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written by
Eleanor Aldridge
updated 01.04.2020
Restaurants often go to great efforts to translate their menus for English speakers. But sometimes their best intentions, well, just don't quite go to plan. Detonation eggplant, curried grab and crap sticks sound delicious? That's just the start of it. We've rounded up some of the funniest menu fails from around the world below.
- 1. We had to try bad pepper fried beef while researching the Rough Guide to Laos
- 2. This seems unlikely to "make people taste happiness"
- 3. The ginger water's in trouble
- 4. Anyone for a curried grab?
- 5. We can only hope this restaurant isn't advocating cannibalism
- 6. It's all about creating the slobber
- 7. There's nothing more appetising than a fried crap stick
- 8. Sometimes prawns are just blown out of all proportion in Vietnam
- 9. This duck got more than it bargained for
- 10. These casseroles would leave a lasting impression
- 11. Well, it probably does
- 12. Why burns the sheep hoof?
- 13. There are just too many delicious options on offer here
- 14. Boil broken or not, it could still be a bit chewy
- 15. We'll pass, thanks
- 16. Could we have an order of the wild virus, please?
- 17. Don't worry, this vinegar is crudely benign
- 18. Unimaginably good?
- 19. Tapas here comes with a side of debauchery
- 20. Soup maker in cattle? Nope, not a clue
1. We had to try bad pepper fried beef while researching the Rough Guide to Laos
![Funny menus laos](https://deih43ym53wif.cloudfront.net/ed-laos5_ce33794146.jpeg)
Image courtesy of Ed Aves
2. This seems unlikely to "make people taste happiness"
![Funny menus rock](https://deih43ym53wif.cloudfront.net/5047645025_482420e4ee_b_b111829d90.jpeg)
![Funny menus ginger](https://deih43ym53wif.cloudfront.net/70761148_1ed0a6c44a_b_7ffcc8b2ee.jpeg)
![Funny menus crab](https://deih43ym53wif.cloudfront.net/5366172152_55aed570e1_b_213a53fc12.jpeg)
5. We can only hope this restaurant isn't advocating cannibalism
![Funny menus canibal](https://deih43ym53wif.cloudfront.net/4263575686_7d18027d95_b_5acf4ebc1d.jpeg)
![Funny menus slobber](https://deih43ym53wif.cloudfront.net/chengdu-2_bbec4a8dff.jpeg)
![Funny menus crab](https://deih43ym53wif.cloudfront.net/311008760_945d0e0eed_b_ca2d1a8b00.jpeg)
photo credit:
Local Thai Restaurant![Funny menus prawn](https://deih43ym53wif.cloudfront.net/347544958_30b89374de_b_fb8b840d83.jpeg)
9. This duck got more than it bargained for
![Funny menus](https://deih43ym53wif.cloudfront.net/368942286_2dbdee5af7_b_21f56277b7.jpeg)
photo credit:
Cowboy Bone, or Button up the Duckvia
photopin(license)10. These casseroles would leave a lasting impression
![Funny menus](https://deih43ym53wif.cloudfront.net/3848760221_94289defd3_b_a9b2e90bdb.jpeg)
photo credit:
2009_07_25_DSC06260 Pieces Body of Cuttlefish t1.5via
photopin(license)11. Well, it probably does
![Funny menus cucmber](https://deih43ym53wif.cloudfront.net/2641621858_92a567b464_b_fd7275354a.jpeg)
![Funny menus sheep](https://deih43ym53wif.cloudfront.net/5612522090_d34fe2c9f4_b_c020761a13.jpeg)
13. There are just too many delicious options on offer here
![Funny menus frog](https://deih43ym53wif.cloudfront.net/368938914_5e1c87ca85_b_4a524b0104.jpeg)
photo credit:
Forest Frog's Ovidcut braises Sydneyvia
photopin(license)14. Boil broken or not, it could still be a bit chewy
![Funny menus lamp](https://deih43ym53wif.cloudfront.net/6729084651_f60b16604c_b_923e523087.jpeg)
![Funny menus belly](https://deih43ym53wif.cloudfront.net/220862260_8dbfbf611e_b_4469cb3a99.jpeg)
photo credit:
Explode the bellyvia
photopin(license)16. Could we have an order of the wild virus, please?
![Funny menus wild virus](https://deih43ym53wif.cloudfront.net/wild-virus-ngau-liu-lobster-pieces_3502b6ef4b.jpeg)
17. Don't worry, this vinegar is crudely benign
![Funny menus vinegar](https://deih43ym53wif.cloudfront.net/2378327003_2c4bf4baaf_b_28a906f2e3.jpeg)
![Funny menus pork](https://deih43ym53wif.cloudfront.net/2727924996_8b78a8099c_b_ec65f040e9.jpeg)
photo credit:
Grilled Unimaginablevia
photopin(license)19. Tapas here comes with a side of debauchery
![Funny menus debauch](https://deih43ym53wif.cloudfront.net/6036197984_d1f4aac39e_b_c28c9498aa.jpeg)
![Funny menus spelling](https://deih43ym53wif.cloudfront.net/12435268653_c00f1fc42f_b_042bcbbc10.jpeg)