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Originally Posted by Locke
Dont forget to try the Hakarl and Akavit.
And yes, it presumably tastes like you'd imagine a Hot Carl would.
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For the love of all that is holy, do not follow this advice. This is coming from an Icelander.
The shark is putrefied, because apparently it is toxic if eaten fresh. It tastes like... nothing else on earth, and smells like cubes of tuna soaked in horse urine.
Icelanders eat it only when necessary in order to prove their manliness, /!: then only in tiny, tiny quantities. It is beyond wretched.
Icelandic Aqua Vitae is called Brennivin. It is to Aqua Vitae as Screech is to Rum.
The funny thing about this is that you can get really good food in Reykjavik if you know where to look. But don't let yourself get talked into the "authentic" experience of tasting rotten shark and the Icelandic equivalent of moonshine. It will ruin your day.