Oh the Flavors you'll travel!

I have had cow tongue before. I can't say that I really enjoyed it, but it's not like I vomitted immediatley afterwards either. I also recently had sun dried tomato sausage, which wasn't bad at all. The texture was kind of funky, but I'd definitely try it again.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Cow Tongue stew is definitely something I've heard of, which I'm dying to try.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Poutine.

For those that don't know, poutine is a Canadian dish that consists of fries, cheese curds and gravy. When I was first told of this dish I made a face and dismissed it as disgusting. But, eventually I figured I needed to shut up and try it since it was something I'd never get to eat back in the U.S.

It's actually really good stuff. You'll have clogged arteries in no time if you live off it, but it's something I eat as often as I can when I am in Canada.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Hmmm. I got curious, so here's what Poutine looks like:


I was speaking idiomatically.

The poutine I had didn't quite look like that. The heat from the gravy melts the cheese, so you don't wind up with hunks of it just sort of sitting there in a solid form.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Luckily, we frequent restaurants a lot, and my mom had the urge to deviate from going to Swiss Chalet (or a similar variant) all the time, seeing as even if it is a good restaurant, one might want to experiment other tastes. So we decided to go with international tastes for a couple of months:


Greek - Okay, why have I never tasted such freshly awesome food like this for a while? Souvlaki was very tasty, being lamb, which I have never eaten before. I see why people in the old days liked it as well. As well the salads were fresh and crisp using cheeses and vegetable that I'm not used to seeing as how if I eat a salad, it's usual a Caesar salad. One day, I'll venture to try Gyros ("hiros!" not "jairos!").

Thai - I like Pad Thai as long as it doesn't have peanuts, which a bit too much of a fusion for me. Actually there were a lot of Thai foods that I enjoyed but I can't remember any of their names, since we just ordered random things of the menu and only experienced it a couple of times.

Indian - I don't usually like spicy things, but I now <3 Indian food, or at least what I've tasted. Biryani rice was good but Basmati is the jackpot for me, especially compared to the white rice we always always eat. The herbs help as well as the long grains. Just about everything short of curry wowed me. There was some kind of flat bread ("Pan?" forgot) that had a fun texture, standard vegetables with spices, and a spinach dish mixed with something else, as well as a bit more. There was a really sweet dessert with soft balls dipped into a thick syrup or something as well.

Japanese - Well this is obvious. Sushi has already become an integrated part of my cuisine. I eat it weekly, I'd say. Of course Japanese food isn't just sushi. In particular, I wish to try natto, takoyaki, and taiyaki one day.

Chinese - While so commonplace, the two dishes I will remember for the rest of my life are Orange Beef (My all-time favourite), and Sio Mao. I will scour the menu of every Chinese restaurant I attend from here on out until I spot those two items and order them right away.

Vietnamese - The environment was dirty, and the service was bad, but I am officially a Pho admirer now. Stuff like tripe can still stay away from me though.

As well, my friend's parents gave me a whole bunch of Longan as a "thank-you" gift for feeding my friend dinner so much (lol he came over so much). It lasted me an entire week, and I still wanted more. That's an awesome fruit right there, one which I have yet to taste again to this day. I think Longan even trumps Lychee for my favourite.


Of course, I've grown up eating Filipino food so none of it tastes exotic to me.

FELIPE NO

I´ve always been had an adventurous belly (like my father used to say) I´m always eager to taste new and unusual flavors.

The most gross experience that I´had was when I ate frog´s legs, I don´t remember how they were cooked but tasted like non washed fish to me since then I´ve kept my distance from them.

In the yummy side, my most recent experience it´s Crème brûlée a desert made from a mixture of milk or cream, egg yolks, sugar, and flavourings such as vanilla. Topped with caramelized sugar burnt at the very momen before they serve it. I love the contrast between the cold below the hot and thick caramel layer, pure bliss!

I read that many of you had mixed feelings about ox tongue, here in mexico we eat it a lot from veracuzan style tongue to tongue tacos, and it´s pretty good, don´t be shy give it a try. Here a tongue taco, don´t forget to add plenty of chopped cilantro, onion a twist of lemon and sauce of course, enjoy!

Originally Posted by Jpnezeshorty

Second was menudo.(

Big kudos to Japaneseshorty for that! Do you know that here in México menudo it´s almost a national remedy for the hangover due to it´s spicyness?
I´ll like to take you to eat proper menudo some day with on the run hand made tortillas.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I just had the opportunity to taste real authentic Indian food last weekend and I had chicken malatas(sp?) and lamb curry. I gotta admit, I haven't given much thought to my taste in favor of lamb much, but I was correct in saying that I'd be in the wrong to judge my preference on lamb based on just my first experience. The lamb curry was more like spicy lamb stew for me, and it was much much much more wonderful. The pungent smell of the lamb meat didn't bother me at all due to it being stewed in the powerfully spice/herb explosion curry stew.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

With very few exceptions, I like or dislike countries' cuisines wholesale, since they all draw from the same "palette" of flavors (and the exceptions aren't worth mentioning).

In general, I lean toward clean, fresh flavors (yes, I use A LOT of herbs and some spices). When I was introduced to genuine Mexican cuisine (both from a quite skilled northern Mexican and from Mr. Bayless), I nearly gagged. A pleasant surprise came from my introduction to my German heritage (3/4, woo!). When I started becoming interested in it at 12, I would have thought that I'd have rejected the numerous heavy, savory flavors. However, I've found that the combination of savory and sweet tastes (this goes for Swedish and Norweigian cuisines, too) really appeals to me.

How ya doing, buddy?