This weekend's Bite of Seattle presented the adventurous eater more than a few opportunities to experience unique cuisine. With more than 100 food booths on hand for the three-day festival, it was not hard to find a dish that I hadn't tried (and some I hadn't even heard of).

Amone Jaime poses with her fresh coconut at the Bite of Seattle. Joe Darda/seattlepi.com. Check out the whole gallery here!

Passing up the certain pleasures of elephant ears and burgers, I decided to use the Bite's diverse array of foods to confuse my stomach as much as possible, starting with a mainstay of the event -- alligator on a stick.

With a seven-piece skewer of marinated gator meat priced at $7, this venture was a bit extravagant, but all in all a delicious one. My only concern with this Southern specialty was that, judging by the taste, the vendor easily could have been grilling chicken and passing it off as alligator. Despite my unease, I will nonetheless be telling my friends I ate gator, not pseudo-gator chicken.

With warm weather coinciding with this year's Bite of Seattle, the Coconut Hut's stand offered patrons an unusual drink to cool off with -- fresh coconut water (not to be confused with coconut milk). The coconuts were pre-husked, and upon ordering the vendor would chop the top portion of the fruit off and serve it with a straw and spoon.

I have never liked coconut, which I have always been told is a matter of not having tried "fresh coconut." Thanks to the Coconut Hut I can say with certainty that I definitely do not like coconut. However, I nonetheless enjoyed the experience.

My final culinary adventure of this year's Bite was at the Taste of the Caribbean's stand, to which I was drawn by their advertised "curry goat." Just as I discovered that alligator is not too distant from chicken, goat is nearly indistinguishable from lamb (especially when bathed in yellow curry).

At the Taste of the Caribbean, I also sampled a johnnycake topped with swordfish, curry and onions, which was tasty, but more than anything left me craving a plate of New England johnnycakes with maple syrup.

By the end of my tour of some of the Bite of Seattle's more bizarre offerings, my stomach was struggling to digest its mysterious contents and I was ready for a nap.

Next year, I'm getting a burger.