Drinks
Green Chartreuse
Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Drinks
Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.
Sweets
Fruit soaks in rum for up to a year to make this rich Caribbean Christmas cake.
Fruits & Vegetables
This "green caviar" is vegetarian friendly.
Sweets
These portable pancake sheets have a crispy, hollow side and a sweet, doughy side.
Fruits & Vegetables
Smells like lavender, tastes like lemon rind, looks like a gnarled claw fresh from your nightmares.Â
Prepared Foods
Osaka's most famous dish is an octopus-stuffed fried dough ball.
Meats & Animal Products
It's a whirlpool, it's an emoji, it's a fishcake!
Meats & Animal Products
Some fish can dance.
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.
Ingredients & Condiments
These inky cloves have aged like a fine wine.
Ingredients & Condiments
This cotton candy-like garnish is made of dried, candied meat.
Drinks
Devoted fans pay thousands for bricks of this fermented tea.
Ingredients & Condiments
This once-common spice is now almost completely unknown outside India.
Drinks
Bitter, sweet, and salty collide in this cool Taiwanese treat.
Prepared Foods
A melt-in-your-mouth mixture of raw beef, butter, and spices.
Drinks
A sweet and nutty liqueur made with the fruit of the "elephant tree."
Ingredients & Condiments
The Mexican fungal delicacy that makes corn taste like a mushroom.
Ingredients & Condiments
This mushroom isn't a mushroom at all.
Prepared Foods
The cornmeal patty that Rhode Islanders eat morning, noon, and night.
Prepared Foods
This is what happens when soldiers pick a new name for meat on bread.
Drinks
A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.
Ingredients & Condiments
Pastrami fans will find the taste of this Canadian spice blend very familiar.
Ingredients & Condiments
It's so much more than just mayonnaise and ketchup.