Foods tanahpek Has Tried

This German comfort food unites earthbound potatoes with apples from above.

England's take on the Mexican meal wraps a Yorkshire pudding around meaty fillings.

Folding and deep-frying pies is a beloved Neapolitan tradition.

This "green caviar" is vegetarian friendly.

All is fare in the Korean War.

This is one expensive load of crap.

These portable pancake sheets have a crispy, hollow side and a sweet, doughy side.

The fruit so pungent it's banned from trains, hotels, and public places.

Many spoons are needed to demolish one of these ice cream-stuffed bread loaves.

Smells like lavender, tastes like lemon rind, looks like a gnarled claw fresh from your nightmares. 

Osaka's most famous dish is an octopus-stuffed fried dough ball.

Some fish can dance.

These buns artfully resemble peaches and represent immortality.

These salted, pickled plums are an ancient Japanese hangover cure.

A radish scramble gets lost in translation.

It's expensive, it's gelatinous, it's made from swiftlet spit.

The ancient confection consists of wispy sugar-strands that look like dragon whiskers.

This plant adds a hint of vanilla and a wash of brilliant green to any dish.

In Asia, the black-skinned silkie chicken forms the base of a medicinal broth.

The dying art of flattening dough by seesawing on it.

Once a treatment for heat stroke, the herbal gel now flavors desserts.

This Dutch-Indonesian cake contains up to 30 layers.

Every morning, Chinese vendors sling savory, crispy crepes to lines of patient fans.

This sweet treat is so beloved in Hong Kong, it inspired an animated movie.