Foods IvyMike Has Tried

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

These inky cloves have aged like a fine wine.

Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.

These tightly coiled ferns also serve as a Māori symbol for unity.

This chocolate-flavored superfood falls from the Australian Acacia bush.

Sri Lanka's crispy, bowl-shaped pancake comes with an egg at the bottom.

The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."

Slice one open for some citrus caviar.

A bitter liqueur that traces the history of a Hungarian-Jewish family.

Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.

A sandwich so decadent, it was once inappropriate for women to order one.

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.

Most people have never tasted the real thing.

The city loves hot sausage slathered with cold cream cheese.

In the 1960s, Royal Air Force pilots made a startling discovery about their sweets.

Peru's purple drink made from purple corn.

You eat the shell, too.

A candy made with chocolate, coconut and ... mashed potatoes?

In Myanmar, fermented tea leaves make a tangy, caffeinated salad.

These portable pancake sheets have a crispy, hollow side and a sweet, doughy side.

For special occasions, Norwegians stack 18 rings of cake into a tower.

A fizzy, chocolate drink that harkens back to the days of Brooklyn soda fountains.

These delicious strands of juice-coated nuts look like colorful candlesticks.