I have traveled many countries and fortunate enough to have tasted the cuisines of many different countries and regions. Here is a small selection of the food photos showing what I have eaten:
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Asia
Singapore
Foochow red wine chicken soup with mee sua 福州红糟鸡汤米线
Mee siam
Laksa
Curry fish head
Mee rebus
Nasi lemak
Lontong
Indian rojak
Mee goreng
Satay
Otah
Curry puff
Hainanese chicken rice 海南鸡饭
Minced pork noodles (mee pok) 肉脞面
Prawn mee 虾面
Char kway teow 炒粿条
Chai tow kway 菜头粿
Bak kut teh 肉骨茶
Bak kut teh 肉骨茶
Popiah 薄饼
Singapore Sri Lankan black pepper crab 黑胡椒螃蟹
Yong Tau Foo 酿豆腐
Hokkien mee 福建面
Fried bee hoon 炒米粉
Yusheng 魚生
Yusheng 魚生 (prosperity toss 撈起)
Water rice cake (chwee kueh 水粿)
Red tortoise cake (ang ku kueh 紅龟粿)
Nonya food: ayam (chicken) bua kuluak
Pie tee
Ice kacang 红豆冰
Chendol
Bo bo cha cha
Bandung
Teh tarik
New year cake 年糕 (步步高升) and carrot cake 蘿蔔糕
Dried oysters and black moss (ho see fat choy) 蠔豉髮菜 (好市發財)
Seafood tresaure pot 一品鍋
Stir fried rice cake 炒年糕 (步步高升)
Malaysia
Penang food
Tiger prawns (Langkawi, Kedah)
Sarawak laksa
Thailand
Tom yam kung (hot & sour Thai soup), green curry, Thai fried rice, papaya salad (som tam), and Thai fish, with coconut smoothie
Mango and sticky rice
Chicken Khao Soi – northern Thailand style noodle soup with chicken
Papaya salad
Tom yam kung (hot & sour Thai soup)
Pad thai
Green curry and red curry
Cambodia
Khmer fish amok served in coconut (with curry sauce kroeung), Cambodian national dish
Samlor, this one is samlor machou banle (sour fish soup)
Prahok ktiss (spicy pork dipping sauce) with boiled mixed vegetables
Vietnam
Phở (Vietnamese noodle soup), national dish
Gỏi cuốn (Vietnamese spring roll)
Street food
Lotus seeds and cashew nuts
Myanmar (Burma)
Indonesia
Satay
Kueh
Gado-gado – Indonesian salad
Krupuk (deep fried crackers) in many Indonesian dishes
Mie goreng – fried noodle
Crab
Fruits of Indonesia
Balinese Cuisines:
Babi guling – roasted suckling pig
Ayam betutu – steamed/roasted chicken seasoned in bumbu betutu sauce
Nasi campur – mixed rice, rice with several side dishes
Sate lilit ikan – fish satay
Bantal – packages of sticky rice, coconut, sugar, fruit
Ayam bakar bumbu Bali – grilled chicken in Balinese sauce
Balinese peanuts
Bangladesh
Typical Bangladeshi cuisine (curry meat, mushy vegetables, pulao, and naan)
Chicken biriyani with curry beef
Tandoori chicken
Home-made Bangladesh dinner
Coke – Bangladesh version
Bangladeshi sweets
Sri Lanka
Rice and curry with sambols, Sri Lankan national meal
Rice and fish curry with sambol, Sri Lankan national cuisine
Sri Lankan breakfast wth string hoppers and coconut rotti
Ceylon tea
King coconut (thembili)
Israel
Hummus with lamb, pita bread, and falafel
Hummus (a dip made with chickpeas)
Falafel (deep-fried ball or patty, with ground chickpeas and/or fava bean)
Falafel
Shawarma chicken and lamb
Israeli salad and appetizers
St. Peter’s fish (tilapia)
Halva
Jericho dates
Malabi
Turkish coffee
Egypt
Falafel
Jordan
Mansaf (lamb cooked in fermented dried yogurt, served with rice), Jordan’s national dish
Bamya (okra cooked with tomato sauce and onions)
Bamya with rice
Hummus (a dip made with chickpeas)
Tabbouleh (a Levantine vegetarian salad)
Barazek (Jordanian/Syrian cookies with sesame seeds and crushed pistachios)
Lebanon
Lebanese fatayer sabanekh (spinach)
Iran (Persian Cuisines)
Kabobs: koobideh (ground beef), joojeh (chicken), and barg (fillet)
Doogh (a cold savory yogurt-based beverage mixed with salt)
Persian Kefta kebab (ground beef and lamb) with hummus
Turkey
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Spices at spice souk
Dates
Kebab skewers
China
Beijing Cuisines 北京 京菜:
Pouring “snow” to sweet & sour pork ribs at snowy river 江雪糖醋小排 and cutting Peking roast duck 北京烤鸭
Peking Duck 北京烤鸭, sweet & sour pork ribs at snowy river 江雪糖醋小排, sauteed mung bean sprouts 清炒碗豆尖, and brined duck liver 盐水鸭肝
Peking Duck 北京烤鸭
Zhajiangmian – noodles with soybean paste 炸醬面 (originated from Shandong)
Sugar-coated haws 冰糖葫芦
Fried wheaten pancake with meat and sea cucumber fillings 褡褳火燒
Pork shoulder with sauce 老汤酱肘
Three Beijing delicacies 北京味道 — dried apricot 杏干肉,marinated chicken feet 醤鸡爪,Chinese cabbage with mustard 芥末墩
Nestle duck treasure 雀巢鸭宝
Tianjin Cuisines 天津 津菜:
Telling the story of goubuli bun 狗不理包子 while making them
Goubuli steamed stuffed bun 狗不理包子
Fried dough twist (ma hua) 十八街麻花
Ear-hole fried cake 耳朵眼炸糕
Tianjin pancake 煎饼果子
Tianjin cuisine 黄焖兩样 (加一样,成黄焖三样)
Luoyang Cuisines 洛阳 Water Banquet of Luoyang 洛阳水席:
Peony yancai 牡丹燕莱
Duck braised dishes 山珍烩莱
Lotus soup pork 连汤肉片
Luoyang boiled pig organs 洛阳熬货
Hot and sour soup fried coke pill 酸汤焦炸丸
Red wine of Hawthorn cheese 米酒山楂酪
Henan Cuisines 河南 豫菜:
Yellow River giant carp (most famous) 黄河大鲤鱼
Yellow River baked carp and noodles over low fire (most famous) 黄河鯉魚焙麵
Manaizi (mares nipple) grapes 马奶子葡萄 (in front) and raisins from the seedless white grapes 白葡萄 (middle)
Xinjiang huge size sweet jujubes/red dates 新疆大红枣
Xining (Qinghai) Cuisines 西宁 (青海)菜:
Mutton Eaten with Fingers 手抓羊肉
Goujiaoniao 狗浇尿 (fried pancake) and Liangfen 凉粉 (bean jelly)
Barley cakes 青稞饼
Sichuan Cuisines 四川 川菜:
Mapo tofu 麻婆豆腐, water cooked fish 水煮鱼, and basket steamed beef.
Yunnan Cuisines 云南 滇菜:
Crossing the bridge noodles 过桥米綫
Crossing the bridge noodles 过桥米綫
From right: raw pu’er tea 生普洱,ripe pu’er tea 熟普洱,dianhong tea 滇紅
Bai people’s three course tea 白族 三道茶 – “—苦,二甜,三回味”
Tibet Cuisines 西藏 藏菜:
Yak meat 牦牛肉, potatoes, with highland barley wine 青稞酒 and butter tea 酥油茶 (yak butter)
Highland barley 青稞
Taiwan
Taiwanese beef noodle soup 台灣红烧牛肉麵
Taiwanese beef noodle soup 台湾红烧牛肉面
Minced pork rice 鲁肉饭
Tamsui 淡水 iron eggs 鐵蛋 (eggs which have been stewed in a mix of herbs and spices until pickled)
Tamsui 淡水 A-Gei 阿給 crystal noodles stuffed in fried bean curd, served with a mild hot sauce
Ilan Jiaoxi’s Sansing spring onion pancake 宜兰 礁溪 三星 蔥油餅
Ilan’s volcanic shell 宜兰 火山贝
Small sausage in large sausage 大腸包小腸
Shaved ice 刨冰
Milk hot pot 牛奶火锅
Mongolia
Buuz (steamed dumplings with mutton/beef) and Khuushuur (fried mutton/beef pancakes), famous dishes
Mutton noodle soup and Khuushuur (fried mutton/beef pancakes)
Mongolian BBQ
Airag (fermented mare’s milk)
South Korea
Banchan and doenjang-jjigae (bean paste stew soup)
Banchan
Different Korean food
Japan
Sushi 寿司
Soba & tempura
Curry udon
Udon: Yoshida-no-udon at Fuji Tempura IDATEN
Ramen
Tsukemen 蘸面
Hokkaido miso noodles 北海道味噌面
Bento
Tempura 天妇罗
Sashimi
Salmon roe bowl
Yakiniku
Genghis Khan
Agemanju from Asakusa-kokonoe 浅草九重
Japanese sake
Sapporo beer
Hokkaido soft-served ice-cream
Hokkaido king crab leg and crab sushi at Hokkaido Kani-Shogun restaurant
Shiroi Koibito 白い恋人 cookies (Hokkaido)
Oceania
New Zealand
Some of the best NZ seafood – mussels (especially Greenshell mussels on the left), snapper; and landfood – lamb shank
Europe
France (French Cuisines)
Artic char, pan-seared scallop, and Gaspé lobster
Cranberries, crispy duck confit, and Saguenay potatoes
Pudding chômeur, blue berry cake, and chocolate with sea buckthorn sorbet
Spain
Seafood paella
Chicken and seafood paella
Fideuà with clams and calamari
Suckling pig “Segovia style”
Sangria
Cold Whisky cake and churros
Portugal
Bacalhau (dried salt cod) à Gomes de sà – cod cooked in a casserole with thinly sliced potatoes and onions, garnished with hard-boiled eggs and black olives (#1 in Portugal)
Grilled sardines (#2 in Portugal)
Egg tarts from Pastéis de Belém (the best)
Baked codfish
Low temperature tenderloin codfish
Ginjinha – Portuguese liqueur made by infusing ginja berries (sour cherry) in alcohol
Italy
Spaghetti
Ravioli with meat (flat pasta popular in northern Italy)
Milanese risotto
Lampredotto sandwich (Panino al Lampredotto) (Tuscany food)
Pappa al pomodoro, Tuscany cuisine
Italian gelato (ice cream)
Greece
Gyro
Moussaka
Austria
Wienerschnitzel, typical Austrian cuisine
United Kingdom
Ireland
Czech Republic
Svíčková na smetaně (marinated sirloin) served with dumplings and whipped cream
Hungary
Meat goulash
Russia
Vodka, medovukha (a sweet drink made with fermented-honey with low alcoholic kick)
Pancakes (blin) with red caviar (ikra)
Russian salad
Borsch (borscht), a beet and cabbage red soup
Estonia
Salted herring with potatoes & salad (appetizer)
Pork roast with roasted potatoes and sauerkraut (main) and apple cider
Tuuliku kama with berries (desert)
Latvia
Crispy pork belly (main), roasted potatoes (side), and Iļģuciems kvass (drink). (Pork is common in Latvian meals)
Potato pancakes with bacon and sour cream
Central Market in Zeppelin hangers selling sour pickles, cabbage, and more
Central Market in Zeppelin hangers selling dried fruits and nuts
Lithuania
Cold beet soup
Game sausages with stewed pickled cabbages and potatoes
Cepelinai (potato dumpling with meat) and Lithuanian mead drink (from honey)
Finland
Reindeer meat
Africa
Nigeria
Nigerian dinner, with national dish obe ata (pepper soup) and Malta (malt, non-alcoholic Guinness)
Cooking suya, barbecued beef on sticks
Eba, porridge made from pounded cassava, starch-based food with little taste
Rice (jollof rice,cooked with peppers and palm oil), meat, fried plantains
South Africa
Bobotie – spiced minced meat baked with an egg-based topping
Braai – a BBQ (grill)
Waterblommetjie bredie – “small water flower stew”, typically lamb
Springbokkie – Amarula cream and peppermint liqueur
Amarula (a cream liqueur)
Zimbabwe
Sadza (national dish and staple food), with eland and impala meat
Eating mopane worms
Mopane worms
Kudu pie
Warthog meat
Crocodile fillet
Bream from Zambezi River
Zambezi beer (from Zambezi River)
Other African Countries
Algerian prawn briouats
Tunisian Harissa spiced chicken wings
Namibian lamb and venison sausage, pap and tomato smoor
Tanzanian fried fish with spinach sauce
Cameroon braised butternut and coconut
Egyptian lentil dhal
Zanzibar pilau rice
North and Central America
United States (USA)
USA (General):
Steak
USA (Texas):
Texas barbecue meat
USA (San Francisco – California):
Dungeness crab
USA (Cajun and Creole – Louisiana):
Jambalaya, red beans & rice, crawfish gumbo
Crawfish étouffée and gumbo
Chicken and sausage gumbo
Beignet
Crawfish
USA (Hawaii):
Lau lau chicken, poi, beef stew, and chicken long rice
Poi (staple food, mashed taro root)
Lau lau chicken (chicken wrapped in taro leaves)
Kalua pig (pulled pork)
Blue Hawaii (blue curaçao, sweet & sour, pineapple & vodka)
Macadamia nuts
Mexico
Beef taco
Fish taco
Chimichanga (Tex-Mex food)
Hibiscus drink
Nicaragua
Gallo pinto (beans and rice), Nicaraguan national dish, with chicken and vege
Nicaraguan enchiladas
Salvadoran pupusas
Nicaraguan rum (left) and beer (right), Flor de Caña (most famous brand) 7-year Gran Reserva. Toña is a national beer
Coffee berries
Nicaraguan coffee
South America
Brazil
Churrasco (barbecue)
Brazilian picanha
Argentina
Mate (caffeine-rich infused drink, served with a metal straw from a shared hollow calabash gourd)
Peru
Ceviche (raw white fish in spicy marinade of lemon juice, onion, and hot peppers, served with corn and sweet potatoes), most famous in Peru
Lomo saltado (beef strips with onion, fried potatoes, and rice)