Traveling around the world, it is impossible to fully understand this or that culture without tasting national dishes. Food in each country can give a tourist not only previously unexplored taste sensations, but also a lot to say about the traditions and cultural features of a particular nation.
For example, most of our compatriots are not easy to force themselves to taste bugs, larvae or amphibians. But for the indigenous people of some regions of Asia, such food seems quite ordinary.
We have compiled for you a list of the 10 most delicious dishes in the world, based primarily on their outstanding taste and on the level of popularity in their native country and beyond. Rating of simple and cheap recipes with photos.
10. Guy-kun from Vietnam
This appetizer is made from pork, shrimp, herbs, rice vermicelli and other ingredients wrapped in rice paper. Served at room temperature. The taste of warm meat and refreshing herbs is simply forced to rise to the seventh heaven with delight.
Dipped in a slightly sweet sauce flavored with ground peanuts, Gi kun useful, light and very similar to the no less famous “moraysh”.
Rice paper is dipped in water, then placed on a plate with the right amount of ingredients placed on top. Fresh Ki-kun then collapses. This dish can be served with tương xào (also known as hoisin sauce), and Gi Kun can also be served with peanut sauce or other Vietnamese sauces such as nước Chấm (seasoning based on fish sauce).
In Vietnam and in various parts of Southeast Asia, you can see locals manually make Banh Trang (rice paper) and place them on rectangular bamboo trays around their homes. Traditionally, Ki-kun is eaten with a large group of people at home.
9. Lax from Singapore
Whether it comes from Singapore, Malaysia or Indonesia, as reader Bob Haris Mandela claimed, the real bowl laks always served with vermicelli, spicy broth (the sharper the better) and generous fillings of chopped chicken and fresh shrimp.
One breath of its spicy curry-coconut aroma - and you will be transported simultaneously to all three countries. This is probably the best way to travel in Asia.
8. Masala Dock from India
This is a crispy pancake made from rice dough, where a spicy mix of mashed potatoes is wrapped, which is previously dipped in coconut chat. Also put pickled cucumbers, sauces based on tomatoes and lentils and other seasonings. Masala Dock - Fantastic breakfast food that will fill you until lunch.
7. Neapolitan pizza from Italy
The best pizza was and remains simple Neapolitan - an invention now protected by its own trade association, which insists that the real pizza “Naples” should include sea salt, premium wheat flour, olive oil, basil and only three types of fresh tomatoes.
The dough for the dish must be kneaded manually. In addition, Neapolitan pizza must be baked in a wood-fired oven.
6. Tacos from Mexico
Tacos - This is a traditional Mexican dish, which is a tortilla stuffed with. Wrap and eat in a cake. This can be done with a variety of fillings, including beef, pork, chicken, seafood, vegetables and cheese, which provides it with great versatility and variety.
Various seasonings, such as salsa, guacamole or sour cream, as well as vegetables, such as lettuce, onions, tomatoes and chili, are often added to the tacos. Tacos are a common form of antichitos, or Mexican street food, that has spread around the world.
Tacos can be compared to similar dishes, such as burritos, takitos or chalupa / toast, where the tortilla is fried before filling.
5. Bulgogs from Korea
Literally, the name of this dish translates to “Fire”And“meat“. History dates back nearly 1000 years. Bowl bulgogs provides everything you need for a balanced diet: carbohydrates (rice), proteins (beef and eggs), vitamins and minerals (a mixture of vegetables), fats (oil). Very tasty, nutritious and healthy.
4. Hong Kong Egg Pie
Puff with a sweet custard in the middle, egg pies it’s best to eat hot when they are just taken out of the oven. This dessert can be ordered at Hong Kong's seediest bakeries and glamorous hotels. Former Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten has announced eating egg pies as one of his favorite pastimes in the city.
3. Paella from Spain
Paella - of the most famous dishes of Spanish cuisine. For this reason, it can be considered internationally as the national dish of Spain, but the Spaniards almost unanimously consider it a dish from the Valencia region; those who live there, in turn, consider paella one of their identification symbols.
Paella got its name from a wide, shallow, traditional pan used to cook over an open fire. Paella means “pan” in Valencia - the regional language of Valencia.
As a dish, it has ancient roots, but in its modern form it dates back to the middle of the 19th century. Paella Valencia is a traditional paella of the Valencia region, which is considered an original recipe and consists of round-grain rice, bajoketa and tavella (a variety of green beans), rabbit, chicken, sometimes duck (or seafood), garrofo (a variety of lima or creamy beans) and, sometimes , snails.
Artichoke cores and stems can be used as seasonal ingredients. Olive oil is used as a base, and saffron and (sometimes) whole branches of rosemary are used as seasoning. Imagine the sea waves caressing your legs, a warm breeze blows around the edges of the tablecloth, and before you is a steaming paella.
2. Som there from Thailand
This salad is to some extent not only the hallmark of Thailand, but also one of the most popular dishes of Pan-Asian cuisine. For cooking Catfish there mainly use garlic, chili pepper, tamarind juice, fish sauce, peanuts, dried shrimp, lemon juice, pilongrass, green beans, rice.
No less popular variations of this salad with marine inhabitants, however, none of them can be compared with the taste and simple beauty of the original.
1. Putin from Canada
French fries drowned in cottage cheese - it sounds a bit unpleasant, it looks even worse, but only you fill your mouth with a smooth mixture of cheese, sauce and french fries, as you lose your head in pleasure.
The dish originated in the Canadian province of Quebec in the late 1950s in the area of St. Quebec. To this day, it is associated with Quebec cuisine. For many years it was perceived negatively and mockingly, and was even used by some to stigmatize Quebec society.
Later Pduck became a symbol of Quebec's cultural pride. Its popularity at home has led to great demand outside the province, especially in Ontario, Primorye and the northeastern United States.
Putin's annual food festivals take place in Montreal, Quebec and Drummondville, as well as in Toronto, Ottawa, and Chicago. Today, this dish is often called typical Canadian food. It was called "Canadian national dish”, Although some believe this labeling is an illicit appropriation of Quebec culture.
Many variations of the original recipe are popular, which leads some to assume that Putin appeared as a new independent classification of dishes, along with sandwiches and dumplings.