In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

This third-generation shop has been doling out bowls of tilapia soup since 1977.

Taiwan’s iconic dish is in peak form here.

Dine on Hakka dishes at a dreamy cottage nestled in the heart of Taipei.

This kitschy, kinky homage to Taipei’s old “grandpa shops” is full of eye-candy.

Movie buffs will love this Taiwanese director’s ode to film history.

Life-size animals and furniture made entirely from cardboard fill this odd paper-themed restaurant.

A small alleyway lined with locally drawn scenes of nostalgic anime and cartoon characters.

A refugee returns to his homeland to open Ho Chi Minh City’s first Michelin-starred restaurant.

This crab paste noodle soup specialist has been doling out its namesake dish for more than four decades.

For a taste of Vietnamese gastropub culture, look no further than this convivial seafood joint that stays open till midnight.

Order your coffee crowned with salted whipped cream or blended with coconut and ice.

Vietnam’s everyman “broken rice” dish is given one major upgrade at this humble institution.

A French-Colonial era collection of taxidermy and wet specimens, secreted away in the National University of Hanoi.

Walk through a clothing store, across a courtyard, and up several flights of stairs for delicious coffee with a side of beautiful views.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

This Vietnamese bar doubles as a multistory labyrinth.

Feast on contemporary Filipino cuisine in a chef’s backyard.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

Located within a temple complex, this museum has a fantastic collection of around 500 idols of Lord Ganesh.

Believed to be the largest Japanese garden in the world outside of Japan.

An ancient temple in the middle of a residential neighborhood encapsulated by a beautiful tree.