Looking for foods to try and share a bit of my own culture. My family is cantonese viet and I grew up eating in a lot of traditional banquet hall restaurants. Usually these are dim sum menu for lunch and traditional shared foods for dinner. Most people have tried the common ones like siu mai (pork wrapper dumpling) and haw gow (shrimp rice dumpling) but my favorites are the uncommon ones like ngau zaap (beef offal) and baak wan fung zaau (pickled chicken feet).
Ngau zaap is basically braised brown sauce using off cuts, usually stomach and whatnot, with chinese radish. Its very savory, kinda like if you made an asian gravy.
Baak wan fung zaau is just chicken feet pickled in white vinegar. If you had pickled radish it’s essentially the same pickling and the chicken feet is gelatinous and a bit crunchy. You can also get them sometimes boneless since eating around the bones is kinda a pain. I really like pickled foods so this is one of my faves
If we go for by country then it would be Canadian food so poutine would be the best known.
Thick cut fries and cheese curds with chicken gravy poured on top.
If my historical culture then it would be Irish and Ukrainian so potatoes either in perogy form or mashed form with sausages on the side.
If we go for by country then it would be Canadian food so poutine would be the best known
Thick cut fries and cheese curds with chicken gravy poured on top.
If my historical culture then it would be Irish and Ukrainian so potatoes either in perogy form or mashed form with sausages on the side.
Blood. /s
Interesting to see a lot of AI images here though. I won’t get into how to discern AI images, but there’s one really interesting thing they all have in common.
According to the internet, American foods best known abroad are cheeseburgers, hot dogs, and fried chicken.
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Not “my culture”, but the region where I now live. Green chile on everything.
Chicken green chile stew:
Chile relleno with red chile sauce:
Pepperoni green chile pizza:
Green chile ice cream, it’s very chilly:
And, here’s what you get if you ask for chile cheese fries. Because “chile” sounds like “chili”, but they’re not the same thing:
Based. Green chiles are best chilies.
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Any questions?
Funny, thats ones of my favorite dishes.
Most (in)famous is probably balut (partially developed duck egg), but we should be known for adobo.
I haven’t made adobo in years. I must remedy that.
Maybe it’s more Filipino-American, but I’d have guessed pancit/lumpia.
Czech Republic. Schnitzel (řízek) and beer. Yes, we stole it from Germany 😂
Also rohlík, a really weird piece of bread that looks like this:
Actually delicious tho.
Oh and more beer. Also, did I mention beer? Yeah, even more beer. Beer for breakfast, lunch, dinner and as a midnight snack. Not even joking. I’m an exception tho, as I don’t drink at all.
Yogurt.
A list for those interested:
Egypt - Koshary
Czech - Vepřo knedlo zelo
Newfoundland - Jigg’s Dinner
Vietnam - Pho
Canada - Poutine
Canada (Nanaimo) - Nanaimo Bar
Ukraine/Eastern Europe - Borscht
Spain - Paella
Germany - Mischbrot
Sweden - Surströmming
Cuba - Cuban Sandwich
Switzerland - Raclette
British - Fish and Chips
Norway - Lutefisk
Mexico - Tacos
Slovakia - Bryndzové halušky
Poland - Pierogi
US (San Diego) - California Burrito
US (Southern) - Biscuits and gravy
US (Seattle) - Seattle Teriyaki
US (Native American) - Frybread
US (Philadelphia/South Jersey) - Cheesesteak
US - Cheeseburger
Ireland - Ulster Fry
Netherlands - Hagelslag
Australia - Vegemite
India - Chicken Biryani
Korea - Kimchi
Catalonia - Pa amb tomàquet
Japan - Sushi
Malaysia - Haianese Chicken
Iran - Kalle-pache
One of my favorite from China is biangbiang noodles
Your fish and chips photo is all wrong. I’d bet you a shiny new penny that’s from a pub, not a chippy. The batter on a good chippy fish is rough. Here, this picture is from a chippy (also featuring mushy peas, curry sauce, and scraps - all optional at your best chippies).
Haha you can blame wikipedia for that one, i tried to use most sources from their wiki page
It does look yummy though
Bad fish and chips is sad and bland. Good fish and chips is glorious. And while some chippies aren’t great, you’re more likely to get good fish and chips from a chippy than from a pub.
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Green Jello with carrots and marshmallows, sometimes whipped with whipped cream. Utah.
Cursed
Germany, grilled sausage and sauerkraut I guess. But if you ask a native about the national food or a food that they miss when living abroad, it’s usually bread, specifically sourdough made from mixed rye and wheat flour. Goes great with butter and slices of cheese or cold cuts (“Käsebrot”, “Wurstbrot”).
Can confirm.
Went to a dinner party at a friends house last year; there was a German who now lives in NZ. My partner makes sourdough from scratch; that German engineer just about cried when he tasted it. Said it was just like the ones at home.
Döner :)
Zefix!
Leberkassemmel oder Brezn!
I’m too pigprussian for that lol
Well, now I want to see if I can find or make that bread.
Currywurst!
TBH I prefer plain ketchup with my grilled sausage…
If I’m honest I prefer mustard, but Currywurst is quite iconic imo
But more internally I think. Outside of Germany, it’s sauerkraut.
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Hmm never heard of rye and sourdough at the same time. I’ve seen them separately overseas in the US but never as one bread
It does sound good though, i like sourdough
I make sourdough rye (mixed wheat flour and rye flour) with my regular starter all the time! I think Whole foods usually has a sourdough rye - some years back I bought some and that was why I started making sourdough bread. It’s so delicious. Any version from rustic and crusty more like what you think of as sourdough to very dense dark and bouncy, sourdough rye is great.
There’s actually an English Wikipedia article on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mischbrot
Rye-only sourdough is also a thing, gets pretty dense and bitter though. I prefer Mischbrot with more wheat than rye.
A barbecued sausage in a piece of white bread, purchased from a tent out the front of a hardware store (it is the glue that holds a multicultural Australia together)
You had me at
A barbecued sausage in a piece of white bread
This is a Kiwi staple; if there isn’t a sausage sizzle, is it even an event?
