Look, we’re usually quite open-minded when it comes to tasting new foods. But we have our limits. Taste Atlas, an experiential travel online guide, has just revealed its annual list of the 100 worst-rated foods from across the world and the top 10 does a good job of spoiling our appetites. The online site bases the list off of 335,106 ratings from its community, which are completely subjective. Taste Atlas does state that this list shouldn’t define the dishes featured and while each dish may not have mass appeal due to flavours, textures and ingredients, they are still intriguing representations of culinary traditions from diverse cultures around the world. Here are the top 10 worst-rated meals from around the world.
Dark-brown dumplings made with rye or barley flour and animal’s blood, Blodpalt traditionally were made with reindeer blood. Today, the blood of various animals are mixed with different spices and often cooked in flavour-packed meat broth.
Iceland’s national delicacy is made from cured shark flesh. To make the dish, the meat is fermented for three months, then hung to dry for four to five months. The high ammonia content often makes people gag, so dig in at your own risk.
Canned sardines and squished between a Spanish-style baguette (barra de pan) that has been halved. Sometimes fillings such as tomatoes, lettuce, coriander, onions, avocados, olives, boiled eggs and more, are added.
Stale bread is combined with water, onions and a variety of spices to create this traditional dish. This rustic home-cooked meal is often enjoyed with crispy croutons.
A savoury casserole that is mainly thin cooked noodles that have been coated in caramelised sugar. The noodles are combined with eggs, oil, peper and salt and baked until firm.
The base of this dish combines fermented fish entrails and a spicy curry paste (chilli peppers, galangal, shrimp paste, turmeric, shallots, lemongrass) to create a thick fish curry. Thanks to its intensity and pungent aromas, it’s best served with steamed rice.
This is one of the world’s unhealthiest burgers. It has more than 100 calories and over 45 grams of fat per burger. The bun is swapped out by a sugar-glazed Krispy Kreme doughnut. Apart from the bread replacement, the inside of the burger is pretty standard, made up of a beef patty, cheese, bacon, lettuce and condiments.
A Cockney street food that dates back to the 18th century, jellied eels was initially created because it was cheap and easy to make with plenty of eels available in the Thames. To create this dish chopped eel is boiled in herbs and then cooled. The fish produces its own gelatin and a transparent jelly forms on the cut pieces of eel, hence the name: Jellied eels.
Madie with just two ingredients, potatoes and flour, this bread is traditionally steamed and cooked in curanto (a hole in the ground).
Boiled artichokes are cut in quarters and rubbed with lemon. They’re then placed on a platter and a dressing of lemon juice, olive oil, mustard and garlic is poured over them and then sprinkled with dill, salt and pepper.
