1.
France: Escargots
You've got to try snails at least once in your life, if only to try to distinguish their flavor lurking beneath all that garlic butter. The ancient Romans ate snails, and they're eaten across the globe from Morocco to Cambodia. However, it's the French who are most readily identified with these tasty morsels, ideally sourced from
Burgundy.
2. Greece: Moussaka
The national casserole in
Greece is a certain must try dish, and these days there aren't many of us who haven't succumbed to this melting concoction. The Greek answer to the Italian lasagne, the dish is made by smothering layers of ingredients in a cheese béchamel sauce, and baking until creamily melted and golden.
3. India: Masala dosa
If one subcontinental meal could persuade a committed carnivore to order vegetarian, my vote would go to a masala dosa in South
India. The plate-covering, paper-thin pancake is made from rice and lentils, cooked to lacy perfection on a hot griddle. What creates the flavor is a spiced concoction of mashed cooked potatoes and fried onions, served with a liberal dose of garlicky chutney.
4. Italy: Zucchini flowers
Everyone who's eaten
Tuscany's
fiore di zucca, or deep-fried zucchini flowers, says they're to die for, so it makes sense to add them to our list. The tender yellow zucchini flowers are stuffed with a delicious filling, maybe herbed ricotta or mozzarella, then dipped into a simple tempura-like batter and sizzled in olive oil. The result is a melt-in-the mouth, sweetly crisp sensation that must be eaten immediately.
5. Japan: Teppanyaki
If you like a little theater and audience participation with your food, don't miss the experience of dining at a teppanyaki restaurant in
Japan. With much flame-fuelled drama, sometimes accompanied by juggling of utensils and flipping of ingredients, the skilled chefs grill your steak right in front of you, via a sizzling-hot gas-powered griddle.
6. Malaysia: Seafood curry laksa
Malaysia's king of soups is a spicy, tangy, coconut-creamy soup packed full of noodles, seafood, fish sticks, puffed tofu, vegetables, a hard-boiled egg, coriander and chilli sambal.
7. Australia and New Zealand: Pavlova
Fiercely competitive
Australia and
New Zealand vie for ownership of this iconic dessert. Currently the odds are on a hotel in Wellington, New Zealand as having invented this heavenly melange of meringue and cream.
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