One of the greatest joys of travel is the opportunity to try new foods and tastes not easily available in our own country.
Perhaps made braver by some obscure local tipple, most of us will have tried foreign foods we’d never normally let near our lips back home.
But what of those who come in the opposite direction? What do people who arrive in Dundee make of some of our national dishes and most (in)famous products?
That is a question posed in this fun new video from Dundee University.
It asked some of its international Masters in Public Health students to get stuck in to some Scottish fare — including the staples of haggis, Irn-Bru and tablet.
Students on the course often organise events at Ninewells Teaching Hospital and Medical School where they bring national dishes to try and share and chat about their course.
This time, the university supplied some Dundee delicacies for the students to try. And while they appear less than convinced at first — haggis receiving a particularly hesitant response — Scottish food soon proves surprisingly popular.
Sorochi Paul and Caleb Eke decide haggis is “like corned beef” and is much tastier than its appearance suggests.
Irn-Bru is an instant hit.
“You have a taste of this and you want to remain in Dundee and Scotland,” says Caleb.
For more on the Masters in Public Health course click here.
