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The trendy bar Silver Lyan sits in what was once the historic Riggs Bank.
Washington, D.C.

Silver Lyan

Sip creative cocktails in the former vault of the Riggs Bank.
A meaty spread at Monsieur Vo.
bars

A Love Letter to Drinking Foods Around the World

Thai-style fried chicken, Vietnamese scorched rice, and other dishes best paired with booze.
Diana Hubbell December 5, 2022
Voodoo Doughnuts
List

6 Unexpected Portland Snacking Experiences

How to sip and snack like a longtime local in the City of Roses.
This fruit-filled sandwich hides a pretty flower inside.
food

Sweeten Your Springtime With Japan’s Fruit Sandwiches

These treats have a surprisingly long history.
Grace Kwan April 20, 2021
The "Bakauke Inari" shrine.
Niigata, Japan

Niigata Rice Cracker Museum & Bakauke Inari

This snack factory boasts several tributes to its popular line of rice crackers, including a quasi-shrine.
Bazaar vendors chat while selling lap cheong, momos, and fritters.
Kolkata, India

Terreti Bazaar

For just a few hours each morning, this market serves specialties from the city's shrinking Chinese-Indian community.
Shanghai, China

Peace Hotel Jazz Bar

This bar is home to what's likely the oldest living jazz band in the world.
Space Food Sticks, relaunched for earthlings in 2006.
space exploration

The Oddly Named Energy Bar That Rocketed to the Moon

Pillsbury designed Space Food Sticks for astronauts before launching them in grocery stores.
Rohini Chaki March 6, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Khirret

This pollen-based candy comes from the marshes of southern Iraq.
Gastro Obscura

Jibachi Senbei

Elderly villagers hunt the digger wasps that stud these Japanese rice crackers.
Gastro Obscura

Dorilocos

At last, a street snack that brings together Doritos, veggies, pickled pig skin, and gummies.
Fluff jousting.
Gastro Obscura

What the Fluff? Festival

The marshmallow spread's birthplace offers a quirky tribute to the sweet-sticky stuff.
Gastro Obscura

Ketchup Chips

This Canadian favorite is relatively unknown elsewhere.
Gastro Obscura

Castagne del Prete

To do Christmas right, Italians turn to heavenly chestnuts.
Gastro Obscura

Kohuke

Chocolate-covered cheese curds make sweet Estonian energy bars.
Gastro Obscura

Ginabot

Deep-fried pork intestines make a crispy, salty snack on the streets of Cebu City.
Two giant cones of pommes frites greet visitors.
Bruges, Belgium

Frietmuseum

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.
Gastro Obscura

Kuih Pai Tee

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