Prepared Foods
Dakbal
South Korean eateries serve these intensely spicy chicken feet in luscious piles, with plenty of soju.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Prepared Foods
South Korean eateries serve these intensely spicy chicken feet in luscious piles, with plenty of soju.
Meats & Animal Products
These severed octopus tentacles wriggle on your plate.
Drinks
South Korea's oldest alcoholic beverage is making a comeback.
Sweets
These adorable buns hide savory and sweet surprises.
Prepared Foods
During Hong Kong winters, crowds flock to small diners with serpents in their cupboards.
Sweets
This sweet treat is so beloved in Hong Kong, it inspired an animated movie.
Sweets
This thick, jet-black soup is an amazingly fragrant and nutty Chinese dessert.
Drinks
The aroma of this mulled wine has been compared to “a warmed-up bowl of Froot Loops.”
Meats & Animal Products
In Inuit cultures, using the whole whale is an act of respect, including consuming its blubber and skin.
Prepared Foods
Who needs a burger and a beer when you can combine beef and alcohol in a single patty?
Prepared Foods
A unique take on Szechuan dumplings is now a Montreal specialty.
Prepared Foods
Two Chinese bakery specialties, combined into one.
Food Festivals
An ardent celebration of a humble source of protein.
Ingredients & Condiments
A match made in heaven (and also Kentucky).
Prepared Foods
In this Moroccan street specialty, whole-roasted lamb is cooked in underground clay pits and sold by weight.
Prepared Foods
Denmark's open-faced sandwiches are equal parts decadent and decorative.
Ingredients & Condiments
Most sushi fans have never tried this rare rhizome.
Drinks
The perfect marriage of coffee and tea.
Sweets
Korean hodu kwaja is normally stuffed with red bean paste, but one bakery in Toronto slips in a delicious surprise.
Ingredients & Condiments
Pastrami fans will find the taste of this Canadian spice blend very familiar.
Sweets
These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.
Ingredients & Condiments
This condiment proves that what the world considers delicious is (nearly) universal.
Drinks
This drink hasn't been produced since the late nineties, but still has a cult following.
Prepared Foods
All is fare in the Korean War.