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I went to the fancy food show on Monday. But you probably already read that. As per usual, I found many more things I like than had room for on the page.

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To make a few gross generalizations…

I walk through the Spain area, hoping to find Ferran Adria Lays potato chips or some cool line of fruit-flavored mono-glyceride gels. Nope. Despite the fact that Spain is the world’s capital of innovative cuisine, their food exports are pretty traditional.

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Little countries with emerging export markets, like I saw Bulgaria and Ecuador, all seem to have the same things, a basic line of offerings. Olive oil, cheese, vacuum packed/frozen/conserve fruits and vegetables, fruit juices and perhaps the local version of American breakfast cereals.

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Here’s a quick list of some new, some scary, some you-may-have-already-seen-but-are-great-nonetheless items that caught my eye at the Javits:

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Budweiser Barbeque Sauce. No…really.

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Faraco&Feixas liqueurs and drinks from Spain. I have no idea how they taste, but they look really cool.

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Jackie Chan’s XGT green tea energy drink. Because kung fu fighting can be really dehydrating. He’s not just a spokesman, he’s an investor! 

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Little i. Patent pending girlie pink mint tins with built-in mirror. Japanese fashion zines love it.

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Peeled Snacks. Dried fruit in one pack, salted nuts in another. Open and mix for bestest freshest flavor. Great combinations like the Shock-olate with dark chocolate, pears, apricots, almonds and walnuts.

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Stir fry tea oil from the Republic of Tea. Made from cold pressing Cameilla sinensis tea seeds. Flash point of 485 degrees. Masa Takayama uses it. Nuf said.

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Sweetriot. Tiny cocoa bean bits covered in 50/65/70 percent dark chocolate packaged in supercool one-ounce tins, decorated by different artists. Plus they do good deeds, so it’s candy with a cause.