{"id":67623,"date":"2018-11-02T16:20:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T20:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/?p=67623"},"modified":"2023-03-29T10:54:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T14:54:17","slug":"gastro-obscura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/2018\/11\/gastro-obscura\/","title":{"rendered":"Gastro Obscura"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><em><\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Our partnership with <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/\">Atlas Obscura<\/a> has brought such curious eccentricities to these pages as the <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/2018\/08\/city-improper\/\">feces fountain in Chicago<\/a> and a <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/2018\/07\/stop-wining\/\">natural mummy in Tuscany<\/a>. Today we\u2019re looking at a section of the Atlas that&#8217;s a touch more appetizing but no less adventurous \u2014 at least for the first time traveler. Join us now for a foray into <em>Gastro<\/em> Obscura, as we investigate nine of the most eye-catching, unusual, and fascinating foods throughout the world.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Pig&#8217;s Blood Cake Stick<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Taiwan<\/h5>\n<figure style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/foods\/pigs-blood-cake-stick-taiwan\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/110318-Gastro\/PigsBlood.jpg\" alt=\"Pig's Blood Cake Stick\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Courtesy of Mrbar82 \/ Used with permission. Right: Courtesy of Xstyle \/ Used with permission.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bathed in pork-soy broth, wrapped in peanut flour and finished with cilantro, pig\u2019s blood mixes divinely with sticky rice to create a chewy, mochi-like substance, a particularly satisfying treat in the fluorescent shine of a Taiwanese night market. Truthfully, Taiwanese street food deserves several spots on this list. The <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/foods\/taiwanese-ice-cream-burrito\">ice cream burrito<\/a>? <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/foods\/stinky-tofu\">Stinky tofu<\/a>? But for us it\u2019s this it\u2019s this meaty popsicle that takes the blood cake. <\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s eye-catching, sure, but pig\u2019s blood is no mere novelty in Taiwan \u2014 to the point that a rumor about a USDA ban caused a <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.laweekly.com\/restaurants\/the-pig-blood-cake-the-controversy-that-was-and-wasnt-2381716\">minor international incident<\/a> that resulted in a scolding from the President of Taiwan. Turns out, pig\u2019s blood was always perfectly legal in the States. <\/p>\n<p><em><a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/taiwan-hotels\">See all of our hotels in Taiwan<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sheep Brains<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Marrakech, Morocco<\/h5>\n<figure style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/foods\/sheep-brains-of-marrakesh\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/110318-Gastro\/SheepBrains.jpg\" alt=\"Sheep Brains\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Images courtesy of Wandering Wheatleys \/ Used with permission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The thing you can\u2019t help but notice about sheep\u2019s brain&#8230; it looks exactly like people brain \u2014 at least, the way they look in horror movies and high-fever nightmares. But it doesn\u2019t taste like brains. Or maybe it does, if meaty, buttery, fatty, seasoned and chopped, rich and aromatic is exactly how you expect brains to taste.<\/p>\n<p>Even if the flavor isn&#8217;t for you, the search for the dish should be an appealing one at the iconic <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/ich.unesco.org\/en\/RL\/cultural-space-of-jemaa-el-fna-square-00014\">Jemaa El-Fna<\/a> square in the heart of the city\u2019s medina quarter. The party gets cooking at dusk, when the square undergoes a significant transformation from a snake charmer and orange juice vibe to one of fragrant food stands (not only sheep brains) and ecstatic live music.<\/p>\n<p><em><a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/marrakech-hotels\">See all of our hotels in Marrakech<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Deep Fried Beer<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Texas, USA<\/h5>\n<figure style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/foods\/fried-beer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/110318-Gastro\/FriedBeer.jpg\" alt=\"Deep Fried Beer\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of Wikiphoto CC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wrapping Guinness in pretzel dough and deep-frying it into a sinful ravioli, one man reached the pinnacle of Texas State Fair food, even improving upon the <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/foods\/fried-coke-coca-cola\">deep-fried Coca-Cola<\/a> (which also debuted at the Texas fair) from four years earlier. So yes, deep-frying things that shouldn\u2019t be deep-fried is certainly a State Fair tradition. And if these are the types of culinary delights that make you want to get on a plane or gas up the car for a long road trip, you can\u2019t go wrong with any of them, with the <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bonappetit.com\/restaurants-travel\/article\/minnesota-state-fair-food\">Minnesota State Fair<\/a> another headline-grabber. <\/p>\n<p>The Texas State Fair begins in September and lasts nearly a month. Congratulations if you survive.<\/p>\n<p><em><a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/texas-hotels\">See all of our hotels in Texas<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Pumpple Cake<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Philadelphia, USA<\/h5>\n<figure style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/foods\/pumpple-cake\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/110318-Gastro\/Pumpple.jpg\" alt=\"Pumpple Cake\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of The Flying Monkey Patisserie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A dessert steeped not in long-standing history or deeply embedded culture, but in cake. And that\u2019s good enough for us. Not to terrify you, but the Pumpple Cake has been called \u201c<a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phillymag.com\/foobooz\/2010\/10\/08\/behold-the-pummple-cake\/\">the dessert equivalent of a turducken<\/a>.\u201d To create it, an apple pie and a pumpkin pie are taken from their families and baked into a vanilla and chocolate cake, respectively. That should have been enough, but the two pie-in-cake creations are then fused together with buttercream. Again: this is not a Philly food tradition like cheesesteaks or <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/food\/from-humble-origins-to-trendy-restaurants-why-philly-still-loves-scrapple-so-much-20171129.html?arc404=true\">scrapple<\/a>. The Flying Monkey Patisserie in Philadelphia is, as far as we know, the only place serving this sugary Frankenstein. <\/p>\n<p><em><a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/philadelphia-hotels\">See all of our hotels in Philadelphia<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Omurice<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Japan<\/h5>\n<figure style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/foods\/omurice-japanese-omelet\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/110318-Gastro\/Omurice.jpg\" alt=\"Omurice\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of Wubylil \/ Used with permission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mimicking the traditional American omelette almost identically, the Japanese twist is to wrap the egg around a hunk of fried rice and then, sometimes, to pan-fry the thing in ketchup or add rich Japanese mayo. The omurice falls into a type of Japanese cooking called yoshoku, one that originated during the increase in foreign influence of the Meiji Restoration. You can thank <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailymeal.com\/japanese-food-what-y-shoku\">the movement<\/a> for other more or less well-known favorites like katsu, Hayashi rice, and deep-fried oysters. <\/p>\n<p><em><a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/japan-hotels\">See all of our hotels in Japan<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Beschuit met Muisjes<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Netherlands<\/h5>\n<figure style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/foods\/beschuit-met-muisjes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/110318-Gastro\/Beschuit.jpg\" alt=\"Beschuit\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of Glenn Ederveen \/ CC BY-SA 4.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Dutch tradition following the birth of a newborn? Eat some biscuits with mice! Not really mice, actually, but sugar-coated anise seeds, sprinkled (blue and white for boys, pink for girls) over a beschuit, which is a dry, twice-baked bread. It\u2019s believed the little candy seeds are called mice for their stems, poking out like tails. <\/p>\n<p>You can easily make your own beschuit met muisjes, as it\u2019s easy to find the two ingredients at grocery stores around the Netherlands. But if you want someone to serve this picturesque celebratory cookie to you on a platter, you\u2019re going to need some pregnant Dutch friends. <\/p>\n<p><em><a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/netherlands-hotels\">See all of our hotels in the Netherlands<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Causa<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Peru<\/h5>\n<figure style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/foods\/causa-peru\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/110318-Gastro\/Causa.jpg\" alt=\"Causa\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of L_Quick \/ Used with permission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some compare it to a <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/04\/16\/dining\/potatoes-peru-madhur-jaffrey.html\">lasagna<\/a>, others a casserole, but the Peruvian favorite is really something all its own, defined by its layered presentation and served cold. Ingredients include mashed potatoes, most often stacked between chicken, tuna, or shrimp and flavor-blasted with lime juice and aji amarillo. It won\u2019t be hard to find no matter where you are in Peru. <\/p>\n<p>And if you\u2019re persistent, you\u2019ll also come across different delightful variations. Causa is built for it. You might say the modifications are the most fun part of the dish, as chefs \u2014 both amateur and professional \u2014 make their adjustments simply by stacking more food. As Gastro Obscura puts it, \u201cdiners can find causas rising from their plates like royal wedding cakes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/peru-hotels\">See all of our hotels in Peru<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Amarula Brigadeiro<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Brazil<\/h5>\n<figure style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/foods\/amarula-brigadeiro\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/110318-Gastro\/AmarulaBrigadeiro.jpg\" alt=\"Amarula Brigadeiro\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of Doceslamour \/ Used With permission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The brigadeiro is like Brazil\u2019s brownie: ubiquitous, beloved, delicious chocolate. Made from condensed milk, cocoa powder, butter, and covered in sprinkles, what\u2019s not to like? But just because it\u2019s perfect doesn\u2019t mean innovation stops \u2014 especially when there\u2019s an opportunity to add alcohol. Inventive desserters have given the treat an adult update, injecting the treats with butterscotch-flavored Amarula Cream liqueur. Again, what\u2019s not to like? Certain <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/chicagobakery.com.br\/doces\/\">Brazilian bakeries<\/a> serve the alcohol-infused chocolates, or you can get cooking yourself with an eyedropper. <\/p>\n<p>The thinking goes that the chocolates got their name when supporters of a Brazilian candidate for president (a brigadier turned politician) used them to win votes in 1945. The brigadier didn\u2019t win, but you can\u2019t help but think that the addition of butterscotch liqueur would have put him over the top.<\/p>\n<p><em><a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/brazil-hotels\">See all of our hotels in Brazil<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Hot Horse Burger<\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Slovenia<\/h5>\n<figure style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/foods\/hot-horse-burger-slovenia\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/110318-Gastro\/HorseBurger.jpg\" alt=\"Hot Horse Burger\" width=\"960\" height=\"515\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Images courtesy of Hot Horse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHot Horse\u201d in Slovenia. Not bashful about their product. The definitive English-language review of the mini-chain seems to be this giddy <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/munchies.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/nz9y4b\/im-so-hungry-i-could-eat-a-horse-burger\">article<\/a>, in which a Vice writer explains that the \u201cmeat was chewy, though not in a bad way, and the seasoning was on point.\u201d Besides that, the most unique flavor is the ajvar, a sauce made from red peppers and olive oil enjoyed throughout the Balkans on other meats besides horse. <\/p>\n<p>The mini-chain also serves hot dogs and is by all accounts a very average fast food experience except for the shock value, for some palettes, of the meat. Nor was eating horse particularly popular in Slovenia before Hot Horse, not that it was taboo. The restaurant simply came about when the future owner married a horse-butcher\u2019s daughter. And the rest was horsetory. <\/p>\n<p><em><a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/slovenia-hotels\">See all of our hotels in Slovenia<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve partnered with Atlas Obscura \u2014 chroniclers of all things odd and overlooked \u2014 to investigate nine of the most eye-catching, unusual, and fascinating foods throughout the world. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":67755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3522],"tags":[3479,3109,3521],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-67623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-drink","tag-atlas-obscura","tag-food","tag-gastro-obscura"],"acf":{"new_subtitle":"Subtitle","property_id":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>9 Unusual Foods for Adventurous Eaters \u2014 The Agenda by Tablet Hotels<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/2018\/11\/gastro-obscura\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"9 Unusual Foods for Adventurous Eaters \u2014 The Agenda by Tablet Hotels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We&#039;ve partnered with Atlas Obscura \u2014 chroniclers of all things odd and overlooked \u2014 to investigate nine of the most eye-catching, unusual, and fascinating foods throughout the world.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/2018\/11\/gastro-obscura\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tablet Hotels | The Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tablethotels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-02T20:20:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-29T14:54:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gastroobscura_lead2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1160\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"725\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mitchell Friedman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@tablethotels\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@tablethotels\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mitchell Friedman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/2018\/11\/gastro-obscura\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/2018\/11\/gastro-obscura\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mitchell Friedman\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/abb5312ebc20aa7c118d94648b02d8ac\"},\"headline\":\"Gastro Obscura\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-02T20:20:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-29T14:54:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/2018\/11\/gastro-obscura\/\"},\"wordCount\":1371,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/2018\/11\/gastro-obscura\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gastroobscura_featured.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Atlas Obscura\",\"Food\",\"Gastro Obscura\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Food &amp; 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