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Chocolate, pistachio, and vanilla dondurma.

Sweets

Dondurma

A rare orchid ingredient makes this ice cream stretchy and chewy.

Turkish Coffee

Drinks

Turkish Coffee

Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.

Russian Napoleon Cake

Sweets

Russian Napoleon Cake

This traditional dessert commemorates the country's sweet taste of victory over the French emperor in 1812.

Giant Paella

Food Festivals

Giant Paella

Outdoor festivals in Valencia call for traditional fare made in gargantuan pans.

Cornish Pasty

Prepared Foods

Cornish Pasty

In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.

Once grapes freeze on the vine, there's only a narrow window of time to press them.

Drinks

Ice Wine

Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.

Financiers

Sweets

Financiers

These almond cakes resembling gold ingots were sold near the Paris stock exchange.

Budae jjigae often includes Korean rice cakes, called garae-tteok.

Prepared Foods

Budae Jjigae

All is fare in the Korean War.

Steamed rice, onsen egg, soy sauce & umi budo.

Fruits & Vegetables

Sea Grapes

This "green caviar" is vegetarian friendly.

Civets (also called "luwaks") ferment coffee fruit seeds in their digestive tracts before excreting them.

Drinks

Kopi Luwak

This is one expensive load of crap.

Fermented horse milk is called airag in Mongolia.

Drinks

Kumis

Infants and Genghis Khan enjoyed this fermented mare's milk.

Lifting a fresh eggette from the skillet.

Sweets

Egg Waffles

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

An intimidating mountain of honey box toast.

Sweets

Honey Toast Box

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

The edible contents of the durian have been compared to custard.

Fruits & Vegetables

Durian

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

Blocks of this sugar look almost black.

Ingredients & Condiments

Okinawa Black Sugar

It's darker, saltier, and healthier than white sugar.

Fingered citrons symbolize luck, long life, and happiness.

Fruits & Vegetables

Buddha's Hand

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

Takoyaki

Prepared Foods

Takoyaki

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

Narutomaki resembles a whirlpool.

Meats & Animal Products

Narutomaki

It's a whirlpool, it's an emoji, it's a fishcake!

Tibetan tea is made with tea, yak butter, and salt.

Drinks

Yak Butter Tea

It's the fat-fueled energy drink of the Tibetan Plateau.

Peach buns symbolize longevity.

Sweets

Longevity Peach

These buns artfully resemble peaches and represent immortality.

Spinach leaves topped with bonito flakes.

Meats & Animal Products

Bonito Flakes

Some fish can dance.

Kala is Hindi for "black," an apt descriptor for these inky fried balls.

Sweets

Kala Jamun

These dark fried milk balls are flecked with gold and dipped in scented syrup.

A lone umeboshi between chopsticks.

Fruits & Vegetables

Umeboshi

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

Black (in the background) and white carrot cake, served with peanuts and scallions.

Prepared Foods

Singapore Carrot Cake

A radish scramble gets lost in translation.

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