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Egg Waffles
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Egg Waffles

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

This is one expensive load of crap.
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Nagashi Somen
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Nagashi Somen

Catch these floating noodles before they flow by.
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Kumbakonam Degree Coffee
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Kumbakonam Degree Coffee

The key to this coffee is fresh milk—preferably straight from the cow.
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Buddha's Hand
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Buddha's Hand

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

This herb gives cocktails another kind of buzz.
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Longevity Peach
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Longevity Peach

These buns artfully resemble peaches and represent immortality.
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3-D Jelly Cakes
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3-D Jelly Cakes

These clear cakes house intricate scenes of fish, flowers, and more.
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Bird's Nest Soup
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Bird's Nest Soup

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

A ritual that showcases the beauty of the present moment.
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Dragon's Beard Candy
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Dragon's Beard Candy

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

Why not fry a year-old leaf?
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Bamboo Pole Noodles
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Bamboo Pole Noodles

The dying art of flattening dough by seesawing on it.
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Lapis Legit
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Lapis Legit

This Dutch-Indonesian cake contains up to 30 layers.
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Ika Tokkuri
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Ika Tokkuri

A squid's body becomes an edible sake decanter.
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Omurice
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Omurice

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

Japanese pubs serve the delicacy sautéed, braised, or in a cocktail known as “tuna’s tears.”
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