Foods You Have Tried in Other Countries

[Fr8monkey]

I don't travel much. I mean to IF my job prospects improve. For all the travelers out there:
What counteries have you gone to?
What local (ethnic) foods have you tried?
Were you pleased or revolted?

 

[musekick]

Clotted cream and lemon curd in England. I loved the lemon curd, (I have some in the fridge right now), but the clotted cream seems to be an acquired taste.

 

[blunt3d]

Aye man my family's from El Salvador and ive been there a couple of times and lived there for a couple of years. But if you want some good food try

PU-PU-SAS = They're like a tortilla but with pork or chicken or beans and melted cheese inside. With a side of tomato sauce and spicy curtido(cabbage,jalapeno's,carrots,and vinegar)
Another is Cu-zuco = its basically armadillo meat fried like pork.(really good)
Ga-rrobo = this one is iguana meat but man it taste just like chicken i've tried it in soup with potatoes and or with rice.

Mari-sca-da = a soup with all types of sea food shrimp, fish,crab,oysters,etc. really good for them late night activites

Theres alot more man...but if you head down to central america and most of latin america you should find most of the foods related to each other(tamales,soups,drinks) in one way or the other.

 

[scherbchen]

hmm...

bugogi (spelling?) in Korea, delicious
tortilla espanyola (con cebollas) in Spain, possibly the most delicous dish there is
jamón serrano and jamón de jabugo, also Spain, which is why I pity vegetarians (Spanish cheese is paltry, though, not to mention the cooked and grilled meats)
Kobe beef, Japan, a different take on meat and oh... my... goddess...

 

[carmen510]

Fish & Chips, 'American food', toffee, fudge, and ordinary candy bars (Cadbury, Mars) from England. (All delicious)

Various Chinese foods in China. Some disgusting, others quite good. Although I could actually find most of the good Chinese food where I live.

Spaghetti and Pizza in Rome. (Delicious)

 

[warpus]

United States - steak - delicious & very cheap
Argentina - roast - mmmm
Chile - King Crab w/ salmon - yummy
Chile - Hot dog w/ avocado & mayo - awesome
Germany - Salami - awesome & cheap
Poland - Giant burger with tons of cabbage - surprisingly delicious
Dominican Republic - tacos - sweet
Canada - bacon - exquisite

 

[Annex]

St. Lucia- Jerk Chicken with chicken fried rice
Mexico- Chicken Tacos, Taquitos
Belize- Fried Chicken


Thats all I can remember

Yes, I am a big fan of poultry.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I have an extensive love affair with Middle Eastern food, specifically hummus, pita, and babaganoosh.

As an aside, my spell-checker says that "babaganoosh" should be spelled "Reganomics" lmfao. I may just call it that from now on.

 

[Red Door]

Aye man my family's from El Salvador and ive been there a couple of times and lived there for a couple of years. But if you want some good food try

PU-PU-SAS = They're like a tortilla but with pork or chicken or beans and melted cheese inside. With a side of tomato sauce and spicy curtido(cabbage,jalapeno's,carrots,and vinegar)
Another is Cu-zuco = its basically armadillo meat fried like pork.(really good)
Ga-rrobo = this one is iguana meat but man it taste just like chicken i've tried it in soup with potatoes and or with rice.

Mari-sca-da = a soup with all types of sea food shrimp, fish,crab,oysters,etc. really good for them late night activites

Theres alot more man...but if you head down to central america and most of latin america you should find most of the foods related to each other(tamales,soups,drinks) in one way or the other.

I haven't been to El Salvador, but Pupusas are so freaking delicious. I had some great food in Guatemala though.

 

[Camikaze]

I tried the exotic croissant in France, and the equally flamboyant pop tart in England.

 

[Fifty]

giant cave spider eggs from the deepest caves of caveland

 

[Shaihulud]

I tried haggis, it wasn't really what i had in mind. It looks like mincemeat.

 

[Agent327]

Swiss Knödel, a pretty big meatball. Not special, if it weren't for one of our party chipping one of 'em across the hotel dinner floor and my father chasing after it.
German Kaiserbrötchen, crisp buns straight from the baker, who delivered to my grandfather's house
German Sahne, fresh whipped cream without sugar additives, especially with Apfelstrudel. The best there is.
German Reisfladen, a kind of rice cake, also made in the Dutch province of Limburg. Excellent.
Belgian bonbons (and chocolates in general).
Belgian "French" fries, bigger than the usual kind, with mayo, served in a pointed paper bag at fast food carts, especially in Flanders.
French croissants (at a Paris café), better than any of the imitation kind.
English marmalade, especially the orange kind. (But you can get it here at any good supermarket, imported.)

There must be more, but these I remember very vividly.

 

[Steph]

Most exotic was in China, with snake, turtle, and other things I can't identify, and probably shouldn't try.

Last trip was in Pakistan. But the restaurant in the hotel was named "La Terrasse", and half of the menu was in French...

Ah, yes, Tuesday for lunch the Pakistanis took us to a restaurant to taste some local food. We went to the MacDonalds at the Airport.

 

[Masada]

Horse, Cat, Dog, Monkey, Seal, Whale, Dolphin, Spider, Roe of some sort of unusual fish, Eggs which were not from chickens, a cow which might have been sacred, a fighting-cock which was decidedly rangy after having fought (won me some money) and later died to be consumed by some of the punters, various types of insect, something that might have been a fish but looked decidedly un-fish-like in many respects. Many fruits and vegetables the best of which was Snake Fruit which has a decidedly snake like outer-skin.

 

[soul_warrior]

Emu - in australia. red meat from a bird. lighter and nicer than beef.

Ingira - in Ethiopia. sort of a sourish pancake, served with assorted dips. very nice.

Humus - Israel. local really, exotic to most of you white-skins YUMMY.
its sort of, and ill quote my australian fiance "eating porridge with a fork"

Gulash - hungary. meat stew. made from deer if in season (and it is the BEST then)

Fresh Grilled Sea Bass - Great Barrier Reef, Australia (while onboard a diving boat)
BEST FISH I HAVE EVER EATEN.
the fact they lived 15 minutes earlier sure didnt hurt

 

[eastsidebagel]

Shawarma in Israel, which is the Arabic version of a Turkish Döner.
I must admit that I was dissapointed.

 

[soul_warrior]

Shawarma in Israel, which is the Arabic version of a Turkish Döner.
I must admit that I was dissapointed.

thats because you did not go to the REALLY good places
and thoise are NOT the places that serve turkey.
its those that serve lamb or beef.

nor did you try GIROS (which is basically the same thing, only of GREEK origin, served with yogurt/cucumber sauce)

doesnt that look much nicer?

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Gyros are heaven on Earth!

 

[eastsidebagel]

doesnt that look much nicer?

Oh yeeeaaahhh!
I ate just for two or three times a shawarma in Israel when I was there, and I thought that the guys who served me it had to be kidding me, since both its taste and presentation on the plate were very poor at the end, at least compared to what I've become used to to what I can expect in Germany when I order here a Döner.