Every day, we take you to a different country and share a meal.
Rice 🍚 (59 mentions)
Coconut 🥥 (35 mentions)
Beef 🐄 (31 mentions)
Chicken 🐓 (30 mentions)
Bread 🥖 (29 mentions)
Fish 🐟 (26 mentions)
Lamb 🐑 (25 mentions)
Cheese 🧀 (24 mentions)
Tomato 🍅 (24 mentions)
Rice 🍚 (59 mentions)
Coconut 🥥 (35 mentions)
Beef 🐄 (31 mentions)
Chicken 🐓 (30 mentions)
Bread 🥖 (29 mentions)
Fish 🐟 (26 mentions)
Lamb 🐑 (25 mentions)
Cheese 🧀 (24 mentions)
Tomato 🍅 (24 mentions)
We couldn’t ask for a better host for our 206th and final stop! Chikenduza is a sweet pink vanilla cupcake, muboora is a pumpkin leaf stew, and dovi is a dish of meat in a thick peanut and vegetable broth.
We couldn’t ask for a better host for our 206th and final stop! Chikenduza is a sweet pink vanilla cupcake, muboora is a pumpkin leaf stew, and dovi is a dish of meat in a thick peanut and vegetable broth.
Our penultimate stop may not get the flowers it deserves on the world stage, but locals know just how tasty okra tomato soup and ground tuber snacks can be. Roasted field mice are sold on a skewer as street food.
Our penultimate stop may not get the flowers it deserves on the world stage, but locals know just how tasty okra tomato soup and ground tuber snacks can be. Roasted field mice are sold on a skewer as street food.
Today’s tray is a combo of a fiery green pepper paste called sahawiq or zhug, ground meat-stuffed pan-fried flatbread of mutabbaq, and the over-ripe banana pudding dessert known as masoub.
Today’s tray is a combo of a fiery green pepper paste called sahawiq or zhug, ground meat-stuffed pan-fried flatbread of mutabbaq, and the over-ripe banana pudding dessert known as masoub.
This desert region shouldn’t be overlooked, especially given its unique gastronomy. Mreifisa is a tender lamb dish soaked in olive oil and beef broth. Cereal grains, called ezzmit, are also a crucial part of the Saharan diet.
This desert region shouldn’t be overlooked, especially given its unique gastronomy. Mreifisa is a tender lamb dish soaked in olive oil and beef broth. Cereal grains, called ezzmit, are also a crucial part of the Saharan diet.
Cawl is the Welsh word for any soup, but in English, the most spoken language here, it refers to this hearty lamb soup with leeks and rutabaga. To close out the United Kingdom, we serve a savory and buttery potato side.
Cawl is the Welsh word for any soup, but in English, the most spoken language here, it refers to this hearty lamb soup with leeks and rutabaga. To close out the United Kingdom, we serve a savory and buttery potato side.
First and foremost has to be phở, a forte of the Northern region of 𝗕Ắ𝗖 𝗕Ộ. This region, including the city of Hanoi, also enjoys burnt and sun-dried rice patties as well as cold cakes with mung bean filling.
First and foremost has to be phở, a forte of the Northern region of 𝗕Ắ𝗖 𝗕Ộ. This region, including the city of Hanoi, also enjoys burnt and sun-dried rice patties as well as cold cakes with mung bean filling.
After being slow-cooked and caramelized in red wine, onions, and garlic, a slab of hind leg beef pairs well with a stack of crunchy cassava flatbread. Like its Caribbean neighbors, this nation loves its fried plantains!
After being slow-cooked and caramelized in red wine, onions, and garlic, a slab of hind leg beef pairs well with a stack of crunchy cassava flatbread. Like its Caribbean neighbors, this nation loves its fried plantains!
A rich history of prepared meals for Catholic officials shapes the Vatican’s cuisine. The light and creamy pasta dish fettuccine alla papalina was requested by Cardinal Pacelli before he was elected the 260th pope in 1939.
A rich history of prepared meals for Catholic officials shapes the Vatican’s cuisine. The light and creamy pasta dish fettuccine alla papalina was requested by Cardinal Pacelli before he was elected the 260th pope in 1939.
This archipelago’s cuisine — known locally as aelan kakae or “island food” — makes use of tropical root vegetables and leafy greens. Try the starchy pulp laplap or rolled cabbage wraps called simboro.
This archipelago’s cuisine — known locally as aelan kakae or “island food” — makes use of tropical root vegetables and leafy greens. Try the starchy pulp laplap or rolled cabbage wraps called simboro.
Our last Central Asian nation is the birthplace of shivit oshi, green dill noodles topped with beef stew and served with sour cream or yogurt. Tuxum barak is a dish of egg dumplings served with… sour cream or yogurt.
Our last Central Asian nation is the birthplace of shivit oshi, green dill noodles topped with beef stew and served with sour cream or yogurt. Tuxum barak is a dish of egg dumplings served with… sour cream or yogurt.
Here in the Río de la Plata basin, you can find this chickpea flatbread known as fainá stacked on pizza. Other common dishes are a steak and egg sandwich and a dessert of sweet jam on manchego cheese.
Here in the Río de la Plata basin, you can find this chickpea flatbread known as fainá stacked on pizza. Other common dishes are a steak and egg sandwich and a dessert of sweet jam on manchego cheese.
Our home port of 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗬𝗢𝗥𝗞 is known for taking the best food and making it better. For example, eggs benedict use French hollandaise and hot dogs use German frankfurters. The club sandwich is a double-decker delight.
Our home port of 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗬𝗢𝗥𝗞 is known for taking the best food and making it better. For example, eggs benedict use French hollandaise and hot dogs use German frankfurters. The club sandwich is a double-decker delight.
The spiced chicken and rice dish kabsa is well-loved in the tiny countries of the Arabian gulf. Just a few months ago, the combination of chocolate, pistachio, and kadayif (shredded filo strands) was impossible to miss!
The spiced chicken and rice dish kabsa is well-loved in the tiny countries of the Arabian gulf. Just a few months ago, the combination of chocolate, pistachio, and kadayif (shredded filo strands) was impossible to miss!
In the “breadbasket of Europe,” many Ukrainians enjoy tall eggy cakes and minced meat-stuffed cabbage leaves doused in tomato sauce. However, nothing here has quite the international appeal that beetroot soup has.
In the “breadbasket of Europe,” many Ukrainians enjoy tall eggy cakes and minced meat-stuffed cabbage leaves doused in tomato sauce. However, nothing here has quite the international appeal that beetroot soup has.
Given this nation’s size, you may not have guessed it houses 50 million people, nor such creative foods as the fried grasshopper snack nsenene, the tomato and egg-filled roti wrap rolex, or the tender pork dish kikalayi.
Given this nation’s size, you may not have guessed it houses 50 million people, nor such creative foods as the fried grasshopper snack nsenene, the tomato and egg-filled roti wrap rolex, or the tender pork dish kikalayi.
The world’s second-least populated country — as well as the lowest above sea level — makes for a great stop to enjoy creamy umami seafood curry and bite-size desiccated coconut sweets.
The world’s second-least populated country — as well as the lowest above sea level — makes for a great stop to enjoy creamy umami seafood curry and bite-size desiccated coconut sweets.
Holiday feasts of Turkmenistan are filled with traditional foods, like this meaty chopped flatbread and onion stew known as dograma and thin mutton-stuffed pies called ishlekli. Today can be a special occasion, why not?
Holiday feasts of Turkmenistan are filled with traditional foods, like this meaty chopped flatbread and onion stew known as dograma and thin mutton-stuffed pies called ishlekli. Today can be a special occasion, why not?
This transcontinental food powerhouse makes great use of flatbreads, such as in buttered and stuffed turnovers or spiced meat wraps. Lokum, or Turkish delight, can have creative flavorings like rosewater or pistachio.
This transcontinental food powerhouse makes great use of flatbreads, such as in buttered and stuffed turnovers or spiced meat wraps. Lokum, or Turkish delight, can have creative flavorings like rosewater or pistachio.
Food from this country benefits from trade with nearby Europe while remaining distinctly African. It’s known for a flaky triangular breakfast pastry and a grilled vegetable and tuna salad decorated with boiled eggs.
Food from this country benefits from trade with nearby Europe while remaining distinctly African. It’s known for a flaky triangular breakfast pastry and a grilled vegetable and tuna salad decorated with boiled eggs.
Due to migration from South Asia, Trinidadian food stands out from the rest of the Caribbean; nowhere else can you eat this sandwich of curried chickpeas in fried flatbread! Fish broth is a herby seafood soup.
Due to migration from South Asia, Trinidadian food stands out from the rest of the Caribbean; nowhere else can you eat this sandwich of curried chickpeas in fried flatbread! Fish broth is a herby seafood soup.
Imported corned beef is just as important to Tongan fare as it is to many other Pacific cuisines, such as with coconut in lu pulu. Mā pakupaku can be crushed into the refreshing fruit blend ‘otai for breakfast.
Imported corned beef is just as important to Tongan fare as it is to many other Pacific cuisines, such as with coconut in lu pulu. Mā pakupaku can be crushed into the refreshing fruit blend ‘otai for breakfast.
We've had quite a few West African meals, but our final stop here is this slender coastal country where we serve pillowy maize dough, gingery grilled chicken, and steamed corn rice cakes.
We've had quite a few West African meals, but our final stop here is this slender coastal country where we serve pillowy maize dough, gingery grilled chicken, and steamed corn rice cakes.
Their most emblematic meal features squash, pumpkin, and corn — unexpected ingredients here in Southeast Asia. Ikan sabuko is a piquant grilled mackerel soaked in a tamarind blend.
Their most emblematic meal features squash, pumpkin, and corn — unexpected ingredients here in Southeast Asia. Ikan sabuko is a piquant grilled mackerel soaked in a tamarind blend.