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Hatos Bar

Our buddies from VICE Japan hung out with the crew from Hatos Bar in Tokyo's Naka-Meguro neighborhood. Hatos Bar serves up American-style pit barbecue at its best. Owners Sou Ieki and Dubrai showed us their favorite places to go out and then got wasted before cooking up some barbecue. Full story

Munchies

The Marrow

Going into this episode, I thought that because of Harold's experience with filming, this was going to be a piece of cake, and he would drop everything to tell the camera about how his love of cooking evolved from an early age, and blah blah blah, etc., etc. Instead, for the firs… Full story

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The Fat Farms of Mauritania

In Mauritania, a country crippled by food shortages, obesity is viewed as a sign of wealth and prestige in a woman. To attain Mauritanian standards of beauty, many women undergo the practice of 'gavage,' or "fattening up." While traditionally the practice of fattening includes ch… Full story

Montreal’s Food Truck Plan Is a Symbolic 'Screw You' to Poor People and Immigrants

As those who are attentive to gastronomic rumblings in Canada are doubtless already aware, a few weeks ago it was announced that Montreal is finally lifting its 60-odd year ban on street food, although it is doing it in a way that is as perversely overregulated and ass-backward a… Full story

Munchies

Bar Isabel

Grant van Gameren doesn't necessarily want to hear that Bar Isabel, his new restaurant in Toronto's Little Italy, is Spanish or Mediterranean, even though that's basically what it is. So what we can say without offending anyone is that it serves an amazing whole grilled octopus, Full story

Ewe Had Me at All the BBQ You Can Eat

Josh Ozersky is a food writer who recently kicked off a meatcentric dinner party in the back of a sports bar in Jackson Heights. The monthly dinner, which is co-sponsored by our very own food show, 'Munchies,' will feature a different pitmaster for each feast. First up was Robbie… Full story

VICE Shorts

I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'Food'

In 1992, crazy Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer completed his three-part short film entitled 'Food,' which tells gastronomic allegorical tales of "Breakfast," "Lunch," and "Dinner" in his trademark comedic surrealist style. Watch this short after you eat, or else you might lose you… Full story

Tao Lin's iPhone Photos of Taipei

Taipei Carbs

Over the next month, in celebration of the forthcoming release of Tao Lin's latest novel, 'Taipei,' we will be featuring a weekly selection of photos taken by the author during his recent trip to Taipei, Taiwan. This selection is all about the city's infatuation with carbohydrate… Full story

The VICE Podcast Show - Eddie Huang

We spoke with restaurateur and food personality Eddie Huang about his VICE show, philosophers he likes, reading shit on the internet, and how Orlando is a city with all the bad parts of the South (i.e., racism) without the good parts (i.e., pickled veggies). Full story

Munchies

Walter's

So you're an all-American boy, and you meet a potential sex partner who doesn't seem terrible on OkCupid. After the second date things are looking pretty decent, and now you need a not-too-expensive place to go for dinner and drinks that also has to be super casual so you can wea… Full story