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

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

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

The Soviet-Korean carrot salad is a sweet-and-sour testament to a diaspora's resilience.

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

This savory seafood condiment is named after the finest cognacs.

New Haven's signature pie combines staples from Rhode Island and Naples.

In the city of Celaya, goat's milk caramel tops everything from ice cream to cereal.

Fluffy, crispy, and large enough to share, it's no ordinary pancake.

Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.

Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.

After rotating over hot coals, the Transylvanian treat unravels in a sweet spiral.

The fiery Calabrian meat spread also goes by "red Nutella" and "poor man's Viagra."

This melting-pot munchie combines fries, shawarma, melted cheese, garlic sauce, and spicy sambal.

A flour made from orchid roots makes for a popular Turkish drink.

The bitter herb served on Passover can be anything from horseradish to lettuce.

The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.

These inky cloves have aged like a fine wine.

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

To taste the oldest wine still in production, head to Cyprus.

From postwar dessert to sweet slice of Canadian identity.

The fiery fruit brandy of the Balkans.

The spicy, sour mango sauce is beloved from India to Israel.

Made with reindeer meat and topped with Coca-Cola-glazed onions, this snack once drew lines down the block in Anchorage.