I would like to have tried some other Icelandic foods while there - mainly puffin and reindeer. I couldn't bring myself to try hakarl, the notorious fermented shark that is usually served in the midwinter feast. Anthony Bourdain pronounced it the most vile thing he had ever put in his mouth. In fact, Icelanders usually chase hakarl with a shot of brennevin - their local schnapps that tastes like caraway-flavored gasoline - just to get the taste out of their mouths.