VICE Eats World: Braided Lamb Intestines, Quesalupas, and the Cutest Curry Ever

At MUNCHIES, we obviously love to eat. But it's not just us who's keen on stuffing our faces: The rest of the VICE staff—who are scattered all over the planet working on stories, projects, and videos—also knows how to eat like champs.

In our column VICE Eats World, we ask fellow VICE employees to submit photos of all of the fodder they encountered at whatever corner of the globe their roles took them to. This week, the MUNCHIES staff shares some of the weird, wonderful snacks and decadent dinners they've come face-to-face with in recent months, from weed candy in Colorado to the richest beignet ever.

Gabriella Bess (@gabbygabbby) Staff Writer, Broadly

"I went to Colorado to cover the first Weed Wedding Expo for Broadly and mostly ate edibles and pizza. I stayed in a Bud and Breakfast, which is like a '420-friendly' Airbnb."

Jay Chary (@underworldnyc) Junior Creative, VICE

"Here is a photo of a meal I had from Blackbird Pizzeria in Philly. They won best cheesesteak in Philly. It's all vegan. Top left slice and bottom right slice: tofu scramble, coconut bacon, sautéed spinach, garlic butter, cheese. Top right slice: seitan sausage, red onions, garlic butter, oregano, cheese. Bottom left slice: assorted exotic mushrooms, thyme, truffle oil, garlic butter, cheese. Also pictured: two seitan cheesesteaks, cheese fries, smoked habanero buffalo wings. Not pictured: dessert."

Jordan Middendorf Account Director, Carrot

"From San Domenico (Imola, Italy). I first saw this restaurant while watching Anthony Bourdain and Michael White tool around Italy in a red Ferrari on an early episode of No Reservations. The whole episode inspired my girlfriend and I to go explore the Emilia Romagna region of Italy, which is known for its food (Parma, Bologna, and Modena are all located there). We came to visit San Domenico—which was a 30-minute train ride outside of Bologna—for what they call a 'workman's lunch' (a bit of a misnomer if you ask me) one day. We got lost in a picturesque maze of alleys, but when I spotted a man in a tux outside an ivy-draped palazzo, I knew we had found it. The restaurant itself was beautifully decorated but a bit stuffy—we may have been a bit out of place as two twentysomething Americans having a boozy (and food photo-filled) lunch alongside two elegantly dressed businessmen that were each eating alone and an equally fancy couple in the back room who looked to be having a cinq à sept. The main course was a beef bourguignon-esque cube with stuffed squash blossom. Melts in your mouth and very delicious."

"For dessert, there was a petite chocolate cake with gold foil, a custard in a darling little cup (SD is the type of place to have custom china) and then several trays of beautiful sweets. My favorite were the sugared berries. After all this and a few glasses of sparkling wine from the Franciacorta region we were loopy enough to get on the wrong train and not realize it until we were nearly in Ravenna!"

Brian Hanly (@brian_hanly) Category Director, VICE

"The cute panda face pics are from a meal at @Home Maid Cafe in Akihabara, Tokyo. You first choose a maid you would like to serve you, play some board games, then they serve you food. They draw cute faces on the food and make you sing this little heart jingle before you eat it. Afterward, you're called up to the stage to take a cute picture with one of the maids on a Hello Kitty Polaroid camera. One of the very weird cultural moments I had—everyone from young Japanese girls to older Australian tourists. Absolutely no touching or asking for sex."

"From a work trip to Seoul [in January]. There is a strip where there are tons of vendors selling spicy rice cakes, bacon-wrapped hot dogs, and anything else you can imagine."

Lars Hinnerskov Eriksen (@hinnerskov) Editor, MUNCHIES Denmark

"Roberto Flore, an Italian chef working at the Nordic Food Lab in Copenhagen, cooked us this Sardinian dish (sa cordula) of braided lamb's intestines, seasoned with juniper, fried until crispy, and served with a sauce made from cheese that's produced in the lamb's stomach. Delicious food poetry on a stick."

Matt Zuras (@mzuras) Senior Editor, MUNCHIES

"Muslim lamb chop from Fu Run in Flushing, showered in cumin seeds, chilies, and probably shitloads of MSG."

"Carrot, bay leaf, and licorice dessert at Luksus."

Alex Swerdloff (@alexander.swerdloff) Staff Writer, MUNCHIES

"From a tasting by 22-year-old Theo Friedman of Theory Kitchen. He runs the tasting out of his dad's old photography studio. The first thing was served as an amuse-bouche and was a play on edamame and soy sauce. The soy wasn't as present as I thought it would be and you could really taste the vegetal nature of the edamame."

"Black garlic beignet topped with yuzu kosho and uni. It was probably one of the richest things I've ever eaten in my life."

Sydney Kramer (@crepesofwrath) Social Editor, MUNCHIES

"Homemade Belgian waffles because it's cold as hell outside and I needed comfort without having to leave my apartment. Bacon is not optional."

"On our way back from Vermont, we stopped at Taco Bell because we are red-blooded Americans and needed road-trip fuel in the form of the new Quesalupa. It was a delicious gut-bomb."

Stay tuned for more installments of VICE Eats World.