33 Foods worth travelling the world to eat

[medhead]

If only I could truthfully, hand on my heart, say that I find some food from the eastern Mediterranean region to be childish. Unfortunately I can't.

Still I can't say I'd travel for eastern Mediterranean region food when there are plenty of mighty fine examples of said cuisine in Australia. South Brisbane, Rundle St Adelaide, Melbourne somewhere; even the Coffee Club which does a good Greek wedges and sour cream. At the most I'd have to travel 8 km to get good [-]greek[/-] eastern Mediterranean region food.

 

[Warks]

Saw three Turkish dishes on that list - that may make the Greeks jealous. Then again I've had some great Turkish meals although you'd think there would be a Greek dish there somewhere. Yiros? Is there anything better than the ones in Greece?

I didn't even think wedges were Australian?

Have to agree about the SA samoosas though, and a lot of the Indian cuisine in South Africa actually.

 

[Foreigner]

Not worth travelling to eat and this may sound ordinary to some but whenever I am in HK or London or USA, I make a point of grabbing sandwiches from Pret A Manger. Never been disappointed with theirs.

 

[JohnK]

We get it. You don't like the list. Why not be positive and suggest something "worth travelling for" instead of just rubbishing what someone else likes.

-Yeeros
- Souvlaki
- Lamb on a spit at a panygiri
- Any other grilled meat
- Chicken soup avgolemono
- Dolmades
- Pastitsio
- Tyropita
- Spanakopita
- Loukoumades
- Touloumbes
- Galaktobouriko
- Taramosalata
- Tzatziki and any other Greek dip
- Moussaka
- Fasolada
- Lentil soup
- Patsa
- Mageiritsa
- Makaronada
- Keftedes sto fourno
- Octopus steifado
- Any other kind of steifado
- Any stew
- Any other type of soup
- Any other type of food in oven

But wait there's more but I can see I am boring you. I have been spoiled rotten.

Apologies if you think I was being negative. Perhaps I should have said "the list should be taken with a grain of salt"?

 

[TomVexille]

-Yeeros
- Souvlaki
- Lamb on a spit at a panygiri
- Any other grilled meat
- Chicken soup avgolemono
- Dolmades
- Pastitsio
- Tyropita
- Spanakopita
- Loukoumades
- Touloumbes
- Galaktobouriko
- Taramosalata
- Tzatziki and any other Greek dip
- Moussaka
- Fasolada
- Lentil soup
- Patsa
- Mageiritsa
- Makaronada
- Keftedes sto fourno
- Octopus steifado
- Any other kind of steifado
- Any stew
- Any other type of soup
- Any other type of food in oven

But wait there's more but I can see I am boring you. I have been spoiled rotten.

Apologies if you think I was being negative. Perhaps I should have said "the list should be taken with a grain of salt"?

So which ones should I travel for? Because I can get quite a few of those here in Australia. What a great country eh?

 

[anat0l]

So which ones should I travel for? Because I can get quite a few of those here in Australia. What a great country eh?

I'd say it isn't hard to get that stuff in most places. But outside of someone cooking it for you in their home, IME it's damn hard to find someone who can do some of those well, even the "simple" ones, like gyros, dolmades, spanakopita...and then more complicated stuff like rabbit steifado.

There's some surprising comfort food on that 33 "must haves" list as well....but I would have never picked out potato wedges with sour cream and sweet chilli, let alone from Australia. Otherwise, one could argue that an English dish - like fish and chips or the classic pub breakfast fry up with a pot of tea - or something like the Bavarian weisswurst with a bretzen and pint of weissbier should be on that list!

There's quite a few entries on that list which are fresh or raw food, too - writer has an interesting palate. I think they also mentioned the same dish from Turkey twice on the list.

 

[JohnK]

So which ones should I travel for? Because I can get quite a few of those here in Australia. What a great country eh?

Not bad for a country of 11.5 million.

Yeeros and souvlaki in Greece in unbeatable. Not quite the same here.

I know you can get lamb on a spit here but the atmosphere of a panygiri adds to it. Darwin Panygiri comes close although I forget if they had lamb on a spit.

One of my personal favourites is patsa. Not easy to get here.

 

[TomVexille]

Not bad for a country of 11.5 million.

Yeeros and souvlaki in Greece in unbeatable. Not quite the same here.

I know you can get lamb on a spit here but the atmosphere of a panygiri adds to it. Darwin Panygiri comes close although I forget if they had lamb on a spit.

One of my personal favourites is patsa. Not easy to get here.

Well I'll have to get to Greece at some point wont I

And pasta in Italy is fantastic.

 

[eric2011]

For those non-kiwi's out there, if you can ever get invited to a Maori Marae for a traditional Hangi of Lamb, beef, pork, chicken, possum legs, fish accompanied by all the vegetables you can imagine, please do it.
As a Kiwi, it is one on the things I truly miss about "home", and I have been an Australian for 35 years.


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[boomy]

Not bad for a country of 11.5 million.

Yeeros and souvlaki in Greece in unbeatable. Not quite the same here.

I know you can get lamb on a spit here but the atmosphere of a panygiri adds to it. Darwin Panygiri comes close although I forget if they had lamb on a spit.

One of my personal favourites is patsa. Not easy to get here.

I've been to Athens recently and I must say the food there tastes much better then here. Some dishes which I had before at Greek restaurants in Melbourne share only one common thing with the ones I had there - the name. The taste is totally different, can't explain why but this is the fact.

 

[Brisbane Flyer]

Poutine and yes, u must go to Quebec to have it!

I received a call one night, a mate asked if I knew a good mexican restaurant in Brisbane, as the Bulimba joint was booked out...I replied, Qantas...I explained further, I'd rather fly to LA for mexican than eat it in OZ.

Los Jarritos Restaurants - Pomona, CA | Yelp
Jesse's El Taco De Mexico - Oxnard, CA | Yelp
https://plus.google.com/106587384596604390400/about?hl=en

Don't go to Jesses after the sun goes down...otherwise ya better be packing heat and I'm not talking hot sauce!

 

[Milboo]

My additions would be xiao long bao, eclairs from Paris, risotto Milanese in Milan and crayfish from Nin's Bin in Kaikoura NZ - eaten on the beach with a glass of Waipara wine.

 

[drron]

I've thought of this a bit more but basically still feel the same.No way would I travel to taste potato wedges.Same goes for the Asian dishes.I love going to Asia for the food but it is not for a particular dish,it is the whole experience.
But I have thought of one food experience that does affect my travel plans and does keep me going back to New York-lunch at Le Bernadin.Not another seafood restaurant like it.So I share something with Anthony Bourdain.However really doesn't fit this list.
For Turkish food the best I have had has been in New York as well.Greek well I prefer it here in Australia.Alpha and Medusa in Sydney-because I am in Sydney a lot and avoid Melbourne.Tom And Marys in Coober Pedy was very good.Although the restaurant still exists Tom and Mary retired a while ago.

So the only place I travel to for food specifically is New York.But food does figure a lot in my lkove of asia.

 

[medhead]

I've travelled for StarkBier. The weisswurst, bretzen and weissbier were just a bonus.

Poutine and yes, u must go to Quebec to have it!

I received a call one night, a mate asked if I knew a good mexican restaurant in Brisbane, as the Bulimba joint was booked out...I replied, Qantas...I explained further, I'd rather fly to LA for mexican than eat it in OZ.

Los Jarritos Restaurants - Pomona, CA | Yelp
Jesse's El Taco De Mexico - Oxnard, CA | Yelp
https://plus.google.com/106587384596604390400/about?hl=en

Don't go to Jesses after the sun goes down...otherwise ya better be packing heat and I'm not talking hot sauce!

We had an excellent mexican place in Caloundra in the 1970s. Unfortunately, they moved back to LA. But did invite us to a family dinner when we were of holiday there in 1979. Even loaned us their family pass for disney land.

 

[blackcat20]

Pasta and pizza in Italy, full stop. Nothing here tastes as good anymore.

 

[Foreigner]

Poutine and yes, u must go to Quebec to have it!

I received a call one night, a mate asked if I knew a good mexican restaurant in Brisbane, as the Bulimba joint was booked out...I replied, Qantas...I explained further, I'd rather fly to LA for mexican than eat it in OZ.

Los Jarritos Restaurants - Pomona, CA | Yelp
Jesse's El Taco De Mexico - Oxnard, CA | Yelp
https://plus.google.com/106587384596604390400/about?hl=en

Don't go to Jesses after the sun goes down...otherwise ya better be packing heat and I'm not talking hot sauce!

That reminds me of a place I went to in Culver City, near LAX. More of a takeaway than restaurant, always busy with Latinos.

http://titostacos.com/

 

[Flying Fox]

Australia = Wedges with sour cream.... (hangs head in shame)

How about a pavlova or our amazingly fresh & clean seafoods - prawns, lobsters and shellfish etc.

 

[amaroo]

Poutine and yes, u must go to Quebec to have it!

Reuben's Deli Reuben's Deli - Montreal's Premier Deli & Steakhouse

Enjoyed earlier this year

REUBEN’S CHOP-CHOP POUTINE™
A Quebec original, made our way! French fries topped with cheese curds, “chop-chop” smoked meat brisket and our homemade gravy.

 

[anat0l]

How about a pavlova or our amazingly fresh & clean seafoods - prawns, lobsters and shellfish etc.

Problem is that you go to most restaurants - high end or otherwise - and you hardly see pavlova on the menu. It's difficult enough to go to the bakery and find a good one; might be better going to the supermarket and getting a ready-to-eat pav in the plastic container, for a very sweet version of it.

Even though we fight bitterly with New Zealand for its provenance, we hardly take pride in the pavlova. In fact, the only real reference to pavlova on this board is the fact that the QF F Lounge makes a mean one.

You'd have a better chance of claiming Australian pride in the humbler Lamington than you would a pavlova. I doubt people would cross the world for a Lamington, however.

We do have some great seafood in our waters for sure......


It may sound odd, but I'd go to South Africa for a good South African braai (their BBQ), complete with boerewors and pap.


Eating the different foods of various places I go to is fascinating. Doesn't matter how complicated or comforting it is, main course or dessert, raw or cooked, I'm usually game to try. Eating a reinterpretation of a dish cooked in a country not of its origin; for example, eating Indian food in the UK.

 

[ReLoad]

This may sound like a joke, however i am being serious; "Olympic Donuts" at Footscray railway station. It's about as good as it gets.