Have you ever eaten something that sounded icky, but then ended up liking it after all?

Before anyone decides to go all NSFW, please stop here and ask another question, this is about actual food, not sexual or bathroom stuff. Thanks in advance : )

Sometimes you’ll read about some type of food that’s supposed to be a delicacy, or maybe one of your friends is from another country where a certain type of food is consumed and enjoyed, even though it sounds potentially disgusting. Maybe you saw something on the Food Network and were curious.

What foods have you tried that you initially thought were going to be icky, but turned out being either at least palatable, or even downright delicious?

Under what circumstances did you end up trying this food? Were you curious and adventurous? Were you trying to be polite? Were you tricked into tasting it? Were you drunk?

For me, the weirdest thing I ever tasted, that I thought was going to be icky, is Huitlacoche, otherwise known as corn smut or corn fungus. It looks kind of dark brown and poop-like, but it has a wonderful earthy, nutty, beefy, mushroomy kind of flavor. I’ve had it twice now, and both times the huitlacoche was served grilled, inside of a tortilla (at two different restaurants) and both times it was delicious.