Jannson's Frestelse - Sweden

Jannson's Frestelse or Jannson's Temptation is an onion and anchovy mixture layered in between this slices of potato to make this popular Swedish dish. Fresh cream is poured on the top and the pie is baked until it is golden brown.

Danish Pastries - Denmark

These sweet rolls are rich, flaky, and often iced. The Danes eat them at anytime of the day, but particularly at midmorning with cups of strong coffee. Delicious Danish pastries have become popular in many parts of the world.

Irish Stew - Ireland

Ireland's best-known dish is a stew from lamb or mutton. It is simmered in hot water with potatoes, onions, carrots, leeks, and pearl barley. Potatoes have been a staple food in Ireland since 1800s. Irish stew is traditionally served with dumplings made from suet.

Wurst - Germany

Wurst means sausage, and Germany is said to have over 1,500 different kinds. Every region has its specialty, often sold as snacks on the street with a roll and a large dollop of mustard.

• Bratwurst is long and served grilled.
  • Weisswurst is boiled and
  • Frankfurters are named after the city they came from - Frankfurt

Fundue - Switzerland

Fundue is a famous Swiss dish made with melted cheese. Cheeses such as Gruyene and Emmental, produced on Swiss dairy farms, are heated in a pot and flavored with garlic, pepper, white wine, and kirsch (cherry liqueur). Fresh bread is dipped into the hot cheese using forks.

Quiche Lorraine - France

Quiche Lorraine consist of a shell of crisp pastry, filled with beaten eggs, cream cheese, seasoning, and chopped bacon. The tart is baked for 45 minutes in the oven until it is golden brown. This is a traditional dish from Lorraine, a region in northeastern France. French cuisine is thought by many people to be the finest in the world.

Paella - Spain

Paella is rice flavored with saffron, garlic and herbs. It is mixed with seafood, chicken or ham, and vegetables. This popular dish is named after the large shallow pan in which it is usually cooked. It comes from southwestern Spain.

Spaghetti Bolognese- Italy

This dish from Bologna mixes spaghetti with a meat and tomato sauce. Spaghetti is just one form of pasta. Each region of Italy has its own favorite types of pasta and its own special sauces.

Greek Salad - Greece

Greek salad is made with tomatoes, cucumber, black olives, and cubes of feta, a crumbly white goats' cheese. It is sprinkled with herbs and olive oil. Crusty bread and Greek wine called retsina often accompany this traditional dish.

Goulash - Hungary

Goulash is Hungary's national dish. This rich stew is made with meat, onions, and potatoes. It is often served with noodles and slices of black bread. Goulash is flavored with paprika, sour cream, mushrooms, cabbage, or peas may be added according to the preference of the cook.

Tagine of Lamb - Morocco

To make a tagine, lamb is stewed gently with pumpkin, raisins, and chilies. This is served with either rice or couscous (tiny grains of wheat). Sugar and fruit, as well as strongly flavored spices, are added to many Moroccan meat dishes.

Couscous - Tunisia

Tunisia is famous for its couscous dishes. Couscous is made from wheat that has been pounded into fine grains. It is steamed until it is fluffy and served with either stewed lamb or vegetables. The Arabic name for it (kuskus) comes from the word kaskasa or “to pulverize”.

Kyinkyinga - Mali

Kyinkyinga are a type of kabob sold by street vendors all across West Africa. On the skewers are pieces of green pepper and meat flavored with ginger and peanut sauce.

Okra Stew - Ghana

Okra stew is a popular West Africa vegetable. When cooked and used in soups and stews, it becomes smooth and sticky. In Ghana it is cooked with prawns, fish, meat and vegetables such as eggplants and tomatoes.

Chin Chin - Nigeria

Chin chin are small pastries flavored with sugar and spices. Green or pink food coloring is sometimes added. They are a popular party snack, enjoyed with palm wine. Chin chin may also be served at weddings and birthday feasts.

Beg Wot - Ethiopia

Beg wot is a thick stew made with red meat, tomatoes, and chili peppers. It is ringed with aubergine slices and served with green basil leaves on a bed of injera bread. This slightly sour tasting flat bread is used as both a food and a communal plate.

N'Dizi Na Nyama - Tanzania

N'Dizi Na nyama is a tasty stew made from beef, coconut milk, tomatoes, and unripe bananas or plantains. Bananas are widely grown in Tanzania and are often used in cooking.

Jambalaya - USA

Made up of leftover, jambalaya mixes ingredients such as rice, shrimp, green peppers, and fiery spices. It is a recipe from New Orleans that blends French and African cookery.

Tortillas - Mexico

Tortillas have been a basic food for the majority of Mexicans since before the time of the Aztec civilization. These thin pancakes are made from corn or wheat flour. They can be eaten plain or as part of tacos (a fried tortilla stuffed with a meat or cheese filling). They are also served as enchiladas (rolled tacos covered with a hot sauce).

Hallacas - Venezuela

Hallaca is a traditional Christmas dish. It is an envelope of corn flour pastry filled with a meat stew. The filled pastry is then wrapped up in plantain leaves and cooked in boiling water. It is usually eaten with ham and bread.

Borscht - Russia

Borscht is a classic Russian soup. There are many different recipes, but one brightly colored favorite has beets as its main ingredient. This dish is eaten cold in summer and hot in winter. Sometimes meat or mushrooms from the woods are added. Barley is also used to thicken it.

Hummus - Syria

Hummus is a spread made from crushed, shelled chickpeas. The spread is often mixed with tahini, a toasted sesame seed paste. Flavored with garlic, lemon juice, and salt, hummus with tahini has a delicious nutty taste. Syrians eat it with flat bread and olives.

Falafel - Israel

Falafels are little round patties made of chickpeas. They are deep-fried to a crisp golden brown. Israelis often eat them on their own as a snack. Alternatively, they can form part of a meal, stuffed into pita bread with a crunchy salad of cucumber, lettuce, tomato, and hot chili pepper. Falafels are sold from stalls on many busy Israel streets.

Klaicha - Iraq

Klaicha, small pastries stuffed with dates and dusted with sugar, are a popular food in Iraq. Date palms are widely grown here. Dates are not just used in sweet dishes. Various Iraqi favorites combine dates or some other fruit with meat.

Stuffed Quinces - Iran

These quinces are stuffed with ground meat and spiced with cinnamon. Apples are sometimes used instead of quinces. Fruit and meat are often eaten together in Iran. Mixing sweet and sour flavors started with the Persians.

Prawn Balls - Saudi Arabia

Prawn balls are flavored with the spices coriander and turmeric. They are eaten with a tamarind sauce which is both bitter and sweet. Delicate spicy foods like this have cooling effect in the searing heat of Saudi Arabia. The prawn balls are served with rice which is eaten at most Saudi meals.

Jalebi - India

Jalebi are sticky, orange-colored Indian candy. They are made of twisted strands of batter. These strands are first deep-fried i9n pans of hot oil. Then they are dunked in syrup that has been flavored with saffron. Jalebi are made and sold in restaurants or on the streets. They can be eaten either hot or cold.

Htamin Le Thoke - Myanmar

Htamin le thoke consists of small dishes of leftovers such as rice, onions, potatoes, noodles and spinach. Tamarind juice is poured over the top. This juice comes from the pods of the tamarind tree, which contain a reddish sweet-and-sour pulp.

Chow Mein - China

Chow mein is a very popular main course in southern China. It consists of egg noodles that are stir-fried with vegetables and shredded chicken or other meat. The dish is flavored with sesame oil. Chinese cooking varies greatly from region to region, but noodles are eaten almost everywhere.

Sushi - Japan

Sushi is a favorite snack food in Japan. Slices of very fresh, raw fish, prawns, pickled vegetables, or foods wrapped in seaweed are laid on carefully molded mounds of rice. The rice is flavored with vinegar. Although the ingredients are simple, a skillful chef makes sushi beautiful to look at as well as good to eat.

Chicken Satay - Malaysia

Small pieces of chicken or other meat are skewered and barbecued over glowing charcoal to make satay. The dish is flavored with spices and served with a hot peanut sauce. It is often eaten with sliced cucumbers, onions, and ketupat (boiled rice wrapped in palm leaves).

Unu Bona Boroma - Papua New Guinea

Unu bona boroma is a dish consisting of boiled, sliced breadfruit in a sauce of fried bacon, onions, and chicken stock. Breadfruit (unu) is extremely popular fruit throughout the south Pacific.

Lamingtons - Australia

Lamington, a tasty snack, are squares of cake coated in chocolate and coconut. Most Australian food is based on recipes brought by settlers from Europe.

Baked Kumaras - New Zealand

Kumaras (sweet potatoes) are a traditional Maori food. They are baked in their jackets and taste delicious served with sizzling pork and apple, or with lamb. Kumaras may also be boiled, roasted, fried, or scallop (sliced, seasoned, and slowly cooked in milk).

Adobo - Philippines

Adobo is the traditional and most popular dish in the Philippines. Sliced pork or other meat are sautéed with garlic and onions and seasoned with soy sauce and vinegar. Pepper, pimiento and laurel leaf are also added to make it taste more delicious and spicy. It is usually served with rice, the staple food of Filipinos.

There are still other popular dishes from different countries of the world. Watch out for more.

Adobo

Adobo is considered to be the national food of the country. People call a place “adobo country” where most Filipino people are living. For adobo, you can use pork or chicken.

Bulalo

This is one of the most favorite soups of many Filipinos, although this is not supposed to be served daily. Bulalo is a bone boiled in a beef shank with variety of vegetables.

Caldereta

 

Caldereta can also be called “Filipino beef stew”. This is famous because it is mostly served in every occasion, especially during fiestas.

Daing Na Bangus

Daing na Bangus is simply a marinated dried milk fish. This is one of the most favorite dishes of the Filipinos. I have tasted every version of this dish, and I recommend the daing na Bangus in Sarangani.

Fish Escabeche

Although this is found in some places in the world, Philippine's Fish Escabeche could be called one of the unique ones. Filipinos were able to change some of the ingredients that made it taste better.

Humba

Humba in English is “Braised Pork Belly”. Traditionally, cooking Humba is just to simmer the ingredients with salted black beans.

Kare-Kare

Kare-kare is a “Philippine Stew”. It is made mainly of peanut sauce mixed with variety of vegetables. Kare-kare is one of the most dishes in the Tagalog. Fiestas and occasions will never be complete there without this dish.

Lechong Kawali

Lechong Kawali is popular in the Philippines. It is a roasted pig. This type of dish is usually cooked during fiestas and other big events.

Menudo

Menudo in the Philippines is an entirely different dish compared to those food served in other countries. This dish is cooked with garlic, onions, diced pork chops, pork liver, diced potato, diced carrots, green bell peppers, soy sauce and tomato sauce, and seasoned with salt and pepper.

Pinakbet

Pinakbet is a native food of Ilocos region. This dish is composed of bitter melon, eggplant, tomato, ginger, okra, string beans, lima beans, chili peppers and various Filipino vegetables like parda, winged beans, and such.

Sinigang

Pork Sinigang is considered to be the popular variety of Sinigang. Historians say that Sinigang came about because it is considered to be an energizer to those people living in the tropical countries.

Sisig

The popular Sisig is invented by a Kapampangan named Lucia Cunanan. This is cooked with pig ears and cheeks seasoned with vinegar, calamansi juice, chopped onions and chicken liver.

All of them are proudly made by Filipinos. Tourists from different parts of the world just come here in the Philippines to try these foods. How about you? Would you like to taste them? Biyahe Tayo sa Pilipinas!

I am sure that everyone tasted Italian food at least once in their life and I guess we all agree that Italy has the greatest tasting food in the world.

United States

It the United States you can find a lot of different cuisines but the barbecue is one of their best. It is a classic old American style. Their sauces are something to at least try once. For example a Texas sauce balances the tartness of a North Carolina sauce with the sweetness of a Kentucky sauce.

Mexico

Everybody will agree to this. They did get it right. From quesadillas to tacos to tamales to cabrito, they all taste just divine.

Philippines

East and West together. An incredible taste like no other.

Turkey

Turkey has to have the most variety in cuisine per square foot in the entire world. It ranges from typically Mediterranean vegetable dishes cooked in olive oil, grilled fish and kebabs, a multitude of stews and pastries to intricate specialties left over from its imperial past.

China

Their dishes are delicate and they offer a wide variety to everybody's tastes. If you never ate Chinese in your life, then you surely are missing something.

Japan

A subtle and powerful cuisine. Who else has a dish that can actually kill you? For example Fugu's poison can lead to instantaneous deaths of diners, only licensed cooks are allowed to prepare this dish.

India

If you go to India you will find out that nothing in India resembles what westerners perceive as Indian food. Worldwide Indian food is basically British Inventions such as Tandoori and Tikka Masala. These are English dishes. Indian food is Tahli which is nice but basic.

France

France is the heart of western cuisine, infinitely adaptable to new fresh ingredients. Never grows old.