As a Taiwanese, I always hear that foreigners mostly afraid of eating "Stinky Tofu."
If there are someome like it, please let me know! I'll say "good job!"
Actually, "Stinky Tofu" has become as a symbol of Taiwan.
Saying with my turely heart, "Stinky Tofu" smells bad but tastes great.
If you have a chance to come to Taiwan, try some! It will become your memorable experience:)
<em>smells bad but tastes great.
</em>"Stinki tofu" isn't the only food with this quality. Some sorts of French (and not only French) cheese have the same reputation in Europe.
While Swedish surströmming (fermented herring) and other Notrthern fermented fishes are widely known as just smelling fantastically bad (though I never heard of it tasting great).
I like it very much, but I'm Chinese.
Sara Wong, rather both the smell and the taste are less intense.
It smells not so good and its taste is just fine - as opposed to the terrible smell and the delicious taste of the cheese your friend brings from France.
I don't think that this effect is specifical to Russia.
You go to the chainmall and look for camembert. You find the one, packed in the same wooden-slices boxes they pack it in Normandy, but under the different trade-mark. You bring it home and wow - there's no terrible smell:(
Totally hate it.
But 腐乳 or 蝦醬 with 通菜 is really nice. In Thai they call it ผักบุ้ง, even better, but with fermented bean sauce.
腐乳 -fǔrǔ - fermented tofu
蝦醬 -xiā jiàng - shrimp paste
通菜 - tōng cài - water spinnage
K P,you mean the inport cheese in your country smell good but taste bad,right?
