3/6/2012
One of the best things to do while traveling is eating great food! While it’s impossible to list all the great food I’ve had, I thought I’d list some of my favorites.
New entries are colored orange.
Some tasty recommendations w/ links to wiki if available:
Australia
Main
- Tiger pie: a meat pie topped with a layer of mushy peas, mashed potato, and gravy. Best eaten fresh and hot, and only from Harry’s Cafe de Wheels.
Snacks/Dessert
- Lamington: a sponge cake cube covered in chocolate and then rolled in coconut.
Cambodia (Siem Reap)
Main
- Loc Lac : stir fried beef or chicken served with a lemon or lime and black pepper sauce. Delicious and filling.
- Amok Trei :steamed fish with spices and coconut milk wrapped in a banana leaf.
China (Xi’an)
Main
- Yangrou Paomo羊肉泡馍 : seasoned stewed lamb meat, broth and mung bean noodles poured over thick pita like flat bread broken into small pieces.
- Kao Yangrou Chuan烤羊肉串:Uighur style roasted lamb on a stick, seasoned with cumin and plenty of chili powder. Just follow your nose once you get to the Muslim quarter.
Snacks/Dessert
- Nut Brittle/Candy: various combinations of peanuts, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, and cashews in a crunchy chewy toffee.
Hong Kong
Main
- Pei Tan Xao Yok Jook 皮蛋瘦肉粥 and Yao Tiew 油條/油炸鬼: A rice porridge made with century eggs and lean pork, served with fried donuts (yao tiew). Possibly my favorite breakfast ever. In fact, I can eat it any time of day 🙂
- Jiew Yim Yao Yu 椒鹽魷魚: pieces of squid deep fried in a salt and pepper cornstarch batter, and then topped with sliced chilies.
Snacks/Desserts
- Seong Pei Lai / Dun Nai 燉奶:twice steamed milk custard, either served hot or cold. My favorite is red bean!
Indonesia (Bali)
Main:
- Babi Guling: crispy suckling pig, cooked with spices and coconut milk. The best part is the crackly skin!
Malaysia (Penang)
Main:
- Chee Cheong Fun 猪肠粉: Thick wide rice noodles with dried baby shrimp, covered in a sweet/salty/spicy prawn and plum sauce and topped with toasted sesame.
- Tok-tok Mee: egg noodles boiled, drained, then tossed in a sweet thick soy sauce and sesame oil, then topped with roasted pork or boiled wontons and cucumber.
- Nasi Lemak : rice cooked with coconut milk, accompanied by many side dishes, such as fried spicy squid, eggs, anchovies and sambal ( a spicy chili sauce)
Snacks/Dessert
- Lo Bak : pork and spices wrapped in a thin bean curd, then deep fried. served with a sweet chili sauce.
- Rojak 囉喏: Fruit (pineapple, jambu, cucumber, green mangoes etc) stir fried, and then topped with a thick brown sauce made with shrimp paste and deep fried squid crackers.
- Roti:Indian/Mamak style flat bread. There are many versions, but my favorites are roti telur, with eggs, roti tisu, a very thin tissue like bread, often dusted with sugar, and roti pisang, with bananas. Often served with dal.
- Ice Kacang: shaved ice topped with red beans, grazz jelly, palm seeds, corn, chendol, rose syrup, and condensed milk. Sometimes also served wiith ice cream or sarsi syrup.
Philippines (Manila and Pangasinan)
Main:
- Pancit Sotanghon: mung bean noodles cooked with chicken broth and citrus, pork, wood ear fungus and other vegetables. Just the thing after a day on the beach
- Sinigang na Baboy (Pork Soup with Tamarind): a tangy, savory soup made with tamarind, pork and tomatoes, eaten with rice.
Snacks/Dessert:
- Buko Pie: a pie made with a chewy sweet young coconut and condensed milk filling.
- Pandesal : a sweet and salty roll with a slightly chewy texture, often eaten with crispy panfried spam or longganisa sausage.
Singapore
Main:
- Chili Crab: Hard shelled crabs cooked with a slightly sweet spicy sauce made with tomato, chili, eggs and garlic.
- Green Beans with Belachan: Green beans stir fried with belachan, a paste made from prawns.
Snacks/Desserts:
- Teh Tarik: a “pulled” tea popular in Malaysia and Singapore. Strong black tea mixed with condensed milk by poaring from one container to another, creating a bubbly foam, and served hot or iced.
- Kaya Toast: Thick toasted bread spread with kaya, a coconut and egg jam, and salted butter. Often served with water egg and teh tarik for breakfast.
South Korea(Seoul)
Main:
- suntubu jjigae 순두부찌개: spicy soup with super soft tofu, served in a stone pot. Various versions, but I like it with noodles.
- seolleongtang 설렁탕: non-spicy ox bone soup. Really light in flavor, and usually served with rice.
Snacks/Dessert:
- tteokbokki 떡볶이:rice cakes, fish cake, eggs and mandu (korean dumplings) in a sweet and fiery chili sauce. Delicious enough to make you keep eating long after your mouth is burning.
- hotteok 호 떡:slightly chewy wheat dough pancake fried on a large griddle, filled with brown sugar, peanuts, sesame. The filling turns into a sweet syrup after cooking.
South Korea (Busan)
Main:
- haemultang 해물탕: a spicy seafood soup
- haemul pajeon 해물파전:a crispy fried green onion and seafood pancake, goes great with some makkoli 막걸리, a slightly fizzy fermented rice wine.
Sides/Dessert:
- Peanut Butter Squid (Myzinger): semi-dried squid coated in a peanut butter paste, flash grilled then tenderized. Sounds strange, but surprisingly tasty.
Taiwan(Taipei)
Main:
- Coffin Bread 棺材板: deep fried bread filled with pork, chicken or beef cream stew
- Oyster omelet 蚵仔煎: baby oysters stir fried with eggs, then topped with a spicy starch sauce.
- Braised Pork Rice 魯肉飯: pork marinated in soy sauce and spices, cubed, over sticky rice. There is a great place by Longsan Temple.
- Xiao Long Bao 小籠包: small steamed pork dumplings that have their own “soup”.
Snacks/Dessert:
- Aiyu 愛玉:fig seed jelly served as a drink with honey and lemon/lime juice.
- Pao Pao Bing:Taiwanese gelato, made with fresh fruit, nuts, and beans
- Turnip Cake:Deep fried steamed cake made with shredded daikon radish
Thailand (Bangkok)
Main
- Som tam ส้มตำ:A spicy and sour salad made of grated green papaya, pounded in a mortar and pestle with chilies, fish sauce, garlic and lime. Sometimes also has ground peanuts. Really refreshing as a light lunch.
- Tom Kha Gai ต้มข่าไก:Creamy coconut milk based soup with galangal and chicken. Galangal is similar to ginger root, and makes this soup filling but not too rich.
Snacks/Desserts:
- Kao niao ma muang ข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง:fresh ripe mango with a side of slightly salty, creamy coconut milk sticky rice.
United Kingdom(Cornwall)
Main
- Pasty: short crust pastry filled with meat and veggies, and then baked. My favorites are chicken curry, and lamb & mint.
- Doner kebab : slow roasted meat ( often mutton) carved when you order and wrapped in pita bread with tomatoes and lettuce. Served with mayonnaise and chili sauce.
Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City)
Main
- Chicken Pho Phở gà: steaming bowl of flavorful chicken soup, with rice noodles, and topped with chicken, mung bean sprouts, sweet basil, cilantro, spicy sliced chilies, and a squeeze of lime. Great for any meal, especially after a night out. Look for busy food stalls, or check out the chain Pho 24.
Snacks/Desserts
- Fried Spring Rolls Chả giò: crispy deep fried spring rolls filled with everything from shrimp, and pork to taro root and bamboo shoots. Delicious with a spicy sweet nuoc mam fish sauce.
- Iced Coffee Cà phê sữa đá: Vietnamese grown coffee beans, roasted and then fried in a wok with butter to bring out a creamy, almost chocolate like flavor. Freshly ground, then drip brewed right at your table into a glass with sweet condensed milk at the bottom. Give it a quick stir, and then pour over ice and enjoy. Honestly my favorite coffee drink I’ve ever had. Try the honey ice coffee at Trung Nguyen.
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