Foods jrcplus Has Tried

The original Cronut was named after a legendary acrobat's sneeze.

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

Nothing says “happy holidays” quite like mulled wine and a flaming, rum-soaked sugar loaf.

This cotton candy-like garnish is made of dried, candied meat.

Devoted fans pay thousands for bricks of this fermented tea.

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

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

Bitter, sweet, and salty collide in this cool Taiwanese treat.

This thick, jet-black soup is an amazingly fragrant and nutty Chinese dessert.

Every morning, Chinese vendors sling savory, crispy crepes to lines of patient fans.

Denmark's open-faced sandwiches are equal parts decadent and decorative.

This “brown cheese” tastes like caramel.

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

The thrifty Estonian grain mix makes creamy drinks and candy bars.

Chocolate-covered cheese curds make sweet Estonian energy bars.

Don your party hat, sing, and chow down at these seasonal Swedish crayfish feasts.

The pickled Baltic herring has an explosive reputation.

The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”

Meet Sweden's savory “sandwich cake.”

The lye-soaked fish recipe created by Vikings is now a holiday favorite at Midwestern church dinners.

This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.

These saffron buns are eaten on Lucia Day in Sweden.

In homestyle Portuguese restaurants known as tascas, savory stewed chicken gizzards are a flavorful favorite.

These expensive and dangerous-to-harvest barnacles were once confused for goose eggs.