Kanimiso (bad food, not good)
I lived in Osaka for about half a year and managed to some pretty fantastic food occasionally. That part of Japan is known for okonomiyaki, which is probably best described as a savory pancake filled with meat and cabbage, then covered in mayonnaise, flakes of dried fish, and mysterious brown sauce. Excellent.

I did manage to have some pretty terrible stuff, too. At a conveyer belt sushi place I decided to get crazy, but not so crazy as to eat any raw mammals, so I picked one thing I'd never heard of before. I like miso (paste, soup, whatever) so I chose Kanimiso. It was a serious error to assume that because the name contained 'miso', the food would also contain miso. After nearly vomiting, I found out that kanemiso refers to crab brains. I have eaten many components of many creatures, but this is absolutely the worst taste I can think of.
( the prick of misery pierced my foot on a spiiiike on, Tue 31 May 2011, 3:47, 1 reply)

I've only ever had ononomiyaki once.
Yaohan Plaza in Colindale used to have an Okonomiyaki place. Lovely it was. Never been able to find another UK source of Okonomiyaki since.
(Big D, Tue 31 May 2011, 18:40, closed)