7 dishes that taste like hell

"So, to cut it short: basically rotten fish. Always curious about 'Cultural Delicacies', I obtained a can of this ... well, dish - and went right into a very special culinary experience." Jens Notroff.

It's a very popular dish in southern China. Though it looks like pudding it is coagulated fresh blood with a strong metallic taste.

Actually it is a pathogenic corn fungus also called corn smut. "Huitlacoche has an earthy, smoky flavor, sort of a cross between mushrooms and cor." Joe Urban.

It is Korean street food made out of boiled silkworm pupae. It has an acidic flavor, a bit fishy and nutty. Some say the dish is much better than Surströming :)

"Hákarl, or fermented shark, is generally regarded as one of the worst tasting foods on Earth and Iceland’s national dish! They take a Greenland shark, drain it, let it ferment for 2-3 months, then dry it for another few months. I found it really fishy tasting at first, then the strong ammonia flavor kicks in (tastes like cleaning fluid)... I guess most tourists can’t suppress their gag reflex. Even I can admit it tasted bad, but it wasn’t inedible!" MikeGeorgeEatsTheWorld.

Lutefisk is a traditional Scandinavian dish. It has jelly-like consistency and smells like a dumpster.

Whole soybeans are fermented by special bacteria for a while. Though it contains a lot of vitamins some people say the dish smells like old socks or old cheese.