Whenever I see a LIST of places to visit, hotels to enjoy, or the word BucketList, I think of it as a clue to avoid those places.
But not when it comes to a list of places to eat good food. One of my earliest foodie adventures was to drive 30 km from Bandar Seri Begawan to a seaside town to get the fresh fish and then bring it to town to hand it over to the Chinese Chef...
I remember him admonishing me
Good food
has not only to taste good
but also look good
good flavour
and to be shared..
I saw this list of FOODIE EXPERIENCES.. and I was immediately interested.
The environment you eat in, may be equally important. I cant imagine moules and frites outside Bruxelles, have failed to find a good PHO outside Vietnam. I enjoyed my Peking Duck in HK but have not been to Beijing. Jerk Chicken in its various incarnations are well recommended,once again in Jamaica. KL is a foodie paradise for me, I prefer it more than Singapore, personal preference, especially in the company of my good friend who knows the local eateries.
there are some exceptions: I have had excellent Ceviche outside Lima, even in Miami one can have a good Ceviche and along the Amazon River.I was taken to eat Pintxos by my spanish friends whom I met in Baracoa and Havana in San Sebastian where I spent a night in a lovely hotel. They were fond of Jazz there.
The Sushi place mentioned in this article is famous for its 83 year old chef who rolls his own rice, and a 19 piece sushi plate will set you bak over 300 dollars.
Chili Crab in Singapore, get your hands and parts of your clothes wet. Smorrebrod in Copenhagen was a good introduction to my teenage palate.
France among other things gave me two gifts: my love for Cheese and Champagne. my favourite cheese still is Comte and I look forward to it each time I am in France. and Qatar Airways always begin their journey (Doha to Miami in three weeks 15 hours, with a flute of good champagne).
I shared a 15 course chinese/thai dinner with my good friend Pak Joe from Bogor in Bangkok and the Som Tam was worth remembering. From Wikipedia:
Green papaya salad is a spicy salad made from shredded unripe papaya. Probably originating from ethnic Lao people, it is also eaten throughout Southeast Asia. Locally known in Cambodia as bok l'hong (Khmer: បុកល្ហុង, pronounced [ɓok lhoŋ]), in Laos as tam som (Lao: ຕໍາສົ້ມ) or the more specific name tam maak hoong (Lao: ຕໍາໝາກຫຸ່ງ, pronounced [tàm.ma᷆ːk.hūŋ]), in Thailand as som tam (Thai: ส้มตำ, pronounced [sôm tām]), and in Vietnam as gỏi đu đủ. Som tam, the Thai variation, was listed at number 46 on World's 50 most delicious foods compiled by CNN Go in 2011
I have tasted 15/20 of the dishes mentioned in their natural habitat, only because of my travels or living in France, Belgium, Jamaica, USA and travels to SE Asia.
Lamentably, Sushi is now have become an "ethnic" food separated from its venerable origins and sold as "japanese" food by Mexicans, Thai, Chinese and Koreans or whoever thinks that they can roll a sushi roll. Ah well.
Bon Apetite
Buen Provecho
Bom Proveito
Here are the top 20 food experiences from around the world:
But not when it comes to a list of places to eat good food. One of my earliest foodie adventures was to drive 30 km from Bandar Seri Begawan to a seaside town to get the fresh fish and then bring it to town to hand it over to the Chinese Chef...
I remember him admonishing me
Good food
has not only to taste good
but also look good
good flavour
and to be shared..
I saw this list of FOODIE EXPERIENCES.. and I was immediately interested.
The environment you eat in, may be equally important. I cant imagine moules and frites outside Bruxelles, have failed to find a good PHO outside Vietnam. I enjoyed my Peking Duck in HK but have not been to Beijing. Jerk Chicken in its various incarnations are well recommended,once again in Jamaica. KL is a foodie paradise for me, I prefer it more than Singapore, personal preference, especially in the company of my good friend who knows the local eateries.
there are some exceptions: I have had excellent Ceviche outside Lima, even in Miami one can have a good Ceviche and along the Amazon River.I was taken to eat Pintxos by my spanish friends whom I met in Baracoa and Havana in San Sebastian where I spent a night in a lovely hotel. They were fond of Jazz there.
The Sushi place mentioned in this article is famous for its 83 year old chef who rolls his own rice, and a 19 piece sushi plate will set you bak over 300 dollars.
Chili Crab in Singapore, get your hands and parts of your clothes wet. Smorrebrod in Copenhagen was a good introduction to my teenage palate.
France among other things gave me two gifts: my love for Cheese and Champagne. my favourite cheese still is Comte and I look forward to it each time I am in France. and Qatar Airways always begin their journey (Doha to Miami in three weeks 15 hours, with a flute of good champagne).
I shared a 15 course chinese/thai dinner with my good friend Pak Joe from Bogor in Bangkok and the Som Tam was worth remembering. From Wikipedia:
Green papaya salad is a spicy salad made from shredded unripe papaya. Probably originating from ethnic Lao people, it is also eaten throughout Southeast Asia. Locally known in Cambodia as bok l'hong (Khmer: បុកល្ហុង, pronounced [ɓok lhoŋ]), in Laos as tam som (Lao: ຕໍາສົ້ມ) or the more specific name tam maak hoong (Lao: ຕໍາໝາກຫຸ່ງ, pronounced [tàm.ma᷆ːk.hūŋ]), in Thailand as som tam (Thai: ส้มตำ, pronounced [sôm tām]), and in Vietnam as gỏi đu đủ. Som tam, the Thai variation, was listed at number 46 on World's 50 most delicious foods compiled by CNN Go in 2011
I have tasted 15/20 of the dishes mentioned in their natural habitat, only because of my travels or living in France, Belgium, Jamaica, USA and travels to SE Asia.
Lamentably, Sushi is now have become an "ethnic" food separated from its venerable origins and sold as "japanese" food by Mexicans, Thai, Chinese and Koreans or whoever thinks that they can roll a sushi roll. Ah well.
Bon Apetite
Buen Provecho
Bom Proveito
Here are the top 20 food experiences from around the world:
- Pintxos in San Sebastián
- Curry laksa in Kuala Lumpur . Jalan Alor in KL is well known to all foodies local and international
- Sushi in Tokyo
- Beef brisket in Texas. I am not very interested in this dish. Nor Texan cuisine in general.
- Som tam in Bangkok
- Smørrebrød in Copenhagen
- Crayfish in Kaikoura
- Bibimbap in Seoul
- Pizza margherita in Naples
- Dim sum in Hong Kong
- Ceviche in Lima
- Pastéis de nata in Lisbon
- Oysters in Tasmania
- Cheese in France
- Jerk chicken in Jamaica
- Lamb tagine in Marrakech
- Chilli crab in Singapore
- Moules frites in Brussels
- Peking duck in Beijing
