@yulondaisom: leave him alone 😭 - Anthony Bourdain built his reputation by trying almost anything, but Icelandic hákarl was one food he absolutely could not get behind. The traditional dish is made from Greenland shark that’s fermented and dried for months, a process originally developed because the fresh meat contains compounds that make it unsafe to eat untreated. Bourdain famously called it one of the worst things he had ever tasted, but that reaction was kind of the point of his shows: he was usually willing to try unfamiliar foods without pretending to love them. Respecting a food’s history and enjoying its flavor are two very different things. #AnthonyBourdain #Iceland #FoodCulture #Travel #FoodHistory

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marx0r
Marx∅r :
I would love to find one of these people and make them eat a plate of this stuff. It smells like straight ammonia. I'm an extremely adventurous eater and when I tried hakarl I felt literal survival mechanisms telling me "don't put this in your mouth".
2026-09-16 10:58:34
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thebroden
TheBroden :
this is like canceling someone for hating hard tack 😭
2026-09-16 12:12:22
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hallejones444
halle :
Survival food isn’t culture if someone asked for me to make them a dish best representing me I’m not gonna make great value waffles and top ramen
2026-09-16 13:56:40
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hailboogie
Hail Boogie :
There is a subsection of society that's whole purpose in life is to not become better, but to find any reason in other people to make themselves feel superior. It's always about lowering the bar for them, so they can step over it.
2026-09-16 12:25:49
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jefnvk
jefnvk :
As someone who has had hakarl, Bourdain was 99% right. The only thing worse than that is getting a raw tomato slice on my hamburger.
2026-09-16 14:55:22
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meowbeeeez
meowbeeeez :
Bring one of those ancient people to the modern world and see if they’d pick fermented shark over a Big Mac like
2026-09-16 13:58:21
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huhhuhwuhwuh
😮‍💨 :
dude even icelanders think hakarl is nasty. when I tried some the guy serving it to me was genuinely trying to talk me out of it
2026-09-16 15:22:25
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foxx8955
foxx :
survival food and enjoyable rarely go together. its for function not enjoyment.
2026-09-16 10:00:18
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rockyguy1270
Rockyguy12 :
He’s cultured for trying and appreciating where it came from but even those that eat it ceremoniously know it tastes horrible that’s why they still eat it.
2026-09-16 07:22:46
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tothenextban
Tothenextban :
even locals are often disgusted by it.
2026-09-16 15:45:10
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hiveeee777
endclass_kamiii :
here's the thing, in the episode he was warned, he still ate it, and the people who gave it to him also had that reaction. like. even the people who eat it culturally can't stand the taste or smell. everyone was gagging.
2026-09-16 14:30:09
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kentarotheshibain
kentarotheshibaken :
Then you gotta cancel the hells kitchen guy too. He also hated it. Bourdain obviously appreciated it because he still ate it. That shark must have been REALLY bad too because he also ate warthog rectum with the San Bushmen in the Kalahari. That looked awful and it gave him a parasite.
2026-09-16 07:30:18
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jennieatthedisco
Jennieatthedisco :
He does appreciate it. That man tried literally everything everywhere. He’s allowed to have a least favorite food 😭
2026-09-16 15:56:36
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s26_130
K31 :
Survival foods are rarely good.
2026-09-17 01:21:54
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shepherdpi
🪽 :
like he can’t have an opinion 😭😭😭
2026-09-17 01:44:14
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scotty_mac_yotl
Scotty-Mac :
Plot twist: no one likes it
2026-09-16 23:15:48
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umwat0606
umwat0606 :
Just because it’s significant to someone’s culture does NOT MEAN ITS GOOD.
2026-09-17 03:27:10
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cheekykili
❀ ᴄʜᴇᴇᴋʏᴋɪʟɪ ❀ :
Yetti delicacies
2026-09-17 01:13:40
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user8841456524719
(◕ᴗ◕✿) :
Mind you he TRIED it which I guarantee that OP would not do, let’s be real almost none of us would
2026-09-16 16:56:13
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bunnywiththerunny
The bunny :
Agreed. it's kinda pandering and patronizing to pretend it's delicious. It's an important part of culture, but to deny why it exists and pretend it's a tasty dish denies its history
2026-09-16 11:02:39
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necroglam
Gumgum :
Just because a food is culturally significant doesn’t make it delicious, just worthy of respect.
2026-09-16 18:17:17
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aabcul
lmao :
i mean i doubt the ppl in iceland think it’s the best tasting thing either
2026-09-16 07:57:34
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rott3ngh0ul
ghoul :
What I always think is funny is how people are gen convinced Icelandic people eat Hakarl regularly when they don’t. Hakarl was eaten during times where food was low for their ancestors, but now as Iceland has a stable food supply they eat it to remember their roots and ancestors during celebrations and holidays like Þorrablót.
2026-09-16 17:57:58
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charlesbelisle03xx
Charles Belisle813 :
And they do it as a bit, it’s like a malort shot. Very few of them would eat this for nutrients, at least now in modern times.
2026-09-16 12:58:22
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danteisverychill
Dante :
being cultured doesn’t mean you have to personally enjoy every aspect of all cultures
2026-09-16 16:09:37
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