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Best place for foodies1/18/2024 The suspense combines with your excitement, making it taste even better. You watch it drip, slowly, on top of condensed milk. Moving from food to coffee, Vietnamese coffee is not just delicious, but an experience. I’d also recommend taking a Vietnamese cooking class in Hanoi. A walking tour gives you the best option for this. However, you want to do it as safely as possible. While you’ll delight in various meat and noodle dishes on your own, the thing you want to try is street meat. I’ve never found it again since leaving this spectacular country. It’s double-cooked, and exploding with the perfect mix of vegetable and/or meat filling. Shopping in Hanoi (Photo Credit: Heather Markel) VietnamĪmong my favorite real Vietnamese dishes is the Hanoi spring roll. Put the request in for a table by the window, when you book, and arrive a little early for the reservation to increase your chances of getting one. Pro Tip: reserve your table a month or more in advance and you’re more likely to get a table by the window, with the perfect view. One of the best places to eat, because it’s great food, and a spectacular view of the Eiffel Tower, is Les Ombres. You walk up to the grill window and request any meat you want, prepared how you like it. One of my favorites was in Tigre at Vivanco. You should have no problem finding restaurants throughout the country that serve an asado. A mixed grill that’s got every meat you could possibly want, and it’s all delicious. ![]() You won’t regret it! The lamb dish I ate here was lamb shank cooked in such a way that the rich flavors melted in my mouth and the accompanying sauce only highlighted the lamb flavor, instead of overwhelming it. El Calafate was my first choice for lamb dishes. You’ll find it more available in Patagonia than in the rest of the country. I’ll admit, Uruguay has the best lamb in the world, in my opinion. (You’ll need to reserve a table, or sit at the bar without one.) Lamb Don Julio was one of the best steaks in the country, for a fancier experience. And, it’s pretty cheap if you’re traveling on the dollar or euro. I tend to eat red meat once a month, but, when in Argentina, found it so good I began eating it daily. You can eat steak pretty much anyplace in Argentina, and it will be the best steak you’ve ever eaten. I think of Africa as a foodie destination because if you’ve spent most of your travels in America, Europe, and Asia, this food is radically different from anything you’ve tasted before. As a kid, the only game-meat I tasted was venison. Photo Credit: Heather Markel Cape Town, South AfricaĪfrica is known for gamey meats. Finally, you can’t leave Peru without at least one pisco sour. It really does taste like the food of the gods. Each piece had different flavors, and I most enjoyed the one delivered to my table on a hot stone, so I had the option to cook it more and taste how more or less cooking impacted the flavor of the meat.ĭon’t miss out on Peruvian chocolate both eating it and having it as hot chocolate. They served an alpaca dish where it was cooked three ways, grilled, pan fried, and oven baked. So, my curiosity was piqued when I got to Arequipa and ate at a rooftop restaurant, Sonccollay. On the plus side, they have very low cholesterol! Throughout Argentina and parts of Peru, I was accustomed to alpaca stew. I treated myself to an excellent seafood lunch at La Mar and loved the wine, the food, and the atmosphere.Įating these cute animals took some getting used to. Even in New York City, where I’m from, you can usually find a table at a popular restaurant a week out, so Lima surprised me. I learned that restaurants in Lima are so popular you might not get to eat in them without a reservation, in many cases, a month ahead of time. ![]() You’ll get an excellent feel for the variety of foods typical to Peru, and a chance to see fun neighborhoods like Barranco. A must-do activity is a food walking tour, ideally on one of your first days in Lima. ![]() I’ve never seen such large kernels in my life, and they’re delicious when served in Peruvian dishes, as well as some of the dried corn snacks unique to this country. The first thing that amazed me in Peru was the corn. While I found it tough to narrow down my recommendations, I offer you some of my favorite foods from my recent travels around the world: Photo Credit: Heather Markel Lima And Arequipa, Peru While I think many countries offer excellent food experiences, some stand out more than others. When choosing where in the world to travel, food is a great way to narrow your choices.
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