Foreign foods you cannot get enough of when you travel
 

Many of us are big travellers, I am sure, and many of us also travel to eat (among other things). So what where the most amazing local delicacies you ever tried from your travels around the world?

For me, it would have to be takoyaki from Japan and the gua bao from Taiwan. My first gua bao was actually in Taipei after visiting the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, and it cured a lot of hunger pans that I had that day! It was a pork belly gua bao (I think) that I gleefully ate on the way back to the Metro Station. Ever since then, I seek some out whenever I have the chance! :cool:

Regarding tako, well I've had many of it over the years (even in London), but the best can surely be found in Osaka in the markets there. My first try was at Tsukiji Gindaco at Kyoto station waiting for a bus to KIX Airport - and I was hooked ever since. There's something just so appetising about eating deep-fried balls of octopus in batter! Unquestionably, takoyaki is my number one "foreign" food. ^

Not everything pleases me, though. For example chawamushi in Japan and even chili crab in Singapore both leave me reaching for the sick bucket. Nor am I fan of curries (apart from jungle curry from Thailand).

I've listed more tasty foods from my travels on my blog. https://backpackerlee.wordpress.com/...ve-ever-eaten/

Vinamilk yogurt in Vietnam.

Foreign foods you cannot get enough of when you travel
 

Suntory Premium Malt in Japan

BBQ/Fried Honey (+osmanthus) Eel - Hong Kong. Oh jeezus....

If I weren't leaving for HK in less than 30 hours, I might be sad. ;)

Fresh off the tree that morning DURIAN

Eurgh! I prefer the Bambangan! It has a more bitter taste, but doesn't smell quite so much...

Choripan with Chimichurri.

Bajan Flying Fish cutters with Bajan hot pepper sauce.

Grilled octopus in the Aegean.

Crispy pata. Can you tell I just visited the Philippines?

A convenience store in Japan

Foreign foods you cannot get enough of when you travel
 

Please don't judge me....
Taco Bell Combo #1
Unfortunately we have no Taco Bell in Germany

1st place: Porcupine from Cameroon. The best melt in your mouth meat in the world, though very few people outside of that region of Africa are aware of it.

2nd place would be any of a hundred Bangkok street vendors. It almost doesn't matter what I ask for because the flavor and spices are great with every dish.

3rd place goes to any decent dhaba in India.

Foreign foods you cannot get enough of when you travel
 

What, no love for poutine? :-)

spain = chuleton steak; pulpo (octopus)
malay/sing = chicken rice
usa = various fast food; southern bbq

those are my absolute must-haves. other places i care not so much about

       

Satay
Magret de canard served rare
Liquor filled chocolates from Germany
Roast goose (Engalnd, Germany, Austria)
Wild game in interesting preparations (top German restaurants, for example)
Kangaroo
Ostrich
Emu (if it's not overcooked)
Good strawberries, not the greenhouse big white ones we get in the USA
Marinated (not smoked) salmon like it's served in Denmark
Tarte tat in made from sour apples
Yakatori
Kobe style (lighter batter and oil) deep fried fish and veggies by the piece (not set meal)
Rouget (fish), fresh and simply grilled, ideally eaten by the sea in souther France
Stuff cooked with maple syrup (Canada) or served with maple sauce at dinner
Warm white chocolate sauce for waffles and bacon at the Westin Tokyo