Asian cuisine is so different from what we are used to – starting with such unusual ingredients as sea cucumbers and ant eggs and ending with unpronounceable names; it often leaves us, westerners, quite baffled. Now, not many of us speak Chinese or Taiwanese, so when visiting, we seek the comfort of English menus to explain to us what we are about to eat. If luck is in, and you’ve found one in your mother tongue, your struggles to order are probably not over, as translating the food names is whole another art, with which we’d like to acquaint you.
Often, restaurant owners try to Google Translate the ingredients and names of their funny foods in the menus and if their mission fails they shamelessly declare, that they couldn’t find the appropriate name. Other times, proofreading was skipped entirely, or maybe the owner just didn’t care enough or couldn’t understand the translation himself. Either way, the results are absolutely hilarious, and who in their right mind would skip trying the ‘Mr. Oyster’ or ‘Mermaid in Deep Sea,’ whatever that might mean.
So, if funny food names are what you live for or have a tendency to try and eat anything and everything weird, this totally lost in translation list is like hitting the jackpot. Now, scroll down to check these food puns, and funny fails for yourself!
#1 An Interesting Chinese Menu
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#2 There’s Something Wrong In This Menu
#3 A Restaurant Menu I Found In China
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#4 One Order Of Whatever Please
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#5 Stir-Fried Wikipedia
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#6 Sochi Menu Translation Problems
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#7 Roasted Husband
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#8 Chicken Vs. Real Chicken
#9 You And Your Family
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#10 Menu In Beijing
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#11 My Friend Is Visiting China And Went To A Restaurant. This Is From The Menu
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#12 Grab Me Now
#13 My Friend Saw This On A Menu In China. He Didn’t Know What To Order
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#14 The Sushi Restaurant That I Went To Accidentally Put A Picture Of USB Sushi On Their Menu
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#15 Chinglish Menu: Cat Ear And Rotten Child
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#16 My Local Thai Food Joint Has A Very Unique Interpretation Of Kid’s Menu
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#17 From A Menu In Shanghai
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#18 Not Sure If This Was A Typo On My Menu
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#19 It’s The Cheapest Thing On The Menu
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#20 My Brother Went To China, This Is What Was On The Menu
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#21 Acid Beans
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#22 Husband And Wife Lung Slice
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#23 Ordering At A Restaurant, When Suddenly
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#24 English Menus In China Are An Endless Source Of Amusement
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#25 I Don’t Want To Check Their Kitchen.
#26 Don’t Order The Greenstuffs
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#27 Crap Stick
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#28 A Simple Typo Can Make A World Of Difference
#29 Many Bandits
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#30 Another Stupid Chinese Menu In Shenzhen, China
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#31 Recently Moved To Shanghai And Found This At A Local Restaurant
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#32 Menu At A Restaurant In Shanghai
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#33 Birds Beast
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#34 Best Menu Typo Ever
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#35 Menu Fail
#36 My Local Chinese Restaurant Needs Help With Their Menu
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#37 Characteristics Of Mouth-watering
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#38 Spicy Crap Masala
#39 I’m Not Sure If I Should Order That First One
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#40 Boiled Farmers Anyone?
#41 Explodes Fries Pig
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#42 Bugger
#43 Bottle Of Bears
#44 It Gives It That Extra Punch Of Flavor…
#45 This Is How You Can Cool Down Yourself After A Hot Day In Egypt.
#46 This Menu Is A Little Exciting
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#47 Found Something Unexpected On The Menu While Having Dinner With A Friend Today
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#48 Pig’s Organ Soup
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#49 Some Interesting Drinks
#50 Suck That Leisure Rod
#51 Round-cut Aborigine
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#52 From Selçuk, Turkey – I Chose A Safer Option.
#53 Local Indian Restaurant Had An Interesting Choice On Their Menu
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#54 Not Hungry Anymore
#55 Sensitive Meatball – Menu From A Turkish Restaurant
#56 Alexander Will Return With Yogurt! – From Menu Of A Turkish Restaurant
#57 Saw This Sentence On A Menu In China, Made Me So Confused!
#58 Simmer Chicken Cloud Ear
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#59 Oh My, Alexander Is Confused! – Menu From A Turkish Restaurant
#60 Tonic Water Becomes …
#61 Only If It’s Warm…
#62 Don’t Know If I Will Eat That Lao Potato
#63 No, You Are The Best…
#64 When Pingyao Dogmeat Is The Safest Option
#65 Winter Is Coming
#66 Squid Meters Flowers
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#67 Diet Cock Please!
#68 God Fillet
#69 Fancy Some Mice For Dinner?
#70 Horrible Way To Die
#71 I’ll Have The Letture, But I Don’t Want To Eat My French Friend!
#72 I’ll Have The Letture, But I Don’t Want To Eat My French Friend!
#73 You Will Feel Relaxed.
#74 Handmade Knife Cut Noodles With Chicken ( Just As Bad In French )
#75 Sonic Must Have Enlisted Tom Haverford In Naming Their New Menu Items
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