Delicacy

A black Périgord truffle

Kobe beef

Wild Iranian Ossetra caviar, ready to serve with champagne

Edible jellyfish prepared with sesame oil and chili sauce

A delicacy is a usually rare or expensive food item that is considered highly desirable, sophisticated or peculiarly distinctive, within a given culture. Irrespective of local preferences, such a label is typically pervasive throughout a region. Often this is because of unusual flavors or characteristics or because it is rare or expensive compared to standard staple foods.

Delicacies vary per different countries, customs and ages. Flamingo tongue was a highly prized dish in ancient Rome, but is not eaten at all in modern times. Lobsters were considered poverty food in North America until the mid-19th century^[1] when they started being treated, as they were in Europe, as a delicacy. Some delicacies are confined to a certain culture, such as fugu in Japan, bird's nest soup (made out of swiftlet nests) in China, and ant larvae (escamoles) in Mexico.

Delicacies

• Abalone^[2][3]
• Akutaq^[4][5]
• Ambuyat – A delicacy of Brunei^[6]
• Bao yu (Abalone)^[2][7]
• Balut^[8]
• Biltong (South African)
• Bird's nest soup^[9]
• Black-headed gull eggs^[10][11]
• Black Ivory coffee
• Blue Mountain Coffee
• Bottarga
• Casu marzu^[8]
• Caviar^[12][13]
• Cempedak
• Century egg^[8]
• Champagne
• Civet coffee^[14][15]
• Conpoy^[16]
• Droëwors (South African)
• Durian^[17]
• Escamol^[8]
• Escargot^[18][19]
• Filet mignon
• Foie gras^[20]
• Fried-brain sandwich^[8]
• Fried tarantula^[8]
• Fugu^[21][22]
• Guinea pig^[23][24] – considered a delicacy in several areas of South America.^[25]
• Haggis^[26][27]
• Hákarl^[28]
• Huitlacoche^[8]
• Iberian ham (Jamón ibérico)^[29][30]
• Ikizukuri
• Edible jellyfish is considered a delicacy in Japan.^[31]
• Karasumi^[32][33]
• Kiviak^[8]
• Kobe beef^[34]
• Lattume (Milt)
• Lobster^[1]
• Milt
• Ortolan bunting^[20]:34
• Raw oysters^[35][36]
• Parma Ham
• Quail eggs, including pickled quail eggs^[37][38]
• Rocky Mountain oysters^[39][40]
• Saffron 
• Scallops.^[41] Scallop roe, called coral, is also a delicacy.^[42][43]
• Sea cucumber^[44][45]
• Shark fin soup^[46][47]
• Shiokara^[8]
• Shirako (Milt)^[8]
• Smalahove^[8]
• Snail caviar^[48]
• Snake penis wine^[8]
• Surströmming^[49][50]
• Truffle^[51]
• Tuna eyeball^[8]
• Turtle soup^[52][53]
• Tyrolean grey cheese
• Vintage fine wine 

See also

• Chinmi – Includes a list of Japanese delicacies
• Delicatessen
• Shaxian delicacies – a style of cuisine from Sha County, Sanming, Fujian, China
• Specialty foods

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Further reading

• 王艳芳 (August 9, 2011). "Top 13 most disgusting delicacies in the world". China.org.cn. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
• Miller, Michael (September 22, 2006). "Strange foods". AskMen. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
• Ortile, Matt (July 24, 2013). "23 Unexpected Cultural Delicacies From Asia". BuzzFeed. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
• Bercovici, Jeff (August 5, 2011). "The World's Most Disgusting Delicacies". Forbes. Retrieved January 31, 2015.

External links

• Top 10 Most Daring Delicacies in the World. The Flying Fugu.
• The Most Bizarre Delicacies That People Eat From Around The World. Elite Daily.