Popular Food in Different Country (2)

There are many reasons to travel, and food is obviously a main one.

Cambodia: Fired Insects 
Cambodians eat some funky things during the horrible Pol Pot Khmer Rouge era, including the insects. Compared by some to soft-shelled crabs, except "more gooey," fried tarantulas are a favorite in the market town of Skuon.

Indonesia: Soto

In Indonesia the food varies a lot and most cities and regions has a dish they are known for. However there are a few specialties that are found throughout most of the country. One of these is soto, a delicious meat, veggie, noodle soup served alongside rice that is filling, inexpensive and readily available. Also unbelievable, this meal is only $1USD.

South Korea: Dolsot Bibimbap 

Dolsot Bibimbap is a special variation of bibimbap (Korean mixed rice) that is prepared in a sizzling stone pot where the rice nestles with various mixed vegetables, raw egg and spicy red pepper paste. The stone pot is so hot that the raw egg is cooked against the side of the bowl while the bottom section of rice is coated with sesame oil rendering it a lovely crispy golden brown.

Not only is it equally amounts delicious and healthy but more important it is a budget conscious meal, and cost no more than $10 USD

Singapore: Chicken Rice

Also could be called Hainanese rice — chicken rice is the unofficial national street food of Singapore. Although the chicken rice is nothing more than poached chicken served over rice, the flavors combine to create good flavor. The chicken is poached on a low simmer in a gingery broth until perfectly cooked, still moist and juicy. The same broth is also used to simmer the jasmine rice, after it's been sautéed in ginger and garlic. Slices of chicken are served over rice with a side of broth, sliced cucumber and hot sauce. 

Ukraine: Holubtsi

Holubtsi are cabbage rolls, stuffed with rice, meat, mushrooms and sometimes even raisins. The title means “little pigeons”, a nickname for lovers in Ukraine. It is old-fashioned traditional dish which people used to cook many hundreds years ago. It’s tasty and simple, available in all Ukrainian street food. 

After researching those famous street food in different counties, I would suggest an event that could promote awareness of the food culture. We could start a "national food festival" , the festival is like a street of the buffet, all about special food, about how to make the simple but good dishes, about the food culture of the world. I would invite bloggers who loves food and traveling, to try first, and cooks from different country, and International students who are good at cooking. People can get any of food here after they buy the tickets. 

Popular Street Food in Different Country

In this blog, I am going to research the street food cultural around the world. Food and travel, one of life's great experience intersections. We do usually enjoy our share of beautiful dishes and cuisine, and elaborate meals at famous restaurants, but it is often our street food quests -- raw on the ground journeys that convey authenticity -- that yield some of life's most revealing moments and enlighten us in unexpected ways. 

Most of believed that street food is the heart of the International cuisine. Those always the comfort foods we crave at midnight, when the restaurants are all closed.

Also, I list three ways which exploring street food quests serve.

1. They take us further

Using the street food dish we seek as the final destination. We walk or use public transport, our quest for the ultimate dumpling, bean soup, taco or curry becomes an adventure in itself, with the meal as the goal, but the journey as the unexpected payoff.

2. They take us deeper

Street food is remarkably democratic, for we all need to eat. Local people and land the holy grail of authentic local interaction (i.e., outside of tourism and service professionals) is by sharing a plastic table, communal condiments, and a bit of conversation.

In any event, we find that almost everyone enjoys sharing their local cuisine with visitors. Therefore, they also help us exercise our language skills.

3. They teach us how simple it is to cook

Since we are so close to the cooking stove, street food shows all the steps. Street food cooks offer the opportunity — for us to get a firsthand sense and preparation of our local dishes so close. After we have witnessed a taste dish emerge from a gas stove and a kitchen equipped with only basic tools, we begin to understand the great lessons about cooking.

Let's go grab a spoon, and get ready to dig in....

Hong Kong: Dim Sum  

Dim sum is a traditional Cantonese cuisine, prepared and served as individual, bite-sized. It is a special and local food in south part of China and Hong Kong. The words “dim sum” translates on words mean “touch the heart” (because the bites were so small they would only touch the heart) and, today, it is a staple of Cantonese dining. Dim sum dishes range across the board and include things like shrimp dumplings, vermicelli rolls, barbecue pork buns and spare ribs.

Thailand: Khao Soi  

It’s soft and yellow egg noodles bathed in a thick curry broth. Not soup. Broth. It is then topped with deep-fried, crispy egg noodles, and eaten with pickled greens on the side. The broth is coconut milk-based and the curry can either be cooked with chicken, pork, or beef. Beef is my favorite kind of Khao Soi, especially the ones prepared by the Thai Muslim women in Chiang Mai’s Muslim area along Chang Klan Road.

Turkey: Turkish Hamsi 

As the hamsi (anchovies) swarm the Black Sea towards the Bosphorus Strait each winter, Turkish fishermen drop their nets. On any winter arrival in Istanbul, the first thing we do is head for Karaköy fish market for the perfect street food, Hamsi Ekmek. The anchovies are deep fried and served with rocket leaves and thinly sliced onion in a fresh, crusty bread.

Food Cultural in Asian Countries

Although I am in America now, I cannot stop loving the Asian food, and the food I ate in Asia, it is different I had in American Asian restaurants. I believe every country has its own food cultural, from the kinds of diversity, the colorful colors, the numerous plates, and the irreplaceable flavors. Food is not only part of the culture, but also a surprise and adventure; it means to get to know the locals, and to be more familiar with other aspects of the culture simply through a dining experience.Therefore, I want to share some of the food cultures in Asian countries, so be ready!

Thai Food

Although the truth that Thai food uses many of the same core ingredients as other South East Asian countries – chili,garlic, ginger, lemongrass, fish sauce, palm sugar and lime juice – it manages to retain a unique flavor all of its own. Thai cuisines usually special for being spicy and sour. Like south Korean, Chinese, Thai people like to share meals with their family and friend. When dinner time starts, one would call people "Kin Kaow" which means "to eat rice" as in let's eat! 

The general Thai family table always has those dishes, a Thai soup, called Tom, it is a clear soup made with meat and vegetables, and add some lemon grass; a Pad Thai, which a dish of fried meat with vegetable and oyster sauce; a Kaeng, it means Thai curry. 

Japanese Food

In Japan, there are many interesting with good-tasting dishes, including tako-yaki, sushi, sashimi, and tempura. Japanese cuisine has evolved hundreds years social and political changes. So when we say Washoku, it refers to food was around before 1868, the end of Japan's isolationist policies. A few aspects that set Japanese cuisine apart from other cuisines are it's emphasis on using quality ingredients, particularseasonality, and impeccable presentation.

Tempura was originally brought to Japan by the Portuguese in the history, and now, the tempura becomes one of the most popular and best-known foods in Japan.  Tempura includes vegetables or seafood that are covered in a light batter and then fried deeply. 

Tako-yaki is grilled or fried octopus, with a ball-shaped dumpling made from diced or baby octopus, batter, tonkatsu (tempura scraps), green onion, and pickled ginger. This dish became popular in Osaka and was first sold in 1935 by Endo Tomekichi. To use the correct way to eat sushi: Only the fish side of the sushi should be dipped lightly into the soy sauce, instead of the rice, and the prickled ginger should not eat with sushi, it could be eaten separately.

South Korean 

-Chopsticks in Korea are made with stainless steel and tend to be much heavier than the wood chopsticks.

-It is a common custom people sit cross lag.

-Maybe Korean is the most countries in the world like to use scissors during the meal. They use scissors instead of knives to cut long noodles and BBQ meat.