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.
Fruits & Vegetables
These exquisite dried persimmons are massaged for weeks.
Prepared Foods
A wartime rice scarcity made this versatile pancake a Japanese staple.
Sweets
The sweet is naturally a bubblegum shade of pink.
Gastro
Traditional sushi chefs produce optimal condiments with this ancient tool.
Ingredients & Condiments
It's darker, saltier, and healthier than white sugar.
Sweets
The bread and butter of Dutch cuisine includes these jumbo sprinkles.
Sweets
After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.
Sweets
Pulling apart this dish creates silk-like threads of melted sugar.
Sweets
This mooncake's flaky exterior gives way to a creamy, sometimes stinky, core.
Ingredients & Condiments
This plant adds a hint of vanilla and a wash of brilliant green to any dish.
Fruits & Vegetables
The melon has its own sculpture, festival, and order of knights.
Fruits & Vegetables
The spiky, fruit cup-flavored orb made an appearance on “Star Trek.”
Drinks
Meet Japan's first milk soda.
Prepared Foods
Leftover coffee plus gelatin equals this vintage dessert.
Sweets
Fresh fruit is the main feature of this sweet sandwich.
Ingredients & Condiments
Most sushi fans have never tried this rare rhizome.
Ingredients & Condiments
Once a treatment for heat stroke, the herbal gel now flavors desserts.
Sweets
These bird-shaped cakes once fueled miners in Japan's Fukuoka region.
Gastro
The world's least practical and most delicious edible straw.
Sweets
Take the name of this street treat literally.
Prepared Foods
A radish scramble gets lost in translation.
Drinks
A pharmaceutical company developed this beverage as drinkable IV solution.
Sweets
These almond cakes resembling gold ingots were sold near the Paris stock exchange.