Food has long ceased to be just food. It’s also a pleasure, the shades of which you can discover endlessly.
Did you know that gastronomic tourism is becoming more and more popular? People try not only to see something new and beautiful, but also to try. Wday.ru has collected dishes and products that are definitely worth your attention.
Sounds even more ridiculous than sea cucumber. And this is just a kind of shellfish, which, according to eyewitnesses, are much tastier and more aromatic than oysters, mussels and scallops. These molluscs are not very common, because they are allowed to catch only a few days a year. Sea cuttings are grilled, steamed, or served as a trendy ceviche, which means they are practically raw. The clams are simply marinated in lime and chili juice for 15 minutes.
This is a Welsh dish. Despite the name, it is not exactly bread in its traditional sense. More precisely, not bread at all, but an attempt to replace it. The dish is prepared from porphyry – red algae. They are boiled for several hours until they turn into a puree called laver. Then, on the basis of this puree, bread is baked. It is served with bacon and clams.
The description of this dish sounds extremely unappetizing. This Italian dish is made from beef tripe flavored with wild mint and pecorino cheese. Experts say that you can fall in love with trippa, but only if it’s cooked really well. The slightest mistake of the cook – and the dish becomes inedible.
For meat lovers, this is a real find. Wagyu steaks were invented by the Japanese, who know a lot about pleasures. The marbled meat for these steaks is obtained only from cows of a certain breed, which are fed on a special diet rich in various nutrients. Thanks to this diet, the meat is simply unique in taste.
It sounds disgusting, but those who have tried it say that fried locusts are similar to our seeds. Plus, Asians have been chewing silkworms and grasshoppers in a hundred different ways for centuries. They say it’s delicious. By the way, the children of Angelina Jolie have already joined such a diet.
We are used to treating this fish a little dismissively, considering it “fish for cats”, like pollock. However, in the West, it is considered a real delicacy. And especially – cod caviar. It is advised to fry it on a grill or in a pan, and then mix it with pasta.
This is the fruit of a tropical plant, which is also called okra or gombo. And also – ladies’ fingers because of the elongated shape. In the wild, it grows in the Antilles, and culturally – even in the Volgograd region. Okra tastes like a cross between zucchini and green beans. As for the benefits, it contains a lot of organic acids, minerals and vitamins.
This fruit looks like it was bred on another planet. Scientifically it is called kaimito. Man has nothing to do with the origin of the star-shaped apple, it itself has become so ugly. Initially, it grew in Central America, and now it has spread to almost all warm regions of the planet. They say that these apples are very tasty – juicy, sweet. And the color …
These are traditional Japanese fish-shaped cookies. It is baked from unleavened or butter dough, and various fillings are put inside: custard, cheese, chocolate, even sausage, red beans and sweet potatoes. The peculiarity of taiyaki is that it is baked right in front of customers.
A traditional Spanish dish, in fact – a dessert made from fried choux pastry sprinkled with powdered sugar. In their homeland, churros are usually served for breakfast and eaten dipped in chocolate, washed down with hot milk or regular coffee. In America, churros have become a popular variety of street food. These cookies are in special demand at fairs and festivals.
This is actually an English dish. Not the most standard recipe for making eggs: first they are boiled, then they are peeled, coated with minced meat, breaded and then fried. Minced meat is sometimes replaced with mashed potatoes or even pate.
An oriental dish based on eggplant. In fact, very similar to our eggplant caviar, but still cooked differently. Eggplants according to this recipe are baked or fried on charcoal whole, then peeled and mashed, mixed with sesame paste, olive oil and lemon juice.
A sonorous and beautiful name for a French snail dish. Once they were simply fried on charcoal, but now the delicacy is served with green butter made from basil leaves, garlic and salted butter and with dry white wine.
Classic Swedish dessert. A loaf of yeast dough with a cardamom flavor, cut lengthwise and generously layered with almond butter. It was originally served with warm milk. But Semmeltarta is great with coffee and tea.
Or chicken with chocolate. Who would have thought, but these two products can really be combined with each other. And how can they! This is a Mexican dish with really chicken and really chocolate. Mole is a chocolate sauce that is the head of everything here – spicy, sweet, spicy. It is made from chocolate, chili and many other spices.