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.
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
Probably poutine, pretty good when done well
Newfoundland so probably jigs dinner
Is it any good? I don’t think I’ve heard of this before.
Yeah it’s cabbage, rutabega (which we call turnip), potato, carrots, and salt beef. We have it with turkey on holidays and some people have it every Sunday
Sounds great
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)
Fish and chips. And despite all the jokes about British food, you really do owe it to yourself to learn just how good this meal can be when cooked well.
Samin Nosrat argues, in her book of the same name, that all cooking comes down to salt, fat, acid, and heat. Fish and chips is the perfect synthesis of this theory. It is cooking stripped down to this core idea. Done right, it is an absolute delight; beautifully flaky fish cooked to delicate perfection within a crunchy shell of light, crispy batter. Malt vinegar brings acidity to cut through the fat and salt. Everything works in harmony. There are contrasts in texture to enhance the melding of flavors.
Fish and chips, done well, is culinary perfection. But it is very hard to do well. There is nothing to hide behind. It is cooking stripped to the essentials, which means that those essentials have to be perfect. Most people outside of the British Isles have probably never had a good fish and chips in their lives, and even in the UK there are plenty of bad examples.
Anyway, those pickled chicken feet sound incredible. I had paper wrapped duck feet once and those were absolutely delicious.
I like fish and chips but in the US it’s so expensive, it’s about 17 USD for a 3 piece
I’d like to visit the UK once since I heard the old school edm scene is still pretty alive there
Poutine. Fries topped with gravy and chewy cheese curds.
I’m from Valencia (Spain), one of our mainly known food is Paella.
The other is Horchata with fartons
Paella is very pretty, never really got to try an authentic version of it though. Maybe soon!
I’m so hungry now
