Surprise packages services like Not Another Bill and Svbscription offer subscribers a sample of the unexpected. Mysterious boxes that arrive, filled with an unknown plethora of goodies. A few weeks ago we featured the novel idea of A Box From, a project that takes the concept of surprise packages and adds a cultural twist, by assembling each selection of contents from a specific location anywhere in the world.

Now the idea has been taken a step further with Try the World. Founded with the intention of opening up the doors of kitchens globally, each package contains a carefully curated selection of culinary delights from a certain place, with the first installment offering subscribers a genuine taste of Paris.

What's interesting is how the popularity of these surprise package services seem to be on the rise, but also how they’ve been adapted to offer people these little pockets of foreign cultures.