Local Kine Food....But WOULD you Eat?

[hooligal]

A friend offered me fresh opihi at MacKenzie Park, thinking I would cringe & be girly. As I was about to pop it in my mouth, out came the two eyestalks(?) so I gleefully chortled "HELLLLOOOO Mister Lunch!" and down he went. The look on my friend's face was priceless - somewhere between horror and shock. Was actually quite tasty - I was surprised that it tasted like butter! I only ate one though once he told me they were endangered. Is that true that they've been wiped out on all the other islands?

I'll get my Paris Hilton on the moment someone hands me Balut! EEEEEkk! I try to sit through Andrew Zimmer's show & just can't hack it.