Thrillist's video: Tim Chantarangsu and Justina Valentine Try Taiwanese Blood Rice Cakes Acquired Taste

In this episode of Acquired Taste, Tim Chantarangsu tries blood rice cakes, a classic Taiwanese street food that’s made of sticky rice mixed with congealed pigs’ blood, then steamed and fried. He heads to Legend Chicken in Flushing, NYC to try this traditional snack with his fellow Wild 'n Out cast member, Justina Valentine. Together they learn about the different types of Taiwanese street foods and give them a try, no matter how skeptical Justina might be. And of course, it wouldn’t be a Wild ‘n Out reunion unless things got a little, well, wild. Looking for ways to help local restaurants while social distancing? Check out the Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation, an organization that’s using donations to directly support individual restaurant workers and restaurants in crisis. Please consider donating here: https://secure.restaurantworkerscf.org/np/clients/restaurantworkerscf/donation.jsp?campaign=2&forwardedFromSecureDomain=1&test=true Tim Chantarangsu and a variety of celebrity guests explore the cultural significance of iconic foods from around the world and demystify any preconceived notions by tasting them together for the first time. Tim Chantarangsu (nee DeLaGhetto, 1.5M Instagram followers) is no stranger to exotic food. He has a theory — if he eats the parts of animals most people don’t, it will make him more powerful. In this Thrillist show, Tim interviews a squeamish guest as they try dishes most people avoid at all costs and power up. Tim carefully pairs each dish to his guest: crickets because they feed them to their pet snake, or chicken feet because of all the times they chickened out on crazy adventures. From live octopus at Flushing’s Sik Gaek to silkworm at LA’s Jitlada, Tim will deliver an interview rarer than the food that’s crawling on the table. Together, they learn about how the dish came about, why it’s culturally important, and try it for themselves. Credits: Host Timothy DeLaGhetto Guest Justina Valentine Legend Chicken Chef Henry Wong Director Gunsel Pehlivan Senior Producer Gabrielle Williott Associate Producer Jen Osaki Camera Operators Alberto Innella, Corey Stein Audio Operator Mike Hurst Editor Ede Bell Crowder, Gunsel Pehlivan Animator Danna Windsor Colorist Oliver Eid Sound Mixer Aldon Baker Senior Photographer Cole Saladino Production Coordinator Myra Rivera Production Assistant Grace Michaud Programming Coordinator Madeline Concannon Production Manager Elyssa Budd Post-Production Supervisor Daniel Byrne Line Producer Emily Tufaro Director of Development Leo Fernandez Supervising Producer Stasia Jones Creative Director Audra V. Pace Head of Video Jim D’Amico Chief Content Officer Meghan Kirsch Subscribe to Thrillist https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC59s1J7c7zreuvnvLUQ0Xg?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our website for more food, drink, travel, and entertainment. https://www.thrillist.com Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Thrillist/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thrillist/ Sign up for our newsletter https://signup.thrillist.com/ Taste