I take it you don't like beaver then (Nutria is a beaver species)?
It was available in the GDR as well. And no, in no way Nutria is a desperate measure in cuisine. Its good meat, tastes well.
There is plenty of stuff in Asia, however, that I would eat only in emergency. Starts with vietnamese (I think) young chicken put and cooked in cola cans, leads over worms and insects, and ends with - Sushi.
And then all the fat and sweet stuff in the Middle East. And mutton - it stinks to heaven. Unfortunately I was targetted by that smell repeatedly. Can smell it two miles against the wind.
Happiness lies in Italian, Europeanised Chinese and some simple German dishes.
And in very good olive oil and very good Aceto Balsamico, fresh Ciabatta, some aromatic cherry tomatoes and some pieces of marinaded feta, and a glass of nice red wine. More you do not need. Life can be so simply.
[Skybird sneaking out and away into the kichen...] Or simple peeled potatoes with butter and salt, with some herring filet in dill cream - poor man's dish in the past, for me a delicatesse. [Skybird still not coming back] Spaghetti in olive oil, with Parmesan, garlic, parsley, black pepper. [Where is he...?] Crispy roasted thin slices of beef or chicken meat in a sauce of Ketjap Manis with Sherry, chilli, hacked onion, honey and sweet Sharwood Curry powder. [Skybird...??]
Simplicity can be all. 