Foods tanahpek Has Tried

This Chaoshan specialty makes it hard to resist playing with your food.

Japanese cooks riff on American diner food with this rice-and-ketchup omelet.

This pancake pays tribute to one of Japan's favorite fish.

Follow your nose through Taipei for this crispy, warm street snack.

To celebrate Chinese New Year, vendors sell skewered, sugar-coated berries.

The beautiful dessert evaporates in 20 minutes.

You can roast your potatoes in this rendered fat, or just spread it on bread and eat it cold.

This nightmarish-looking fruit has serious healing potential.

This thick, jet-black soup is an amazingly fragrant and nutty Chinese dessert.

This cotton candy-like garnish is made of dried, candied meat.

Pay tribute to the poet Robert Burns with bagpipes, readings, and heaping helpings of haggis.

Scotland's beloved traditional dish is deep-fried and served up fast-food style.

In Singapore, dried, shredded cephalopod is a bubblegum alternative.

These adorable buns hide savory and sweet surprises.

Two Chinese bakery specialties, combined into one.

The perfect marriage of coffee and tea.

Fresh fruit is the main feature of this sweet sandwich.

This curry celebrates Japan's maritime history.

Most sushi fans have never tried this rare rhizome.

Traditional sushi chefs produce optimal condiments with this ancient tool.

This sweet treat has been cool for more than 1,000 years.

It takes patience and skill to harvest these delicious bivalves.

Tip your hat to whoever created this fashionable vegetable-and-spice-filled pastry.

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