Sweets
Cuberdons
The Belgian candy that sparked an epic vendor battle.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Sweets
The Belgian candy that sparked an epic vendor battle.
Meats & Animal Products
This “brown cheese” tastes like caramel.
Fruits & Vegetables
Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.
Meats & Animal Products
Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.
Drinks
This cousin of root beer has a long history and a surprisingly minty taste.
Ingredients & Condiments
A century-old organism creates some of the world's best bread.
Gastro
An ancient cooking method still produces delicious, beachside feasts.
Prepared Foods
The guinea pig is both food and pet in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.
Gastro
Twist your way to hot chocolate perfection with this wooden whisk.
Drinks
Peru's purple drink made from purple corn.
Sweets
These portable pancake sheets have a crispy, hollow side and a sweet, doughy side.
Fruits & Vegetables
The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.
Prepared Foods
Leftover coffee plus gelatin equals this vintage dessert.
Meats & Animal Products
It's a whirlpool, it's an emoji, it's a fishcake!
Sweets
These buns artfully resemble peaches and represent immortality.
Prepared Foods
It's expensive, it's gelatinous, it's made from swiftlet spit.
Sweets
The ancient confection consists of wispy sugar-strands that look like dragon whiskers.
Meats & Animal Products
In the Philippines, fertilized duck eggs are savory snacks.
Prepared Foods
The nut goes from oak tree to savory, sesame-topped side in a matter of days.
Gastro
In Asia, the black-skinned silkie chicken forms the base of a medicinal broth.
Prepared Foods
The dying art of flattening dough by seesawing on it.
Gastro
A fruit so foul, shamans use it to scare evil spirits.
Ingredients & Condiments
Once a treatment for heat stroke, the herbal gel now flavors desserts.
Sweets
This sweet treat is so beloved in Hong Kong, it inspired an animated movie.