As a home-cook and foodie I love taking inspiration from as many cultures as I can when I cook. One of my personal goals is to make at least 1 dish from every country and every major city around the world, and I’ve been compiling a list of my favorite dishes from each country to research and create versions of my own. I have tried and created many dishes from well-known countries, but I would love to know more about the culture and cuisine of places that are less talked about or less well represented.
So what are your favorite dishes and cuisines from your local city or country? Or local dishes you know of from other places? Or maybe you have your own list of your favorites?
My addition: Garbage Plates from Rochester NY. They sound strange at first but have become one of my comfort foods. When they are done well, they hit the spot like no other. As for a lesser known dish I absolutely love Roti Canai which is a type of curry and bread from Malaysia.
My list so far:
Japan: Spicy Miso Ramen
South Korea: Curry Tteokbokki
China : Lo Mein
Taiwan: Mongolian Beef
Thailand: Pad Thai
Malaysia: Roti Canai
Singapore: Singapore Street Noodles
India: Lamb Marsala
Syria: Maqluba
Libya: Couscous Bil-bosla
Turkey: Gozleme
Greece: Lamb over Rice
Russia: Stroganoff
Italy: Carbonara
Germany: Rahmshnitzel
Belgium: Liege Waffle
France: Croque Monsieur
UK: Lamb Tikka Masala
Sweden: Kottbullar
Iceland: Pylsur
Canada: Poutine
US: Garbage Plate
Mexico: Carne Asada Tacos
El Savador: Charamuscas
Trinidad: Dahl
Jamaca: Peanut Punch
Guyana: Pepper Pot
A good tip is to use recipes actually from a local or person who grew up in the country
Don’t use some random persons recipe
For Japanese recipes I recomend.
Just One Cookbook
Recipe Tin Eats Japan
Chopstick Chronicles
Sites I’ve found from locals or people who grew up in Japan but don’t know if I’d recommend them yet:
NHK Let’s Cook Japanese
Kurashiru
Cooking with Dog
Hiroko’s Recipes
No Recipes
Japanese Cooking 101
Also use Metric, us Customary / Imperial has no place in recipes because it can’t reproduce a recipe accurately and should have stopped being used some time in the 1700’s-1800’s
A scale isn’t expensive either
To answer your question, I’m live in Australia I don’t have a local food that a favourite of mine unfortunately
I prefer Japanese food to my own countries food