Foods Rogier Has Tried

These Southeast Asian legumes are famed for their lasting funk and deliciously nutty flavor.

"Monk's Head" cheese requires a special shaver.

These beloved Indonesian chips are actually flattened, fried seeds.

Most sushi fans have never tried this rare rhizome.

The same grass that feeds massive European bison adds notes of vanilla and lavender to this unique Polish vodka.

Atop every serving of Dutch “war fries,” a pile of spicy, savory condiments do battle.

These inky cloves have aged like a fine wine.

These pungent fermented soybeans are coated in probiotic slime.

These French candies originally came in seashells.

This Dutch-Indonesian cake contains up to 30 layers.

A fruit so foul, shamans use it to scare evil spirits.