My worst experience was steamed octopus in Hong Kong. It was brought to the table in a lidded bamboo box. When the woman took the lid off, the tentacles began to
ooze out of the box. It was still alive, though somewhat steamed.
When they saw the hues of green we were turning, they offered us jellied pigeon instead.
Oh, and then there was the time in Hong Kong where the table next to us had ordered 'Drunken Frog" ... it was barbaric. A whole family .. like family reunion ... had ordered many platters. One, centered on a 'lazy Susan', was a big waterless fish bowl full of live frogs. The waiter had turned up an electric grill underneath the bowl, while he poured some sort of liquor into the bowl. The liquor heated as the frogs tried to jump out .. finally cooking them.
Not long later, the family all reached in to take the ones they wanted and began to eat. Ughhhhhhhh ......