foods |
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| 38 (1) | April 14, 2009 | Tanzania | Zimmern samples the traditional Tanzanian breakfast called supu, soup made with goat lungs, heart and liver, as well as cow stomach, intestines and tongue. He also travels to the famous Mount Kilimanjaro and Ngorongoro Crater. Visiting a local tribe, he tries such delectables as fresh cow's blood and the coagulated form of it. The blood is obtained by shooting an arrow at close distance into the jugular vein so that the wound heals quickly and the cow is not harmed. |
| 39 (2) | April 21, 2009 | Seoul, South Korea | Zimmern feasts on the country's most authentic soups, barbecues and fermented foods. His Asian adventure goes beyond eating when he makes his first batch of fresh kimchi. He also eats raw octopus (san-nakji), chueo-tang, samgyeopsal, tteokbokki, soondae and haejang-guk. |
| 40 (3) | April 28, 2009 | The Outback | Zimmern goes into the Australian Outback where he eats wallaby with Aborigines, samples crocodile cooked on the barbecue and makes a meal out of poisonous cane toads. |
| 41 (4) | May 5, 2009 | Appalachia | Zimmern goes to the Appalachian Mountains for a taste of the region's culture and its food. The mountain range runs north to south touching more than a dozen states, and many of the people in the area still maintain the traditions and foods that were a part of life for their ancestors. |
| 42 (5) | May 12, 2009 | Eastern Australia | Zimmern goes snorkeling, spear fishing and visits a farm where they pamper their cattle. He makes a stop at the Sydney Fish Market where he samples bizarre food he has never tasted before, including Moreton Bay bug, Balmain bug, flathead fish and spanner crabs. |
| 43 (6) | May 19, 2009 | Singapore | Zimmern goes to Singapore to experience the diversity of food and culture. The melting pot is seen everywhere, including the Hawker Stalls where he samples tasty treats. |
| 44 (7) | May 26, 2009 | Texas | Zimmern samples some of the most outrageous food creations at the Texas State Fair, including nitrogen frozen dessert, chocolate bacon and fried alligator. He alsohas a behind-the-scenes tour of the kitchens at NASA to taste space food. A fried peanut butter, jelly and banana sandwich, fried Coke, javalina, barbacoa, sweetbreads, cabrito |
| 45 (8) | June 2, 2009 | Nicaragua | Zimmern visits Nicaragua, "the land of lakes and volcanoes", tasting everything from juicy cheese worms to bull balls soup and raw bull balls ceviche. He visits a bush doctor in the Atlantic port town of Bluefields, eats a family rondon stew, and treks up into the Matagalpa highlands for some "black gold" where he learns how to do "the slurp" with master coffee cupper Julio Obregón. |
| 46 (9) | June 9, 2009 | Puerto Rico | Zimmern travels to Puerto Rico where the flavors of the food tell the history of the island, from the deep-fried treats brought in by Africans to the roasted pork made popular by the Spanish. He tries a variety of traditional foods, including a stew made with different parts of a pig. |
| 47 (10) | June 16, 2009 | Survival Special | Zimmern is dropped in the jungles of Mexico, where he learns how to live off the land. It is a journey where his stomach, mind and body are tested. He takes extreme to a new level, surviving with only a handful of helpful tools or objects and eating only foods he can forage in the woods. |
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Season 5
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| 48 (1) | April 26, 2010 | Thailand (Isan region) | Zimmern goes to a roadside Farmers' market near Udon Thani. He mentions a personal rule that he must try something twice. He then visits a couple of farming families/villages, the annual winter fair in the city of Udon Thani, and lastly a silk village.
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| 49 (2) | May 3, 2010 | Cambodia | Zimmern goes to a Skuon, Phnom Penh, Sisophon, Battambang, and the Tonlé Sap region (Chong Khneas floating village), visiting markets, street vendors, cities, bat caves, and Angkor
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| 50 (3) | May 10, 2010 | Mongolia | Zimmern visits a meat market and the central market in Ulaanbaatar, a nomadic family living in Gers in the steppe on the edge of the Gobi Desert, rides a horse with help from an amateur child racer, takes an archery lesson, a throat singing lesson, and meets some contortionists.
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| 51 (4) | May 17, 2010 | Arizona | Zimmern goes to Monument Valley and visits a Navajo family, the Phoenix/Tucson corridor, South Tucson, learns to build a deadfall trap in the desert of Northern Arizona, goes on a machine gun adventure in Scottsdale, visits the Arizona State Fair, and Sedona.
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| 52 (5) | May 24, 2010 | A Kid's Guide | Zimmern meets young adventurous eaters around the world, from children who try fried frog legs in Florida to children in Tanzania who show him how to eat clotted cow's blood. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 53 (6) | May 31, 2010 | Tokyo | Zimmern goes to the biggest fish market in Tokyo, visits a Tokyo Tuna restaurant, Horamon restaurant, Visits Alcatraz ER: theme restaurant, Visits the home of Dr. Nakamats, watches sumo wrestlers in a stable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 54 (7) | June 7, 2010 | Bangkok | Exotic eats in Bangkok are sampled. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 55 (8) | June 14, 2010 | Baja, Mexico | Zimmern explores unique food traditions on Mexico's Baja Peninsula, from street carts to high-end cuisine. Cities visited include Tijuana, Ensenada and La Paz, Baja California Sur. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 56 (9) | June 21, 2010 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Zimmern visits Buenos Aires and explores its meaty culture. |
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Season 6
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| # | Air date | Location | Notes/Featured Bizarre Foods |
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| 57 (1) | January 18, 2011 | Syria | Zimmern visits the Umayyad Mosque in the Old City of Damascus, the ancient Roman city of Palmyra, a Bedouin tent in the desert, Aleppo, then goes back to the New City of Damascus. In Damascus, he eats fresh camel after slaughter, shawarma, and Syrian ice cream and cheese. In Aleppo, he tries ful, pistachio candy, Arabic bread, and camel hump sausage. He also eats roast goat with a Bedouin family. |
| 58 (2) | January 25, 2011 | Pennsylvania | Andrew makes some kielbasa and tries cheesesteak and fugu in Philadelphia. In White Haven he has scrapple at the Redneck Ranch and eats snapping turtle soup in Drums. |
| 59 (3) | February 1, 2011 | Venice | Zimmern Zimmern tries out glassblowing on Murano island and fishing in the Venetian Lagoon. Here he eats calves' liver, snails, cuttlefish in ink, beef carpaccio, salt cod, fresh crayfish, and donkey salami. |
| 60 (4) | February 8, 2011 | Madagascar | Zimmern visits Madagascar, where many natives still live the way they did hundreds of years ago, hunting and gathering for their food. Morandava: king mackerel, baobab tree seeds, beef and cassava, giraffe beetles, river eel. With his wife Reisha, he buys a zebu to be given as a gift at a ritual circumcision ceremony. |
| 61 (5) | February 15, 2011 | Chicago | Zimmern visits the Vienna Beef factory, visits a hot dog restaurant, tries molecular gastronomy at Alinea with Grant Achatz and candied delicacies at Graham Elliot's restaurant. Rick Bayless introduces him to his Mexican food and local street food. After a meat-butchering demonstration, he tries pork jowl and kidney. In Albany Park he takes a world tour of cuisine, including Korean fermented cabbage tacos and Iraqi pacha. |
| 62 (6) | February 23, 2011 | Namibia | Zimmern visits Namibia, where he meets members of a semi-nomadic tribe whose way of life hasn't changed in hundreds of years. Catatura: smiley sheep, cow stomach and foot and potatoes, mopane worms in brine, dried catfish. On safari, he tries wildebeest eyeballs, and he goes oyster fishing in Walvis Bay. Visiting the Himba tribe in the Namib, he eats chicha fermented milk with rice and goat parts. |
| 63 (7) | March 1, 2011 | San Francisco | Zimmern checks out alternative food sources in San Francisco, from raising edible bugs (making mealworms, cricket empanadas, and wax moth larva fritters) to foraging in the wild. He rescues dumpster vegetables and dives for abalone. At a spontaneous foraged food dinner, he has mussels with seaweek aeoli, escargot with porcini mushrooms, and wild boar raviolis. At Chris Cosentino's restaurant Incanto, he has blood mousse, foie gras ice cream sandwich, prosciutti ice cream, pig intestine tacos, calves' tongue sliders, trotter tots, and brainaise. |
| 64 (8) | March 8, 2011 | Greece | Athens: Souvlaki, tripe soup, cow lung soup, roast lamb, kokoretsi, ray, octopus stew, monkfish, scorpionfish, eggplant custard with squid ink. Kalymnos: raw black sea urchin roe, sea squirt, fried ink sacs, slipper lobster, mouri goat. |
| 65 (9) | March 15, 2011 | Hong Kong | Zimmern samples snake bile, turtle-jelly soup and medicinal bug tea when he visits Hong Kong, the center for traditional Chinese medicine. |
| 66 (10) | March 22, 2011 | Hungary | Zimmern explores old and new food traditions in Hungary. He attends an outdoor feast with a Romani family and meets an acclaimed chef who puts a modern twist on traditional Hungarian favorites. |
| 67 (11) | March 29, 2011 | Chengdu | Zimmern tours Chengdu, capital of China's Sichuan province, known for its spicy cuisine. Featured eats include boiling chili and volcano rabbit head. |
| 68 (12) | April 20, 2011 | Indonesia | Reusing a large proportion of previously aired footage from Bizarre World - Sulawesi and Bali episodes. In Ubud, Bali, he goes to a pork feast and visits a tooth-filing ceremony. Denpasar: cobra restaurant (blood, gall, marrow, penis, soup, and fried cobra), jackfruit, saba, kelengkeng (longan). In Negara he watches water buffalo racing. Tanatoraja, Sulawesi: salak, water buffalo soup, papyong (spiced pork in bamboo). In Batutumanga he eats snake, eel, and water buffalo entrail soup and visits a funeral celebration. |
| 69 (13) | April 27, 2011 | Taste of the Tropics | Reusing a proportion of previously aired footage from Bizarre World - Belize, Cuba and Florida episodes |
| 70 (14) | May 3, 2011 | Kalahari | In Johannesburg, he eats medicinal dirt, impala, wildebeest, and water buffalo. With the Ju wasi people in Aha Hills, Botswana,Zimmern tries jewel beetles, porcupine, and small bird, and participates in a dance ritual. Scenes reused from Bizarre World. |
| 71 (15) | May 24, 2011 | NYC: Will Work for Food | Zimmern returns to New York City to try his hand at cooking, waiting and street vending to see if he can still cut it. |
| 72 (16) | May 31, 2011 | Embassy Row | Zimmern goes to some of the foreign embassies in Washington, DC to taste the different diplomatic food, including those of Sweden, France, Palau, Indonesia, Peru, Kazakhstan, and Finland. |
| 73 (17) | June 7, 2011 | Finland | Andrew cooks meals with a family in Lapland and discusses the simple ingredients of Nordic cuisine with a world class chef. Blood cake and lamprey in Helsinki. Tries bear and feeds them at a sanctuary. Hailuoto: seal, cured herring, salmon soup. Reindeer milk, grilled reindeer liver and onion, crayfish, salmon pie. |
| 74 (18) | June 14, 2011 | Rio de Janeiro | The diverse food culture of Rio de Janeiro is explored. |
| 75 (19) | June 21, 2011 | Suriname | Zimmern treks into the jungle of Suriname in northern South America, sampling the local fare, including wild pig and a rodent-like rabbit called coconi. |
| 76 (20) | June 28, 2011 | Fez, Morocco | A culinary tour of Morocco. Featured eats include lamb's head and pigeon pie. |
| 77 (21) | July 5, 2011 | Sardinia | Zimmern visits the Mediterranean island of Sardinia to learn about what the locals like to eat, from mountain goats, to sea urchins, to casu marzu (rotten cheese). |
| 78 (22) | July 12, 2011 | Montreal | Zimmern is joined by Nadia Giosia on a comprehensive culinary tour of Montreal that includes both traditional and avant-garde cuisine. Montreal-style bagels, Duck livers, and horse-heart tartare are among the foods sampled in this multicultural city. |
| 79 (23) | July 19, 2011 | Jamaica | An exploration of Jamaican cuisine, which blends island flavors with African traditions. |
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Seasons 7-12 - Bizarre Foods America
Main article: Bizarre Foods America
Beginning with Season 7, the show has been retitled Bizarre Foods America. The format remains the same but focuses more on the United States rather than international travel.
Starting with season 12, Bizarre Foods America has episodes in the other countries of the Americas. New episodes have been shot in Cartagena, Colombia; Lima, Peru; Ft. Worth, Texas; Copper River (Alaska); Nashville, Tennessee; Atlanta, Georgia; the Florida Keys; and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[1][2][3]
Season 13
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| # | Air date | Location | Notes/Featured Bizarre Foods |
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| 80 (1) | October 27, 2014 | Mexico City: Corn Smut & Ant Eggs | Stewed pig knuckles; worms and ant eggs; fish egg tamales. |
| 81 (2) | November 3, 2014 | Lisbon: Snails, Sardines & Barnacles | Crashing surf to harvest barnacles from the rocky shore; feasting on mounds of mollusks at a huge snail festival; making the world's best canned fish. |
| 82 (3) | November 10, 2014 | Ireland: Ancient Bog Butter & Smoked Pigeon | Ultimate smoked salmon; pigeon with bog oak; 3 thousand-year-old butter. |
| 83 (4) | November 17, 2014 | Factory Food | Artisanal and strange foods from jelly beans to blood pudding to escargot. |
| 84 (5) | November 24, 2014 | Brooklyn: Schmaltz & Sea Robins | Fishing for sea robin; grilling dockside; kombucha bacteria pancakes; spleen sandwich. |
| 85 (6) | December 1, 2014 | Newfoundland: Moose PIes & Seal Flippers | Fried cod cheek and tongues; moose pie; chicken fried seal flipper. |
| 86 (7) | December 8, 2014 | Ethnic Enclaves | Vietnamese meals to Lebanese sweets; Mongolian cooking huts to Japanese chefs. |
| 87 (8) | December 15, 2014 | Faroe Islands: Spoiled Sheep & Boiled Birds | Giant horse mussels; fermented sheep head; blood-filled sheep stomach; seagulls. |
| 88 (9) | December 22, 2014 | Food Science | The marriage of cooking and science; extracting the essence of flavors; taste sensations not found in nature. |
| 89 (10) | December 29, 2014 | BBQ | A buffalo meat tailgate party; Texas pit BBQ; a pig roast in South Carolina; barbecued mutton; chicken hearts in Peru; pork in Korea. |
| 90 (11) | January 5, 2015 | Comfort Food | Chopped hogs head in Belize; chitterlings; pig uterus soup; the world's oldest ice cream. |
| 91 (12) | January 12, 2015 | Los Angeles: Spleen Soup and Sriracha | Fried fish fins; honey from Africanized bees; the country's hottest sauce. |
| 92 (13) | January 19, 2015 | Hawaii's Big Island: Eyeballs and Abalone | Fresh water prawns; abalone; tuna eyeballs. |
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Season 14 - Delicious Destinations (Season 1)
A spin-off series of half-hour episodes that focused on famed destinations' classic foods—where they came from, how they're prepared, and the best way to enjoy them. Focused on general fare and not bizarre foods.
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| # | Air date | Location | Notes/Featured Bizarre Foods |
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| 1 (1) | January 26, 2015 | Athens | Gyros, souvlaki, loukamades, spanakopita and Greek yogurt. Rating: 458,000 U.S. viewers[4] |
| 2 (2) | January 26, 2015 | Paris | Steak frites, croque-monsieur, artisan baguettes, buttery croissants, macarons and crepes. Rating: 566,000 U.S. viewers[4] |
| 3 (3) | February 2, 2015 | New York | Mile-high pastrami sandwiches, bagels and lox, pizza by the slice and American hamburger. |
| 4 (4) | February 2, 2015 | London | Traditional Sunday roast, Yorkshire pudding, pie 'n' mash and fish and chips. |
| 5 (5) | February 9, 2015 | Florence | Florentine steak, ribollita soup, cappuccino and gelato. |
| 6 (6) | February 9, 2015 | Boston | New England clam chowder, scrod, Boston cream pie and Parker House rolls. |
| 7 (7) | February 23, 2015 | Barcelona | Tapas and crema Catalana. |
| 8 (8) | March 2, 2015 | New Orleans | Po'boys, gumbo, oysters Rockefeller and bananas Foster. |
| 9 (9) | March 9, 2015 | Tokyo | Sushi and tempura. |
| 10 (10) | March 16, 2015 | Munich | Schnitzel, spatzle, knoedel and cake. |
| 11 (11) | March 23, 2015 | St. Louis | St. Louis-style BBQ, toasted ravioli, and gooey butter cake. |
| 12 (12) | March 30, 2015 | Zürich | Fondue and Swiss chocolate. |
| 13 (13) | April 6, 2015 | Hong Kong | Dim sum, congee and roast goose. |
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Season 15
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| # | Air date | Location | Notes/Featured Bizarre Foods |
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| 93 (1) | April 13, 2015 | Kazakhstan: Hunting with Eagles & Milking Mares | |
| 94 (2) | April 20, 2015 | Taipei: Stinky Tofu and Iron Eggs | Zimmern visits Taipei, Taiwan and faces down stinky tofu in a mountains aid factory, learns the secret to turning eggs into hard-as-iron street food, and masters pulling the longest and strongest noodles. |
| 95 (3) | April 27, 2015 | Rome: Porchetta, Pecorino and Pizza | |
| 96 (4) | May 4, 2015 | Dubai: Carp, Camel and Cocoons | |
| 97 (5) | May 18, 2015 | Cold Blooded Creatures | |
| 98 (6) | May 25, 2015 | Panama: Beef Lungs & Love Potions | |
| 99 (7) | June 1, 2015 | Ho Chi Minh City: Rat Hearts & Porcupine Parts | Zimmern travels to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and while hitting the city streets at night, he feasts on sucking snails and duck tongues and on the outskirts of town he hunts for rice field rats, and gets a taste of farm-raised porcupine. |
| 100 (8) | June 8, 2015 | Peruvian Amazon: Giant Rodents & Biting Ants | |
| 101 (9) | June 15, 2015 | San Antonio: Brains, Balls & Blood | |
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Season 16 - Delicious Destinations (Season 2)
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| # | Air date | Location | Notes/Featured Bizarre Foods |
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| 14 (1) | July 6, 2015 | San Francisco | Sourdough bread and Crab Louie. |
| 15 (2) | July 6, 2015 | Jamaica | Jerk chicken, mannish water soup, curry goat, Blue Mountain coffee and gizzadas. |
| 16 (3) | July 13, 2015 | Atlanta | Fried chicken, peach cobbler, soul food and sweet tea. |
| 17 (4) | July 20, 2015 | Los Angeles | Korean tacos and hot dogs. |
| 18 (5) | July 27, 2015 | Mexico City | Barbacoa, chicharrón and huarache. |
| 19 (6) | August 3, 2015 | Warsaw | Pierogi, zapiekanka and paczki. |
| 20 (7) | August 10, 2015 | Dublin | Smoked salmon, soda bread, stew, boxty, black pudding and Guinness. |
| 21 (8) | August 17, 2015 | Amsterdam | Bitterballen and haring. |
| 22 (9) | August 24, 2015 | Montreal | Poutine, smoked meat and hand-rolled bagels. |
| 23 (10) | August 31, 2015 | Chicago | Deep dish pizza and all-beef hot dogs, Chicken Vesuvio and Garrett Popcorn. |
| 24 (11) | September 7, 2015 | Milwaukee | Cheese curds, bratwurst, frozen custard and butter burgers. |
| 25 (12) | September 14, 2015 | Miami | Cuban sandwiches, fresh stone crabs and key lime pie. |
| 26 (13) | September 21, 2015 | Buenos Aires | Barbecued beef, chimichurri and dulce de leche. |
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Season 17
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| # | Air date | Location | Notes/Featured Bizarre Foods |
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| 102 (1) | September 28, 2015 | Guatemala: Balls, Brains & Bull's Eyes | Fresh bull testicle ceviche and possum Sunday dinner in Guatemala where ancient flavors are still alive. |
| 103 (2) | October 6, 2015 | Croatia's Dalmatian Coast: Roasted Rodents & Stone Soup | Ancient tastes in Croatia like roasted dormice and giant offal kebabs to baked rooster and grilled frog. |
| 104 (3) | October 13, 2015 | Paris Reborn: Cow Heads, Caves & Pig Parts | Mushrooms delivered to the presidential palace; brined ham delivered to the presidential palace; aging artisanal French cheese. |
| 105 (4) | October 20, 2015 | Philadelphia: Shad Cakes, Krak & Kishke | Cheese-steak and shad cake to turkey neck and pig liver in Philadelphia where pride brings good food. |
| 106 (5) | November 3, 2015 | Oaxaca: Ant Tortillas and Grasshopper Tacos | Winged ants, grilled intestines, grasshoppers and dried beef hearts enjoyed in Mexico's culinary capital. |
| 107 (6) | November 17, 2015 | Amsterdam: Squealing Eels & Stroopwafels | Unique re-inventions of traditional Dutch recipes in Amsterdam from goose krokets to insect-filled nuggets to smoked local eel and hollow pig head. |
| 108 (7) | November 24, 2015 | Kansas City: Snoots & Spleens | Jiggly pig snoots, spliced spleen, backyard-trapped woodchuck and world-class BBQ in Kansas City. |
| 109 (8) | December 1, 2015 | Jerusalem: Kugel, Couscous and Kunafa | Cow udder and veal brain to turkey balls and mullet roe. |
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Season 18 - Delicious Destinations (Season 3)
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| # | Air date | Location | Notes/Featured Bizarre Foods |
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| 27 (1) | January 26, 2016 | Memphis | BBQ ribs and the Elvis sandwich. |
| 28 (2) | February 2, 2016 | Philadelphia | Cheesesteaks and stromboli |
| 29 (3) | February 9, 2016 | Singapore | Chicken rice, fish head curry, popiah and chilli crab. |
| 30 (4) | February 16, 2016 | Twin Cities | Walleye, Bundt cake and Jucy Lucy |
| 31 (5) | February 23, 2016 | Manila | Slow-roasted pork and chicken inasal. |
| 32 (6) | March 1, 2016 | Providence | Hot wieners, Johnny cakes, coffee milk, grilled pizza and Rhode Island clam chowder. |
| 33 (7) | March 8, 2016 | Seattle | Dungeness crab and teriyaki |
| 34 (8) | March 8, 2016 | Lima | Ceviche and ice cream with exotic tropical fruits |
| 35 (9) | March 15, 2016 | Honolulu | Kalua pig, shave ice, fish poke and Spam |
| 36 (10) | March 15, 2016 | Marseille | Beef stew and pizza. |
| 37 (11) | March 22, 2016 | Tel Aviv | Falafel, hummus and shawarma. |
| 38 (12) | March 22, 2016 | Albuquerque | Enchiladas and nut rolls |
| 39 (13) | March 29, 2016 | Austin | BBQ brisket, chili and chicken-fried steak. |
| 40 (14) | March 29, 2016 | Bogotá | Stuffed pork and cheesy hot chocolate. |
| 40 (15) | April 5, 2016 | Charleston | Shrimp and grits, she-crab soup and barbecue |
| 41 (16) | April 5, 2016 | Louisville | Hot Brown sandwich, country ham, burgoo stew, rolled oysters and derby pie |
| 42 (17) | April 12, 2016 | San Juan | Puerto Rican lasagna. |
| 43 (18) | April 12, 2016 | Houston | Tex-Mex fajitas, Czech pastry and Cajun mash-ups. |
| 44 (19) | April 19, 2016 | Lisbon | Seafood, pork sandwiches and custard tarts. |
| 45 (20) | April 19, 2016 | Sicily | Fried street eats, cannoli and pizza. |
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Season 19 - Delicious Destinations (Season 4)
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| # | Air date | Location | Notes/Featured Bizarre Foods |
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| 46(1) | October 4, 2016 | Nashville | Hot chicken, chess pie, biscuits smothered in gravy and barbecue. |
| 47(2) | October 4, 2016 | Sydney | Meat pies and Sunday roasts |
| 48(3) | October 11, 2016 | Brooklyn | Steak, New York-style pizza, Jewish pastries swirled with chocolate, cheesecake and Russian ravioli. |
| 49(4) | October 11, 2016 | Rome | Deep-fried artichokes; spaghetti alla carbonara and pizza tonda. |
| 50(5) | October 18, 2016 | Baltimore | Blue crab, pit beef and Berger cookies. |
| 51(6) | October 18, 2016 | Bangkok | Tom yum goong soup, pad Thai, som tam and mango sticky rice. |
| 52(7) | October 25, 2016 | Birmingham | Fried catfish and hush puppies, barbecued chicken in sauce, fried green tomatoes and pie. |
| 53(8) | October 25, 2016 | Managua | Baho and vigaron |
| 54(9) | November 1, 2016 | Pittsburgh | Half-pound fish sandwich, kielbasa, stuffed cabbage, pierogi and French fries |
| 55(10) | November 1, 2016 | Taipei | Pork dumpling soup, crab hot pot and tofu. |
| 56(11) | November 15, 2016 | Cajun Country | Boudin sausage, crawfish, gumbo and frog legs. |
| 57(12) | November 15, 2016 | Ho Chi Minh City | Loaded sandwiches and soups. |
| 58(13) | November 22, 2016 | San Diego | Fish tacos, octopus tostadas, Filipino chicken adobo, So-Cal monster burritos and salad. |
| 59(14) | November 22, 2016 | Dubai | Meat kebabs and halwa |
| 60(15) | November 29, 2016 | Cleveland | Beer-battered fish, fried sauerkraut balls and a kielbasa sandwich with French fries. |
| 61(16) | November 29, 2016 | Veracruz | Chile relleno picaditas, vuelve a la vida and arroz a la tumbada |
| 62(17) | December 6, 2016 | Tucson | Sun-dried beef, chimichangas, bacon-wrapped hot dogs and raspados. |
| 63(18) | December 6, 2016 | Seoul | Stews, buckwheat noodles, sweet beef and fermented cabbage |
| 64(19) | December 13, 2016 | Detroit | Eastern shawarma, soul food classics, Motor City-style pizza and city chicken. |
| 65(20) | December 13, 2016 | Edinburgh | Scottish breakfast, peppery haggis, blue lobster and whiskey |
| 66(21) | December 20, 2016 | Vienna | Sachertorte, schnitzel and frankfurter sausage. |
| 67(22) | December 20, 2016 | Santiago | Asado a la Parrilla, Pastel de Jaiba and Chacarero. |
| 68(23) | January 3, 2017 | Vancouver | Spot prawns, sushi and king crab, Japadogs and salmon candy. |
| 69(24) | January 3, 2017 | Budapest | Stuffed cabbage, goulash, Transylvania chimney cake and a sponge cake trifle. |
| 70(25) | January 10, 2017 | Bali | Suckling pig, wok-fried rice and whole slow-roasted duck. |
| 71(26) | January 10, 2017 | Copenhagen | New Nordic style seafood, crown herring and pan-fried meatballs. |
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Season 20
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| # | Air date | Location | Notes/Featured Bizarre Foods |
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| 118 (1) | January 31, 2017 | Lewis and Clark Trail | |
| 119 (2) | February 7, 2017 | Southern BBQ Trail | |
| 120 (3) | February 14, 2017 | Civil War | |
| 121 (4) | February 21, 2017 | Road Tripping Route 66 | |
| 122 (5) | February 28, 2017 | Great Lakes | |
| 123 (6) | March 7, 2017 | The Pacific Coast Highway | |
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Season 21 - Delicious Destinations (Season 5)
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| # | Air date | Location | Notes/Featured Bizarre Foods |
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| 72(1) | April 18, 2017 | Asheville | BBQ pork, rainbow trout, fried chicken; divine biscuits and red eye gravy. |
| 73(2) | April 18, 2017 | Buffalo | Wings, pepperoni pizza, cake doughnuts and meat and potatoes slathered in sauce |
| 74(3) | April 25, 2017 | Venice | Beef Carpaccio, tiramisu and cuttlefish |
| 75(4) | April 25, 2017 | Milan | Risotto, minestrone and panettone |
| 76(5) | May 2, 2017 | Manhattan | Pastrami on rye, black and white cookies, spaghetti with meatballs and smoked fish |
| 77(6) | May 2, 2017 | Berlin | Currywurst, Berliner jelly-filled doughnut and wiener schnitzel |
| 78(7) | May 9, 2017 | Dallas | Chicken-fried steak, pecan pie, tortilla soup and steak |
| 79(8) | May 9, 2017 | Shanghai | Hairy crab, pork-filled dumplings, rice wine-soaked chicken and scallion pancakes |
| 80(9) | May 16, 2017 | Portland | Lobster roll sandwiches, oysters, Italian sandwiches and whoopie pies |
| 81(10) | May 16, 2017 | Osaka | Okonomiyaki, octopus fritters and udon noodles topped with fried tofu |
| 82(11) | May 23, 2017 | Santorini | Tomato fritters, lamb fricassee and grilled octopus |
| 83(12) | May 23, 2017 | Naples | Pizza, pastries stuffed with ricotta and dried fruit, ragu and stewed octopus |
| 84(13) | May 30, 2017 | St. John's | Blue mussels, cod au gratin, moose stew and rabbit pie |
| 85(14) | May 30, 2017 | Chiang Mai | Coconut curry soup, sausage with pork and chile paste, fish roasted in banana leaves and minced pork salad. |
| 86(15) | June 6, 2017 | Toronto | BBQ pork, lobster, Jamaican flatbreads and butter tarts |
| 87(16) | June 6, 2017 | Hanoi | Sweet and sour snail soup, ground pork-filled breakfast crepes and sweet potato fritters topped with shrimp |
| 88(17) | June 13, 2017 | San Antonio | Puffy tacos, chalupa burger, brisket, barbacoa and stuffed quail |
| 89(18) | June 13, 2017 | Oaxaca | Mole negro sauce, Mayan-era tamales, crispy tortilla with pork lard and egg bread dunked in hot chocolate |
| 90(19) | June 20, 2017 | Savannah | Shrimp and grits, oysters in a half shell, crab bisque and barbecue stew |
| 91(20) | June 20, 2017 | Dubrovnik | Spit-roasted lamb and octopus salad, Dalmatia-style grilled fish. |
| 92(21) | June 27, 2017 | Chengdu | Hot pot and Mapo tofu, Kung Pao Chicken |
| 93(22) | July 11, 2017 | Helsinki | Crayfish boils and fish, reindeer meat and porridge pies |
| 94(23) | July 11, 2017 | Mauritius | Fried dumplings and handmade egg noodles, veggie-stuffed flatbread and curried swordfish |
| 95(24) | July 18, 2017 | Hyderabad | Potato pastries, fried bread, pancakes and meat and rice |
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Season 22
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| # | Air date | Location | Notes/Featured Bizarre Foods |
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| 124 (1) | July 25, 2017 | Cowboy Life In Texas | |
| 125 (2) | August 1, 2017 | Daniel Boone's Wilderness Trail | |
| 126 (3) | August 9, 2017 | Magnificent Mississippi River | |
| 127 (4) | August 15, 2017 | Cajun Country Trail | |
| 128 (5) | August 22, 2017 | Discovering Columbus | |
| 129 (6) | August 29, 2017 | Paul Revere's Midnight Ride | |
| 130 (7) | September 5, 2017 | Florida's Conquistador Coast | |
| 131 (8) | September 12, 2017 | Yukon Gold Rush Trail | |
| 132 (9) | September 19, 2017 | The Mighty Erie Canal | |
| 133 (10) | September 26, 2017 | Vegas Road Trip |
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Season 23 - Delicious Destinations (Season 6)
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| # | Air date | Location | Notes/Featured Bizarre Foods |
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| 96(1) | October 3, 2017 | Mississippi Delta | Catfish and hush puppies, oxtails and mud pie |
| 97(2) | October 3, 2017 | Panama City | Whole fish and plantains, ceviche and yucca fritters |
| 98(3) | October 10, 2017 | Upper Peninsula | Croatian chicken, Lake Superior whitefish and pasties |
| 99(4) | October 10, 2017 | Brussels | Belgian waffles, steamed mussels and fries. |
| 100(5) | October 17, 2017 | Prague | Pork knuckle, mushroom soup, plum pastries and dumplings. |
| 101(6) | October 17, 2017 | Madrid | Roasted piglet, fried calamari sandwiches and tapas |
| 102(7) | October 24, 2017 | Cardiff | Lamb stew with root veggies, seafood breakfast and cheesy toast |
| 103(8) | October 24, 2017 | Baja | Smoked tuna, fish tacos, Caesar salad, seafood cocktail |
| 104(9) | October 31, 2017 | Antigua Guatemala | Enchiladas, tamales, handmade confections and pockets of beans and plantains. |
| 105(10) | October 31, 2017 | Marrakesh | Pigeon-meat pies, beef and lentil dishes and whole lamb |
| 106(11) | November 7, 2017 | Trinidad and Tobago | Curried crab with dumplings, shark sandwiches and flatbreads |
| 107(12) | November 14, 2017 | Reykjavík | Salted cod and lamb hot dogs, skyr |
| 108(13) | November 14, 2017 | Quito | Fried pork and potato cakes, ceviche, roasted peanuts, fish soup |
| 109(14) | November 21, 2017 | Beijing | Breakfast pancakes, noodles, Peking duck, steamed buns and donkey sandwiches. |
| 110(15) | November 21, 2017 | Cartagena | Fried fish and egg arepas, fruits and seafood stews |
| 111(16) | November 28, 2017 | Stockholm | Herring, pea soup and pancakes, Jansson's temptation and cinnamon rolls |
| 112(17) | November 28, 2017 | Jerusalem | Shawarma, falafel, kubbeh and hummus, halva and bureka |
| 113(18) | December 5, 2017 | Phnom Penh | Grilled crab, beef salad, fish and noodle soup |
| 114(19) | December 5, 2017 | Cape Town | Sausage, stew, pie, Biltong jerky |
| 115(20) | December 12, 2017 | Amman | Goat and veggies, sumac-coated chicken, lamb and fava bean spreads. |
| 116(21) | December 12, 2017 | Dominican Republic | Whole roast pig, fried dough pockets. |
| 117(22) | December 19, 2017 | Mumbai | Deep-fried fish and prawns, goat over rice and vegetarian dishes, puffed rice salad, potato mash-ups. |
| 118(23) | December 26, 2017 | Oslo | Reindeer steak and cured salmon, sheep and heart-shaped waffles |
| 119(24) | December 26, 2017 | Key West | Conch fritters, coconut pink shrimp and hogfish sandwiches, Cubanos and Key lime pie |
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Season 24 - Delicious Destinations (Season 7)
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| # | Air date | Location | Notes/Featured Bizarre Foods |
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| 120(1) | January 16, 2018 | The Hamptons | Surf and turf, lobster rolls, clam chowder, and smoked bluefish pate. |
| 121(2) | January 23, 2018 | Queens | Hand-ripped noodles, Thai stir-fries, grilled Greek octopus and pastrami on rye |
| 122(3) | January 30, 2018 | Chicago: A Second Bite | Rib tips and Polish sausages |
| 123(4) | February 6, 2018 | Door County | Fish and local produce |
| 124(5) | February 13, 2018 | Washington, D.C. | Oysters, Ethiopian chicken stew, Chinese stir-fry and chili-smothered sausages. |
| 125(6) | February 20, 2018 | Chesapeake Bay | Shellfish in J.O. spice, Virginia ham, peanut soup, bacon-wrapped oysters and fried soft-shell crab. |
| 126(7) | February 27, 2018 | Boston: A Second Bite | Black pasta, Irish fish and chips and seafood stew |
| 127(8) | March 6, 2018 | Cape Cod | Fried clams and cod, clambakes and cranberry bog ice cream |
| 128(9) | March 13, 2018 | Jersey Shore | Saltwater taffy, tomato pie and Italian subs |
| 129(10) | March 20, 2018 | New Jersey | Brazilian meat, seafood stew, potato-loaded hot dogs and Dominican marinated pork. |
| 130(11) | March 27, 2018 | Kansas City | Barbecue, Croatian dessert bread and marshmallow chocolate candy. |
| 131(12) | April 3, 2018 | Denver | Game meats and green chili sauce |
| 132(13) | April 10, 2018 | London: A Second Bite | Shepherd's pie, beef Wellington, seekh kebabs and Jamaican jerk chicken. |
| 133(14) | April 17, 2018 | Scottish Highlands | Highland beef, shellfish, handheld meat pies and smoked salmon. |
| 134(15) | April 24, 2018 | Nova Scotia | Cold-water lobster, seafood chowder, haddock and chips, blueberry grunt and rappie pie |
| 135(16) | May 1, 2018 | Quebec City | Maple syrup |
| 136(17) | May 8, 2018 | Porto | salty cod in a creamy casserole, white bean and tripe stew, octopus rice and Port wine. |
| 137(18) | May 15, 2018 | Frankfurt | Frankfurter and apple wine, pork shoulder with sauerkraut and hand cheese |
| 138(19) | May 22, 2018 | Tuscany | Extra virgin olive oil, fish stew over crusty bread, chickpea pancakes and whole fish in spicy tomato sauce. |
| 139(20) | May 29, 2018 | Genoa | Seafood salad, pesto with pasta and flatbread |
| 140(21) | June 5, 2018 | Emilia-Romagna | Mortadella sausage, parmigiano reggiano and tortellini in broth. |
| 141(22) | June 12, 2018 | Paris: A Second Bite | Pot au feu and steak tartare. |
| 142(23) | June 19, 2018 | Lyon | Pike fish dumplings, breaded beef tripe and pink pralines |
| 143(24) | June 26, 2018 | Alsace | Choucroute garnie and foie gras. |
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Season 25
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| # | Air date | Location | Notes/Featured Bizarre Foods |
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| 134 (1) | January 23, 2018 | The Paul Bunyan Trail | |
| 135 (2) | January 30, 2018 | The Jesse James Trail | |
| 136 (3) | February 6, 2018 | Germany's Route 66 | |
| 137 (4) | February 13, 2018 | Italy's Amalfi Coast | |
| 138 (5) | February 20, 2018 | Napoleon's March Through Poland | |
| 139 (6) | February 27, 2018 | America's First Revolution Trail | |
| 140 (7) | March 6, 2018 | Aztec Routes of Mexico |
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Season 26
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| 141 (1) | July 3, 2018 | The Pony Express | |
| 142 (2) | July 10, 2018 | William Wallace's March Through Scotland | |
| 143 (3) | July 17, 2018 | Captain Cook and the Ancient Hawaiians | |
| 144 (4) | July 24, 2018 | WWII Battle of the Bulge | |
| 145 (5) | July 31, 2018 | The Saint James Way in Spain | |
| 146 (6) | August 7, 2018 | North Carolina's Moonshine Highway | |
| 147 (7) | August 14, 2018 | The Underground Railroad | |
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Season 27 - Delicious Destinations (Season 8)
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| # | Air date | Location | Notes/Featured Bizarre Foods |
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| 144(1) | August 21, 2018 | Montevideo | Asado meats, chivitos and fried beef. |
| 145(2) | August 28, 2018 | Guayaquil | Red mangrove crab and plantain dumpling |
| 146(3) | September 4, 2018 | Bermuda | Fish chowder, spiny lobster and cassava pie. |
| 147(4) | September 11, 2018 | Hollywood | Steak and martinis, Thai steamed whole fish, Armenian flatbread and Persian ice cream. |
| 148(5) | September 18, 2018 | Santa Monica | Seafood soup, Chinese chicken salad and Tsukemen. |
| 149(6) | September 25, 2018 | Phuket | Crab curry and street snacks. |
| 150(7) | October 2, 2018 | Kanazawa | Kano crab and sushi. |
| 151(8) | October 9, 2018 | Las Vegas | Quail breast stuffed with foie gras, Waygu steaks, veal Parmigiana and Thai. |
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Season 28 - Delicious Destinations (Season 9)
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| 152(1) | August 31, 2020 | Bangkok: A Second Bite | Steamed whole bass and massaman curry |
| 153(2) | September 7, 2020 | Kyoto | Kaiseki and obanzai |
| 154(3) | September 14, 2020 | Phoenix | Chilaquiles, Neapolitan pizza and Sonoran hot dogs |
| 155(4) | September 21, 2020 | Tahiti | Polynesian ceviche and freshwater shrimp coated in coconut curry sauce |
| 156(5) | September 28, 2020 | Puerto Vallarta | Marinated pork, pozole and skewered mojo fish |
| 157(6) | October 5, 2020 | Merida | Slow-roasted pork, pork-stuffed cheese balls in Yucatan sauces |
| 158(7) | October 12, 2020 | El Paso | Fajitas, menudo, rolled tacos and entomatadas |
| 159(8) | October 19, 2020 | Bay Area | Chinese dim sum, Indian panipuri, American soul food and Mexican tacos |
| 160(9) | October 26, 2020 | Aruba | Dutch pea soup, seafood cazuela and cashew cake |
| 161(10) | November 2, 2020 | Curaçao | African stews and Dutch cheese |
| 162(11) | November 9, 2020 | Seville | Iberico ham, gazpacho and serranito pork sandwiches |
| 163(12) | November 16, 2020 | Fez | Tagine-cooked meats, pastille, zaalouk, bessara and brouchettes |
| 164(13) | November 23, 2020 | Delhi | Tandoori chicken, goat kebabs, samosas and sweet dough balls |
| 165(14) | November 30, 2020 | Goa | Prawn curry, Portuguese chorizo and pork vindaloo |
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Season 29 - Delicious Destinations (Season 10)
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| # | Air date | Location | Notes/Featured Bizarre Foods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 166(1) | December 7, 2020 | The Bronx | Dry-aged pork sausage and Jamaican meat pastries |
| 167(2) | December 14, 2020 | Harlem | Soul food |
| 168(3) | December 21, 2020 | Central New York | Beef and veal sausages and half-moon cookies |
| 169(4) | December 28, 2020 | Martha's Vineyard | Clams and lobster rolls |
| 170(5) | January 25, 2021 | Portland | Boozy doughnuts, Thai fish sauce chicken wings and crayfish boils |
| 171(6) | February 1, 2021 | Cincinnati | Pork schnitzel, goetta and Cincinnati chili |
| 172(7) | February 8, 2021 | Oklahoma City | Prime T-bone steaks, chicken fried steaks and burger patties mashed with onions, chili with beef, beef bone-infused broth for pho |
| 173(8) | February 8, 2021 | Lancaster County | Shoofly pie |
| 174(9) | February 15, 2021 | New Hampshire Seacoast | |
| 175(10) | February 22, 2021 | Iowa State Fair | Sweet corn, baked sausage cavatelli and Dutch letter pastries, fried pork tenderloin, loose ground beef and Italian Gizmo sandwiches |
| 176(11) | February 22, 2021 | Sitka | King salmon, venison and rockfish |
| 177(12) | March 1, 2021 | Salt Lake City | Pastrami burger, steak tips with mole and Utah scones |
| 178(13) | March 8, 2021 | San Francisco: A Second Bite | Japanese hot pots, hand-crafted lasagna and ice cream |
| 179(14) | March 15, 2021 | Charlotte | Barbecue, livermush, fried green tomatoes |
| 180(15) | March 22, 2021 | Outer Banks | Blue crab, Hatteras clam chowder and baked oysters |
| 181(16) | March 22, 2021 | Chicago Neighborhoods | West Loop Handcrafted burgers, Wicker Park street-style tacos in and Bronzeville barbecue |
| 182(17) | March 29, 2021 | Glasgow | Macaroni pies and venison haggis |
| 183(18) | April 5, 2021 | Cork | Irish stew and drisheen |
| 184(19) | April 12, 2021 | Calabria | Fileja noodles with goat and parmigiana di melanzane |
| 185(20) | April 19, 2021 | Apulia | Orecchiette pasta, grilled octopus and stuffed pasticiotti pastries |
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Season 30 - Delicious Destinations (Season 11)
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| # | Air date | Location | Notes/Featured Bizarre Foods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 186(1) | April 26, 2021 | Zagreb | |
| 187(2) | May 3, 2021 | Kraków | |
| 188(3) | May 10, 2021 | Palm Springs | |
| 189(4) | May 17, 2021 | Santa Fe | |
| 190(5) | May 24, 2021 | Street Foods | |
| 191(6) | May 31, 2021 | Best Beef | |
| 192(7) | June 7, 2021 | Southern Comfort Foods | |
| 193(8) | June 14, 2021 | Noodles | |
| 194(9) | June 21, 2021 | Original Inventions | |
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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 was released on October 7, 2008. It includes the following episodes:
- Best Bites
- Iceland
- St.Petersburg
- Minnesota
- Guangzhou, China
- Beijing, China
- Bolivia
- Chile
- Delhi, India
- Chase, Rachel (2014-01-21). "Andrew Zimmern of "Bizarre Foods" filming in Lima, Peru". Peru this Week. Archived from the original on 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- "Andrew Zimmern, rey de la comida exótica, en Cartagena - Colombia Noticias: Actualidad Nacional". Eltiempo.Com. 2014-01-18. Retrieved 2014-04-05. - "Television foodie filming in Key Largo discovers that lionfish taste 'superb' | News | KeysNet". Archived from the original on March 3, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
- Stainsby, Mia. "Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern in Vancouver". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2014-04-05. - Chopra, Sonia (2014-02-10). "Where Is Andrew Zimmern Eating While He's in Atlanta? - AZ Watch". Eater Atlanta. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 25 Monday Cable Originals: 1.26.2015 (Updated)". Showbuzzdaily.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
