‘Bizarre Foods’ chef spotted filming in Morro Bay, but what was he eating?

Travel Channel chef Andrew Zimmern was spotted in Morro Bay on Monday, filming a segment of his TV show “Bizarre Foods.”

Hawk-eyed visitors might have noticed Zimmern sitting on the patio at Tognazzini’s Dockside on Monday afternoon, as he and restaurant owner Mark Tognazzini chowed down on a mysterious seafood dish.

Zimmern is well-known for his TV show, “Bizarre Foods,” in which he travels around the world sampling its “most unique tastes.”

A manager at Dockside confirmed Zimmern had been there filming Monday and had gone out on a boat with Tognazzini to catch some fish before coming back to the restaurant and cooking it up. The manager didn’t know what the pair were eating, however, and directed further comment to Tognazzini, who wasn’t immediately available.

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If Zimmern’s social media accounts can be trusted, it looks like the pair could have been trying out some lingcod, a bottom-dwelling fish unique to the West Coast of North America.

Zimmern posted several images and a video to his Twitter account, @andrewzimmern, on Monday featuring lingcod with shockingly blue mouths, due to the fish’s diet of octopus.

So what do you think? What could they have caught that qualifies as “bizarre food?”

This story was originally published December 12, 2016 at 6:44 PM with the headline "‘Bizarre Foods’ chef spotted filming in Morro Bay, but what was he eating?."