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Bizarre Foods

Season 4 2009
TV-PG

  • 2009-04-15T01:00:00Z on Travel Channel
  • 45m
  • 7h 10m (10 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary, Reality
Unmasking an aspect of dining out that will make you think twice before ordering off the menu, and utilizing his knowledge of all things edible, Andrew Zimmern is on a quest to find the world’s most bizarre foods. Andrew knows that one man’s poison is another’s delicacy but he isn’t afraid to poke a little fun at the local fare or himself. Our energetic food-a-holic infiltrates markets and restaurants taking viewers behind the scenes to savor the local cuisine - even if that means chewing on eggs with legs, gulping down a beating frog heart or polishing off a lamb’s eyeball. Andrew is game for anything and knows the most interesting food is found closest to the source. So whether he’s chasing down large water rodents in the Louisiana bayou, fishing for piranha in the Amazon or flushing out cave bats in Malaysia, you can be sure the guy with the iron stomach will dish up the unimaginable.

10 episodes

Season Premiere

2009-04-15T01:00:00Z

4x01 Tanzania

Season Premiere

4x01 Tanzania

  • 2009-04-15T01:00:00Z43m

Andrew visits the beautiful East African country of Tanzania, where he samples the traditional Tanzanian breakfast called supu. It's a soup made with goat lungs, heart and liver, as well as cow stomach, intestines and tongue.

2009-04-22T01:00:00Z

4x02 Seoul, South Korea

4x02 Seoul, South Korea

  • 2009-04-22T01:00:00Z43m

Andrew travels to Seoul, South Korea, where he feasts on the country's most authentic soups, barbecues and fermented foods. Andrew's Asian adventure goes beyond eating when makes his first batch of fresh kimchi.

2009-04-29T01:00:00Z

4x03 The Outback

4x03 The Outback

  • 2009-04-29T01:00:00Z43m

Andrew heads into the Australian Outback where he eats wallaby with Aborigines, samples crocodile cooked on the barbie and makes a meal out of poisonous cane toads.

2009-05-06T01:00:00Z

4x04 Appalachia

4x04 Appalachia

  • 2009-05-06T01:00:00Z43m

Andrew heads to the Appalachian Mountains to get 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.

2009-05-13T01:00:00Z

4x05 Eastern Australia

4x05 Eastern Australia

  • 2009-05-13T01:00:00Z43m

Andrew 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's never tasted before, including Morton Bay, Balamain Bugs, Flathead Fish and Spanner Crabs.

2009-05-20T01:00:00Z

4x06 Singapore

4x06 Singapore

  • 2009-05-20T01:00:00Z43m

Andrew heads to Singapore to experience the diversity of food and culture. The melting pot is seen everywhere, including the Hawker Stalls where Andrew samples tasty treats.

2009-05-27T01:00:00Z

4x07 Texas

4x07 Texas

  • 2009-05-27T01:00:00Z43m

Andrew Zimmern samples some of the most outrageous food creations at the Texas State Fair, including nitrogen frozen dessert, chocolate bacon and fried alligator. Andrew also gets a behind-the-scenes tour of the kitchens at NASA to taste space food.

2009-06-03T01:00:00Z

4x08 Nicaragua

4x08 Nicaragua

  • 2009-06-03T01:00:00Z43m

Andrew visits Nicaragua, tasting everything from juicy cheese worms to bull balls soup. He visits a bush doctor and treks up into the highlands for “black gold” where he learns how to do “the slurp” with a master cupper.

2009-06-10T01:00:00Z

4x09 Puerto Rico

4x09 Puerto Rico

  • 2009-06-10T01:00:00Z43m

Andrew 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. Andrew tries a variety of traditional foods, including a stew made with different parts of a pig.

Season Finale

2009-06-17T01:00:00Z

4x10 Survival Special

Season Finale

4x10 Survival Special

  • 2009-06-17T01:00:00Z43m

Andrew is dropped in the jungles of Mexico, where he learns how to live off the land. It’s a journey where his stomach, mind and body are tested. Andrew 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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