The taste ? It is like eating chewing gum but in the end part, you would need to force it down your throat. In order to smoother your throat, best is to down it with a beer ! It might not be as bad as I have described though, but for those who hates or dare not eat offal, you have just missed a japanese cuisine.

As mentioned by one of my teachers, Motsunabe (もつ鍋) was popular among normal salary men because it was inexpensive. Normally these guys would gather together after work, where they will start to eat and drink the night away ...