Places Rachel Rummel Wants to Go

With more than 30 ingredients, chef Cecilia Florian’s stupendously complex, harmonious moles are a masterclass in layering flavors.

The oldest surviving “eel, pie, and mash” shop in London is renowned for its infamous jellied eels.

Order the extra snappy, steamed hot dogs at this fourth-generation-run New England diner.

This Peruvian-Chinese institution has perfected the art of rotisserie chicken—alongside plantains and lo mein.

One man’s obsessive, 30-plus-year quest is behind the pies at this spot on the Lower East Side.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

This restaurant is devoted to celebrating Appalachia's cuisine.

Keen eyes can find the Disney influences throughout this treasure trove of a tiki bar.

This supper club is a slice of old Las Vegas.

This South-by-South-Asian restaurant serves up Indian-spiced Southern fried chicken and a Desi-style pastrami.

Just outside Chicago, one of the few traditional Mongolian restaurants in the U.S. serves a misunderstood cuisine.

Down-home Arkansas comfort food comes with a side of American pop culture kitsch.

This Choctaw/Thai restaurant celebrates Indigenous cuisines from different continents.

A lingering bit of Space Race nostalgia lies in the middle of the desert.

At this Nashville restaurant, cheese and charcuterie arrive via conveyor belt.

Hang with reindeer at this 400-year-old Sámi market.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

The iconic egg tart gets an upgrade with a laminated sourdough crust.

Superb sweets await at the first Jewish bakery inducted into Berlin’s prestigious baker’s guild.

What was once a communal kitchen now serves heaping portions of hearty German fare.

This ambitious restaurant celebrates the culinary traditions of the Ozarks before 1870.

Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.

Family-run for more than a century, this pizzeria makes a unique mustard pie.

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.