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minus the baked beans. Not sure how they ever got included in the traditional English Breakfast, but I'm pretty sure it's why they lost the empire.
Best food eaten abroad
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minus the baked beans. Not sure how they ever got included in the traditional English Breakfast, but I'm pretty sure it's why they lost the empire.
Brazilian Feijoada as mentioned above, cooked home style in the middle of nowhere by forestry service workers on the edge of the Atlantic rain forest.
Also, a plowman sandwich in southern England. Basically a chunk of cheese and two slabs of homemade bread at a small town pub. Absolutely delicious.
Guess I like simple stuff.
Also, a plowman sandwich in southern England. Basically a chunk of cheese and two slabs of homemade bread at a small town pub. Absolutely delicious.
Guess I like simple stuff.
I ordered Roo at this little place in Sydney. It was just a slab of meat, a steak or whatever they called it. Very lean, very tender, very delicious.
Fresh sardines that were filleted and simply dressed with olive oil while I was sitting at a patio table at a restaurant just outside of Vicenza, Italy. They were not my thing, and I had to be talked into trying them by my host. I'm glad he insisted. They were sublime.
I went to Italy a year ago and the owner of the villa we rented cooked for us 4 of the nights we were there. Amazing 5 course meals homemade by an amazing chef paired with wines made right there on the property. Was a great authentic experience.
Thailand has night markets where vendors sell food, sometimes snacks, sometimes a whole meal.
I was in the night market a Ayuthaya (an old Khmer capitol about 25 mi. N of Bankok) where a vendor had chicken grilled chicken necks complete with the head. That wasn't my cup of tea, but he did have what seemed to be chicken nugget kabobs which was close enough to Mickey D's familiar food. I bought a stick and ate a couple while thinking they seemed to be awful fatty. I finally realized they were the other end of the bird.
Best Indian restaurant was small place in Yerevan, Armenia.
The Peace Corps volunteers often ate at the "Georgean Restaurant" and the usual order was for khatchapuri, sort of a double crusted cheese pizza.
During the winter olympics, the Bush girl that was doing the little cultural segments was raving about what she called "cheesy bread".
I was in the night market a Ayuthaya (an old Khmer capitol about 25 mi. N of Bankok) where a vendor had chicken grilled chicken necks complete with the head. That wasn't my cup of tea, but he did have what seemed to be chicken nugget kabobs which was close enough to Mickey D's familiar food. I bought a stick and ate a couple while thinking they seemed to be awful fatty. I finally realized they were the other end of the bird.
Best Indian restaurant was small place in Yerevan, Armenia.
The Peace Corps volunteers often ate at the "Georgean Restaurant" and the usual order was for khatchapuri, sort of a double crusted cheese pizza.
During the winter olympics, the Bush girl that was doing the little cultural segments was raving about what she called "cheesy bread".
Well this is going to sound dumb compared to the other posts, but the best Snickers I have ever had was in Germany. Just a plain Snickers from a grocery store, but there was a remarkable difference in the freshness and quality of the chocolate, caramel and nougat compared to the US stuff. I literally bit into it and after the first taste had to look at the wrapper to make sure it was a normal Snickers bar.
You don't eat your snickers on a plate with a fork and knife?
What are you, some sort of animal?
The best Italian Food I've ever had was in... Cologne, Germany. A restaurant called Il Carpaccio does a pasta dish in truffle oil and shaved truffles. Holy **** it is amazing! I'm making a trip back to Germany in a couple months and staying in Cologne just to get his dish again. I've gone back there for 12 years now just to enjoy it it's THAT amazing.
Last spring I had a squid pasta dish cooked in its own ink in Mallorca Spain. Its black and looks disgusting but it was really good.
Two of my other favorites abroad were from Barbados. The Hilton beach bar makes a Flying Fish Sandwich that is amazing, and every Friday night at the south end of the Island the locals show up at Oistens and the shack at the far right hand end is the best according to the locals and they make amazing fried Marlin. This has turned into an annual trip just for these two items!
It is. They shave the cheese from inside the wheel then dump the hot pasta inside and toss it to get it perfectly covered throughout. Then add the truffle oil and shave the truffles. Stunning.
They are actually cheese balls. But they are good. They were used as a snack in many places we went. you can get recipe for these online.
Otoro sushi when I was in Osaka 8 years ago. My cousin lives there and took my wife and I out for our last night. It was amazing.
The Royale with cheese in Amsterdam was damn good!
Serious answer though. Had some Kobe beef in Taipei earlier in the year that was to die for. Also, roasted chicken with the potato dumpling and a tall beir in Germany. I'm hungry now...
Serious answer though. Had some Kobe beef in Taipei earlier in the year that was to die for. Also, roasted chicken with the potato dumpling and a tall beir in Germany. I'm hungry now...
