The BEST episodes of Bizarre Foods season 8

Every episode of Bizarre Foods season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Bizarre Foods season 8!

Unmasking an aspect of dining out that will make you think twice before ordering off the menu, and utilizing his knowledge of all things edible, Andrew Zimmern is on a quest to find the world’s most bizarre foods. Andrew knows that one man’s poison is another’s delicacy but he isn’t afraid to poke a little fun at the local fare or himself. Our energetic food-a-holic infiltrates markets and restaurants taking viewers behind the scenes to savor the local cuisine - even if that means chewing on eggs with legs, gulping down a beating frog heart or polishing off a lamb’s eyeball. Andrew is game for anything and knows the most interesting food is found closest to the source. So whether he’s chasing down large water rodents in the Louisiana bayou, fishing for piranha in the Amazon or flushing out cave bats in Malaysia, you can be sure the guy with the iron stomach will dish up the unimaginable.

Last Updated: 12/11/2023Network: Travel ChannelStatus: Ended
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Taipei: Stinky Tofu and Iron Eggs
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9.00
3 votes

#1 - Taipei: Stinky Tofu and Iron Eggs

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/20/2015

Andrew Zimmern hits the food mecca of Taipei. He faces down stinky tofu in a mountainside factory, learns the secret to turning eggs into hard-as-iron street food, and masters pulling the longest and strongest noodles.

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Kazakhstan: Hunting with Eagles & Milking Mares
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8.42
12 votes

#2 - Kazakhstan: Hunting with Eagles & Milking Mares

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/13/2015

Andrew Zimmern heads to Kazakhstan in the heart of central Asia. He hunts for rabbits with a golden eagle, suffers a blow while milking a horse and feasts on everything from sheep brains to smoked horse sausage.

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Rome: Porchetta, Pecorino and Pizza
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8.22
18 votes

#3 - Rome: Porchetta, Pecorino and Pizza

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/27/2015

Andrew heads to Rome for tastes that stand the test of time. He feasts on lamb brains and veal intestine in the shadow of an ancient dump, eats cheese aged in millennia-old caves, and nets eel with Rome's last eel fisherman.

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Ho Chi Minh City: Rat Hearts & Porcupine Parts
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8.10
10 votes

#4 - Ho Chi Minh City: Rat Hearts & Porcupine Parts

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/1/2015

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

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Peruvian Amazon: Giant Rodents and Biting Ants
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7.88
8 votes

#5 - Peruvian Amazon: Giant Rodents and Biting Ants

Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/8/2015

Andrew Zimmern goes off the grid in Iquitos, Peru, in the heart of the Amazon. He wrestles giant paiche fish, hits local markets for grilled coconut grubs and smoked jungle rodents, and forages for giant biting ants with a tribal shaman.

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Panama: Beef Lungs & Love Potions
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7.67
3 votes

#6 - Panama: Beef Lungs & Love Potions

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/25/2015

Andrew Zimmern heads to Panama City, Panama, one of the world's crossroads. He feasts on chicken-foot souse and iguana meat and eggs. Then, he hits the street for beef lung and aphrodisiac smoothies before noshing on Chinese-Panamanian kosher cheese.

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Cold Blooded Creatures
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7.50
8 votes

#7 - Cold Blooded Creatures

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/18/2015

The usual reaction to snakes or crocodiles is to run, but Andrew Zimmern catches and cooks them, eager to try everything from boa constrictors in Nicaragua to poisonous toads in Australia, to giant snapping turtles in Pennsylvania.

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Dubai: Carp, Camel, and Cocoons
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7.45
11 votes

#8 - Dubai: Carp, Camel, and Cocoons

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/4/2015

Andrew Zimmern heads to gleaming and gritty Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. He learns the secrets to milking camels, fermenting fish in the desert sun, making musical organ-meat mush, and finding manna from heaven at the spice market.

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San Antonio: Brains, Balls & Blood
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7.00
6 votes

#9 - San Antonio: Brains, Balls & Blood

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/15/2015

Andrew eats calves' balls and crickets during his culinary tour of San Antonio, which also includes baby goats being cooked on an altar, cow heads being roasted in 6-foot pits, and the use of pig blood to decorate plates.

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