Foods kyrasantae Has Tried

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

The sweet and sour Cantonese meal restores new mothers after giving birth.

A citrusy cream soda with a hint of rust outsells Coca-Cola in Scotland.

For those craving intensity beyond black licorice, how about tar?

Traditional Easter pudding, best served untraditionally.

Finns celebrate Easter with millions of real eggshells filled with almond-hazelnut nougat.

This Chaoshan specialty makes it hard to resist playing with your food.

These pungent fermented soybeans are coated in probiotic slime.

The decadent, overloaded Russian pie once contained sturgeon spinal cord.

The dessert that's also a meal.

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

That green stuff inside a lobster? You can (usually) eat it.

Pastrami fans will find the taste of this Canadian spice blend very familiar.

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

These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.

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

The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.

This orange and black licorice flavor is kind of a big deal in Canada.

This "Fluid of Beef" fed an army and makes a hearty tea.

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

It's a whirlpool, it's an emoji, it's a fishcake!

These buns artfully resemble peaches and represent immortality.

This drink hasn't been produced since the late nineties, but still has a cult following.

The bread and butter of Dutch cuisine includes these jumbo sprinkles.