Foods Chynan Has Tried

This plant adds a hint of vanilla and a wash of brilliant green to any dish.

A decadent blend of coffee, whipped egg, and butter have made this wartime invention a modern-day favorite.

Beneath a blanket of peanut flour and cilantro, this Taiwanese street pop hides a savory surprise.

Once a treatment for heat stroke, the herbal gel now flavors desserts.

Follow your nose through Taipei for this crispy, warm street snack.

Some fish can dance.

These bottles of Okinawan rice liquor come with a coiled pit viper.

This Japanese energy drink contains a controversial bee secretion.

These pungent fermented soybeans are coated in probiotic slime.

This Okinawan specialty resembles a Japanese take on Taco Bell.

These salted, pickled plums are an ancient Japanese hangover cure.

The toxic pufferfish steals hearts, despite its ability to stop them.

These absorbent stalks make perfect flavor sponges in Vietnamese cuisine.

The Japanese city of Kumamoto specializes in “cherry blossom meat.”

The most expensive melon in the world is a status symbol in Japan.

Flavoring everything from dumplings to mochi, this sweet and salty paste shows another side to edamame.

Japanese cooks riff on American diner food with this rice-and-ketchup omelet.

These exquisite dried persimmons are massaged for weeks.

This tofu alternative replaces soybeans with sesame and kudzu.

The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.

A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.

A pharmaceutical company developed this beverage as drinkable IV solution.

This curry celebrates Japan's maritime history.

Osaka's most famous dish is an octopus-stuffed fried dough ball.