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In recent years, the so-called “gastronomic” tourism has been gaining popularity, when people visiting a new place do not go to see historical monuments and other attractions, but tend to visit cafes and restaurants.
The purpose of such tourism is to try new, signature dishes that are the hallmark of a country or city. Often this is some kind of exotic, like fried insects or outlandish fruits, which not everyone will like.
Another thing is traditional desserts, which are much safer for health to try (although such tourism is dangerous for a figure).
Today we will consider 10 delicacies that every tourist should try.
10 Boston Cake
After walking along the Freedom Trail and admiring the Zakim Bridge, it’s time for a bite to eat, and there will be a special Boston cake by the way.
Many “eyewitnesses” from Russia compare creamy puffy dessert with our classic bird’s milk, prepared on the basis of semolina. To feel the same taste from childhood, while being in the USA, is at least unusual.
A nice bonus is the fact that although the dessert cannot be called useful for the figure, it still won’t add a lot of extra kilos.
9. Pavlova cake
Looking at the name, it may seem that you can taste this cake somewhere on the territory of the former USSR, but you will have to go much further to get it – to the city of Wellington, located in New Zealand.
Airy meringue, decorated with fresh fruits (strawberries emphasize the taste most favorably), is considered here a traditional dessert for tea.
The cake is named after Anna Pavlova, a Russian ballet dancer who visited Wellington as part of her tour of New Zealand and Australia in 1926.
In addition to high fashion weeks and a huge number of boutiques with branded clothing, a modern tourist can pay attention to local pastries, in particular Milanese cookies.
Unpretentious in appearance, it has a special taste: you can’t buy this in a store. Two crumbly cookies are joined together with chocolate cream (occasionally there is another cream, but it is chocolate + cream that is considered canonical), and this is served with a cup of hot chocolate or coffee.
The main thing is not to overdo it, otherwise the purchased dress or jeans may be small upon arrival.
7. Nuremberg gingerbread
Nuremberg gingerbread is one of the most famous dishes in Germany, although it has not gained such popularity outside of it (for example, Bavarian sausages are much more popular). The first mention of this pastry dates back to the XNUMXth century, but it is quite possible that they were baked earlier.
Traditionally, they are baked on the eve of the Christmas holidays, although in many cafes and pastry shops they are prepared all year round. The high content of nut mass with a minimum amount of flour (sometimes it is not used at all) creates a unique taste, which not every housewife can repeat at home.
It got to the point that in 1996 a patent was registered for the Nuremberg gingerbread, so now it is a private label of the city of the same name.
6. Esterhazy
An uninitiated person hearing the word “Esterhazy” represents some kind of oriental sweetness, something like Turkish delight or baklava. In fact, this cake has nothing to do with the East: it is most popular in Germany, Austria and Hungary.
It got its name in honor of Pala Antal Esterházy, who was a Hungarian prince and foreign minister in the middle of the XNUMXth century.
A classic cake is made from 5 cakes, connected by cream with the addition of cognac. A large amount of almonds, which are added to the dough, make it very fragrant, and the decoration in the form of a chocolate net gives an unusual look.
5. Cheesecake
Curd dessert, in which crushed cookies are used instead of cake. It is considered the main “delicacy” of New York, which all tourists strive to try, while simultaneously trying to find out the recipe from local confectioners.
It is noteworthy that cheesecake is very popular in England, but there it is prepared in a completely different way: in the USA it is baked, but not in Foggy Albion.
4. Cake “Leningrad”
It was one of the most popular cakes in the Soviet Union, so for many it represents the “taste of childhood”. In view of the poor life, many people could afford it only on holidays, when women spent half a day in the kitchen preparing it.
It was necessary to bake 4-5 shortbread cakes, which were then soaked with chocolate cream. If there were no children in the family, then cognac could be added. Now the cake is most often just bought, so it is important to be able to find the “right” pastry shop.
3. Sacher
The invention of the Austrian confectioner Franz Sacher forever brought his name into history.
For the first time, a chocolate cake covered with icing appeared in the 30s of the 16th century, and the author came up with his recipe at the age of XNUMX, although he fully implemented it much later. Now this is a signature dish not only in Vienna, but throughout Austria.
2. Cake “Kievsky”
It is called so for a reason: the cake recipe was created in Kyiv, at the Karl Marx confectionery factory in 1965. Two meringue cakes with the addition of nuts, a cream layer and hazelnut sprinkling are a real Russian classic.
If we compare it with Leningradsky, then in terms of popularity outside its hometown, it clearly wins. As for taste, here everyone chooses for himself.
1. Linzer
The cake, or rather a pie, is named after the Austrian city of Linz, in which it was first baked. Its “trick” is crumbly shortbread dough stuffed with jam, which is also used for decoration.
It’s basically just a regular jam pie that everyone has eaten, but according to those who’ve tried Linzer, there’s something special about it. Maybe a secret Austrian recipe, or maybe something else.