Foods Grubor Has Tried

This spiced jerky is a beloved snack in South Africa.

This Canadian variety of a classic Mediterranean herb gives Acadian cuisine its signature fragrance.

This protected German fruit has its own representative queen.

The fiery fruit brandy of the Balkans.

This decadent schnitzel stuffed with clotted cream is named after the leader of Serbia's fight for independence.

South Korea's oldest alcoholic beverage is making a comeback.

This Okinawan specialty resembles a Japanese take on Taco Bell.

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

Some fish can dance.

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

This condiment proves that what the world considers delicious is (nearly) universal.

Boil away this plant's poisonous hairs, and you're left with a tasty, spinach-like leaf.

The 17th-century dessert plants an isle of meringue in a sea of custard.

This “brown cheese” tastes like caramel.

Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.

After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.

Cream, eggs, and pork drippings combine in the ultimate Serbian bread bowl.

These pungent fermented soybeans are coated in probiotic slime.

These woolly pigs produce the “Kobe beef of pork.”

Before they're filled with brandy, these bottles get attached to trees so pears can grow inside.

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

This pancake pays tribute to one of Japan's favorite fish.