Meats & Animal Products
Peameal Bacon
The real "Canadian bacon" comes rolled in cornmeal.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Meats & Animal Products
The real "Canadian bacon" comes rolled in cornmeal.
Prepared Foods
Grilled or braised, these brains make a tasty taco.
Prepared Foods
In Houston, Vietnamese chefs offer a unique take on the “mud bug.”
Sweets
These buns artfully resemble peaches and represent immortality.
Meats & Animal Products
Some fish can dance.
Gastro
A ritual that showcases the beauty of the present moment.
Gastro
In Asia, the black-skinned silkie chicken forms the base of a medicinal broth.
Drinks
South Koreans turned this simple grain into a nutty energy drink.
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.
Prepared Foods
These pungent fermented soybeans are coated in probiotic slime.
Ingredients & Condiments
Add a splinter of this vine to your meal for a tongue-numbing kick.
Meats & Animal Products
This Chaoshan specialty makes it hard to resist playing with your food.
Drinks
Tarragon provides the herbal kick to this neon-green Georgian soda.
Prepared Foods
Japanese cooks riff on American diner food with this rice-and-ketchup omelet.
Gastro
The sweet and sour Cantonese meal restores new mothers after giving birth.
Sweets
This pancake pays tribute to one of Japan's favorite fish.
Prepared Foods
Follow your nose through Taipei for this crispy, warm street snack.
Drinks
The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.
Sweets
To celebrate Chinese New Year, vendors sell skewered, sugar-coated berries.
Prepared Foods
A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.
Fruits & Vegetables
This nightmarish-looking fruit has serious healing potential.
Ingredients & Condiments
This cotton candy-like garnish is made of dried, candied meat.
Sweets
This sweet treat has been cool for more than 1,000 years.