Fruits & Vegetables
Pimientos de Padrón
Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Fruits & Vegetables
Eating these unpredictable tapas is a game of spicy-pepper roulette.
Fruits & Vegetables
The washed and dried root of the licorice plant was once a popular natural “candy.”
Ingredients & Condiments
This "Fluid of Beef" fed an army and makes a hearty tea.
Fruits & Vegetables
The anus-shaped fruit tastes like cinnamon applesauce.
Ingredients & Condiments
This mushroom tastes just like chicken.
Gastro
To make the perfect matcha, start with the perfect whisk.
Prepared Foods
These pungent fermented soybeans are coated in probiotic slime.
Fruits & Vegetables
These salted, pickled plums are an ancient Japanese hangover cure.
Drinks
A pharmaceutical company developed this beverage as drinkable IV solution.
Prepared Foods
A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.
Prepared Foods
This tofu alternative replaces soybeans with sesame and kudzu.
Fruits & Vegetables
These exquisite dried persimmons are massaged for weeks.
Prepared Foods
Worlds collide in this braided bread that tastes like brioche and is meant to look like Mount Fuji.
Sweets
These Japanese sweets demonstrate the ephemeral beauty of the seasons.
Prepared Foods
Leftover coffee plus gelatin equals this vintage dessert.
Sweets
Many spoons are needed to demolish one of these ice cream-stuffed bread loaves.
Gastro
Traditional sushi chefs produce optimal condiments with this ancient tool.
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.