Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
13+
2004
Food & Home
Culinary Travel

Ho Chi Minh City: Rat Hearts and Porcupine Parts

Season 6, Episode 6

: Andrew travels to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Hitting the city streets at night, he feasts on sucking snails and duck tongues. Then, on the outskirts of town, he hunts for rice field rats and gets a taste of farm-raised porcupine.

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Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern

Adventurous eater Andrew Zimmern crisscrosses the globe in search of the world's most exotic foods. From ant eggs in Mexico to slurping on snails in Portugal, he savors the local cuisine.

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