Today I found frozen jack-fruit in an Asian supermarket. I had first eaten those in 2014 in Thailand, found them delicious and since then missed and longed for that specific taste every once in a while. I had tried the canned version in 2015, but was not all happy with the taste. Now, the frozen one today, I couldn't even wait until I got home before I opened the bag and tried them, and they are so delicious! Little things that make a day perfect.
I'm still missing the banana- or taro-filled sticky rice thingies wrapped in leaves which they grilled by the side of the road. Those were incredible! And the grass jelly drink! And those colorful sweet noodles served in milk.^^
Are there any foreign foods that you encountered while traveling (or before moving) and don't want to live without now? Are you able to get your hands on them where you live?
Posted by Jeni (Member # 1454) on :
I like the chinese white rabbit candies! I shop at an asian supermarket weekly though, so lots of things really.
Posted by Elcheeko75 (Member # 13292) on :
My family lived in Maylasia when I was younger and my favorite from then that isn't readily available anywhere that I've found here is a kind of fresh watermelon punch that they sold from roadside stalls. You wouldn't think watermelon juice would be that hard to recreate but I've had only marginal success so far. Also a small, sweet fruit called rambutans (also called liches I believe). I've found them canned here, but it's just not the same.
Posted by Stone_Wolf_ (Member # 8299) on :
Wild rice days in MN...They had 50 different wild rice dishes every year...wild rice pudding is SO good
Posted by zlogdanbr (Member # 13374) on :
Jack fruit, yikes... I recall when my grandfather took us ( myself and my two younger brothers) to visit some farms he usually visited and one of the people that we visited just gave my grandpa a jack fruit. My grandpa was really happy and told us we would love it.
Well I not just did not like it at all as I felt very nauseated by the smell. I dislike it so much that I use jaca as the name of dummy variables I use to require at my code for debugs.
Strictly speaking Brazilian food has been influenced a lot by so many different cultures that lots of foreign foods are things we ate at daily basis. Sometime ago for example, Lasagna was voted national favorite food.
Posted by PanaceaSanans (Member # 13395) on :
Jeni, I don't know those. What do they taste like?
Cheeko, rambutans are much more delicious than liches, I believe. I also really liked mangosteen fruits.
zlog... Hehe. Can't argue taste, can you? I never took to the durian fruit for similar reasons (i.e. smell). And interesting about the Brazilian food diversity. In Germany, the past decades brought a flood of Asian and Turkish food choices in addition to the quite common Italian and Greek restaurants. Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
I miss real Irish brown soda bread.
Posted by Elcheeko75 (Member # 13292) on :
We had a durian tree in our backyard. My dad was the only one who would eat it. I'm convinced he didn't really like it and was just eating it to show off how adventurous he was.
Posted by zlogdanbr (Member # 13374) on :
quote:Originally posted by Elcheeko75: We had a durian tree in our backyard. My dad was the only one who would eat it. I'm convinced he didn't really like it and was just eating it to show off how adventurous he was.
If it tastes or smells like Jack fruit I can bet that it was quite of an adventure for your father.
Posted by zlogdanbr (Member # 13374) on :
quote:Originally posted by PanaceaSanans: Jeni, I don't know those. What do they taste like?
Cheeko, rambutans are much more delicious than liches, I believe. I also really liked mangosteen fruits.
zlog... Hehe. Can't argue taste, can you? I never took to the durian fruit for similar reasons (i.e. smell). And interesting about the Brazilian food diversity. In Germany, the past decades brought a flood of Asian and Turkish food choices in addition to the quite common Italian and Greek restaurants.
We have had a huge Lebanese immigration flow back in the early 20s here in Brazil, specially in my state so Lebanese food is really integrated into our culture in some places. I have found out a restaurant here where I live that serves Armenian Lebanese food, which is just my favorite.
It's typically quite spicy, but dang...
Posted by Elcheeko75 (Member # 13292) on :
We lived in Penang, from 2nd - 4th grade, but mine was from 83-85.
Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
quote:Originally posted by Elcheeko75: We had a durian tree in our backyard. My dad was the only one who would eat it. I'm convinced he didn't really like it and was just eating it to show off how adventurous he was.
Where is Jake when you need him!
Posted by Stone_Wolf_ (Member # 8299) on :
quote:Originally posted by Elcheeko75: We had a durian tree in our backyard. My dad was the only one who would eat it. I'm convinced he didn't really like it and was just eating it to show off how adventurous he was.
Rotten cheese fruit...with a hefty undertone of unwashed feet
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
because i am human garbage i find the most garbage county-fair-truck grub equivalent of any culture's cuisine and love it the most of anything, ever. girlfriend's chinese but prefers japanese food so she has gotten to witness firsthand my capacity to consume inhuman quantities of croquettes and takoyaki
Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
quote:Originally posted by Samprimary: because i am human garbage i find the most garbage county-fair-truck grub equivalent of any culture's cuisine and love it the most of anything, ever. girlfriend's chinese but prefers japanese food so she has gotten to witness firsthand my capacity to consume inhuman quantities of croquettes and takoyaki
There's a Chinese place near my house that is owned by a pretty accomplished chef and it has some pretty authentic stuff, Szechuan mostly I think, but the thing I like the most is these breaded, deep fried pork rib slices that are just nothing but crunch and fat and salt and garlic (and then we add the chili oil). It's what you'd get if movie theaters sold pork instead of popcorn, and it's the best thing ever.
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
says it's the equivalent of if someone came to america from japan and was like "ah, a traditional american breakfast of funnel cakes, fried pickles and hawaiian punch" to which i do a deadpan slow turn-around and ask her how she found out that secret very true information
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
quote:Originally posted by scifibum:
quote:Originally posted by Samprimary: because i am human garbage i find the most garbage county-fair-truck grub equivalent of any culture's cuisine and love it the most of anything, ever. girlfriend's chinese but prefers japanese food so she has gotten to witness firsthand my capacity to consume inhuman quantities of croquettes and takoyaki
There's a Chinese place near my house that is owned by a pretty accomplished chef and it has some pretty authentic stuff, Szechuan mostly I think, but the thing I like the most is these breaded, deep fried pork rib slices that are just nothing but crunch and fat and salt and garlic (and then we add the chili oil). It's what you'd get if movie theaters sold pork instead of popcorn, and it's the best thing ever.
Not as much vegetable content and thinner slices
Posted by PanaceaSanans (Member # 13395) on :
So your 'breaded, deep fried pork rib slices' just made me remember the delicious 'breaded (orange-tinted) sweet and sour chicken slices' I had in Los Angeles, which in turn reminded me of OATMEAL! Oh, this stuff was delicious! Ate it regularly during my brief three month there. Probably no big deal to most of you, but I last had it in 2009, so I really, really miss the taste.^^
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
I'm reasonably certain you can buy oats in Germany. Posted by PanaceaSanans (Member # 13395) on :
Of course you're correct, Tom. But as with Cheeko's watermelon punch, I'd need to make the oats into oatmeal, and I don't know how. Problem is, the common translation for "oatmeal" is "Haferbrei" - and that stuff tastes completely different. To be honest, I have not looked into it further than that, because I had forgotten about my taste for it...
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Little things that make a day perfect.![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
I also really liked mangosteen fruits.![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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