I've done #6 and #7. Shoulda put fermented skate on the list. Pretty challenging stuff.
Re: Comment #2 -- I hung out with Andrew Zimmern for a couple of days when they shot their show in Korea, and he adamantly doesn't like durian, though he's tried. I personally like it. He said that with so many other great fruits to eat in southeast Asia, why would anyone want to eat THAT??
Re: Comment #2 -- I hung out with Andrew Zimmern for a couple of days when they shot their show in Korea, and he adamantly doesn't like durian, though he's tried. I personally like it. He said that with so many other great fruits to eat in southeast Asia, why would anyone want to eat THAT??