1) Icelandic cuisine 2) National dish 
Hákarl or kæstur hákarl (ˈhauːkʰadl̥) (Icelandic for `shark`) is a food from Iceland consisting of a Greenland shark or sleeper shark (Somniosus microcephalus) which has been cured with a particular fermentation process and hung to dry for four to five months. Hákarl is an acquired taste; it has a very particular ammonia-rich smell and f.....