香菜味冰淇淋火了，网友：口感清新，吃完还想再来一个！

A craze for coriander is now sweeping Shanghai after McDonald's released a new coriander-flavor sundae at its outlets in China. Sales of the coriander sundae, which only cost 6.6 yuan (US$0.99) in China started on Monday and will run through Friday.

Seemingly "dark cuisine" – a food that sounds strange but actually tastes good – this new sundae with green jam and topped with shredded leaves of coriander is proving popular.

A netizen in Jinan in eastern Shandong province said she crossed almost the whole city over two days to get this sundae. Another one in Beijing said she made calls to three McDonald's outlets. Two said it sold out on Monday and the third said it had only a few left – so she immediately rushed there and grabbed one.

Zhe'ergen is an edible rhizome of fish-smelling leaf with a fresh, spicy, peppery flavor that is used in southwestern Chinese cuisine, i.e. that of Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan and western Guangxi.

Typically the leaves are eaten in Sichuan and the root in Guizhou. But its fishy taste is unacceptable for most of people who are not from these regions.

In Chinese cuisine, bitter melon is valued for its bitter flavor, typically in stir-fries, soups, dim sum, and herbal teas.

Despite the name, the taste is actually not too overwhelming. In Chinese cuisine, bitter melon is sometimes called a "gentleman's vegetable" because it doesn't impart its bitterness on other ingredients when cooked.

螺蛳粉  Luosifen

It is a Chinese noodle soup and specialty of Liuzhou, Guangxi. The dish consists of rice noodles boiled and served in a soup.

It usually does not contain snail meat, but instead served with pickled bamboo shoot, pickled green beans, shredded wood ear, fu zhu (a soybean product), fresh green vegetables, peanuts, and chili oil.

Luosifen's arguably off-putting scent comes from fermented "suan sun" -- sour bamboo shoots. It gives soul to the noodle soup.

While some claim the scent is mildly sour, others say it should be classed as a bioweapon.

有人吃得津津有味，有人只觉得像生化武器。

It emits a distinctive odour that is strong and penetrating even when the husk is intact. Some people regard the durian as having a pleasantly sweet fragrance; others find the smell overpowering and revolting.

The smell evokes reactions from deep appreciation to intense disgust, and has been described variously as rotten onions, turpentine, and raw sewage.

人们对这种气味的反应从欣赏到厌恶，各种描述都有：腐烂的洋葱、松节油和未处理的污水。

Though classified as a fruit, okra is often utilized as a vegetable, both on its own and with other dishes and ingredients. When cooked, it can take on many forms. Cutting and cooking okra in moisture will create a sticky juice that increases the thickness of soups and stews. Dried okra can also thicken sauces.