Joshua Weissman's rare-food favorite is Indonesia's kluwak
Chef Christian joins a tasting that puts black beef soup above caviar and truffles, while viewers question what counts as rare.
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I Tried Every Country’s Rarest Food
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- 4:15Kluwak is tasted before its paste goes into rawon, an Indonesian black beef soup; both chefs award S tier.
- 6:13Smoked Oscypek cheese is sampled plain, then griddled with cranberry jam, earning another S-tier rating.
- 15:16Stichelton with port changes Joshua's expectations of blue cheese; he ranks it A tier.
- 18:34Dried sa sung adds rich body and umami to pho broth, surprising Joshua.
- 20:21Fresh wasabi is compared with commercial imitation wasabi, then served on tuna nigiri and ranked S tier.
- 42:15The completed tier-list review names Indonesia's kluwak as their overall favorite ingredient.
Joshua Weissman and Chef Christian have caviar, truffles and king crab on the menu, but their favorite ingredient ends up in a bowl of Indonesian black beef soup. Kluwak earns their top ranking after they taste the fermented nuts and then try them in rawon.
That progression, from unfamiliar ingredient to finished dish, gives "I Tried Every Country's Rarest Food" more to offer than a string of first-bite reactions. Huitlacoche goes into a quesadilla with Oaxaca cheese and epazote. Dried sa sung, or peanut worms, adds a richness to pho broth that surprises Joshua. Fresh wasabi gets a side-by-side comparison with the imitation version before landing on tuna nigiri.
There are smaller reversals, too. Joshua confronts his dislike of blue cheese with England's Stichelton and a glass of port. "This is the best blue cheese I've ever had," he says. Poland's smoked sheep's milk cheese, Oscypek, gets griddled and paired with cranberry jam, prompting another unusually enthusiastic cheese verdict.
The video has drawn about 2.3 million views in six days, though its title invites a fair question: rare to whom? Viewers point out that some selections are everyday foods in their countries. Others offer serving suggestions, including using soursop in juice, or explain the different culinary roles of ripe and unripe jackfruit.
Those distinctions matter in a tasting built around preparation. Joshua and Christian's eventual favorite isn't simply an unusual nut sampled on its own: it's kluwak brought into the dish that gives it a purpose.
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If Josh and Christian started a food travel show I'd watch every episode lol
@Abstract_JDSee it on YouTube31:20 Okay about the Jackfruit. Ripe jackfruit is treated as a fruit and unripe jackfruit is treated as a vegetable. So the curry you made probably uses unripe jackfruit, which has a different flavour and texture.
And as someone else said you can dry the seeds, peel off the outer layer and cook them too.@SOURJOBASUSee it on YouTubeDon’t mind me, just checking if Poland got the S tier. Ok, Joshua, you’re safe this time.
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Somehow “every country’s rarest food” got mixed with “some countries most common food”
@agustin47See it on YouTubeEthiopian food is finally getting the recognition it deserves. Thanks for featuring Injera 🥰
@yehamediaetSee it on YouTube30:03 As a Brazilian, from my experience, the most common way to have soursop is to use the pulp to make a thicker juice. You also gotta add sugar to really bring out the flavor.
@jgvm10See it on YouTubeI'm a huge fan of them not mentioning the shirts the whole time haha
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Which country supplies Joshua and Christian's favorite ingredient, kluwak?
They name Indonesia's kluwak their overall favorite after tasting it in rawon.