Fruits & Vegetables
Buddha's Hand
Smells like lavender, tastes like lemon rind, looks like a gnarled claw fresh from your nightmares.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Fruits & Vegetables
Smells like lavender, tastes like lemon rind, looks like a gnarled claw fresh from your nightmares.
Meats & Animal Products
It's a whirlpool, it's an emoji, it's a fishcake!
Sweets
These buns artfully resemble peaches and represent immortality.
Meats & Animal Products
Some fish can dance.
Ingredients & Condiments
Once a treatment for heat stroke, the herbal gel now flavors desserts.
Prepared Foods
Every morning, Chinese vendors sling savory, crispy crepes to lines of patient fans.
Sweets
This sweet treat is so beloved in Hong Kong, it inspired an animated movie.
Prepared Foods
Japanese cooks riff on American diner food with this rice-and-ketchup omelet.
Drinks
The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.
Sweets
This pancake pays tribute to one of Japan's favorite fish.
Prepared Foods
A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.
Ingredients & Condiments
This cotton candy-like garnish is made of dried, candied meat.
Prepared Foods
In Singapore, dried, shredded cephalopod is a bubblegum alternative.
Sweets
These adorable buns hide savory and sweet surprises.
Prepared Foods
Two Chinese bakery specialties, combined into one.
Sweets
This sweet treat has been cool for more than 1,000 years.
Ingredients & Condiments
This savory seafood condiment is named after the finest cognacs.
Gastro
To make the perfect matcha, start with the perfect whisk.
Drinks
Bitter, sweet, and salty collide in this cool Taiwanese treat.