When I was traveling the world I always learned about new food, then when back home I’d try to recreate it and invite friends and family who have no possibility to travel to taste it.
Now I haven’t had the possibility to travel to new places for the last couple of years, but I wonder if you guys have some tips what I could try to make. Something not too complicated but to some extend exotic.
My tip would be the the Sabich which I tried in Jerusalem in 2019. A flatbread with eggplant, egg, other vegetables and sauces. Sweet and savory.
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Curries are pretty hard to screw up, yet are extremely satisfying. Thai, Indian, Japanese, they’re all good.
Pretty much just thickened stews, so you can add or remove things to your taste or make it seasonal. Can have any meat or can be vegan or anywhere in between. Serve up with rice or bread. Extremely versatile all around.
Somewhat related, African Peanut Chicken Soup. Hearty yam and carrot, in a spicy peanut broth. It’s all familiar ingredients, but in a combo your taste buds may not be familiar with, so comforting and exotic at the same time.
In addition to my specific recommendations, I recommend checking out Beryl Shereshewsky for inspiration.
She cooks user recommended home cooking from around the world. She’s usually able to recreate them pretty accurately, but discusses substitutions if there’s something hard to get, which isn’t often.
Her videos are by topic, so if you want a breakfast or dessert, or even as simple as an egg dish or toast, it’s there.
Ice cream soup:
- Place 2-3 scoops of ice cream in a bowl
- Use a tablespoon to vigorously stir the scoops in the bowl until they have the consistency of a thick soup
- Garnish with chocolate syrup and serve
That is delicious. Although I skip the syrup.
Uhm, that sounds weird ^^. I was thinking more about savory food from Africa or the middle east or South America or Asia, etc., but most of the comments are about extremely deserts.
Also add rice krispies
How is smooth ice cream exotic?
Like where in the world can’t you get soft serve?
I’m pretty sure they’re joking
That’s not exotic. It’s gross.
Exotic is in the eye of the beholder. When I was a kid (around 1970?) my dad brought home a couple of Russian Cosmonauts who were visiting JPL. My mom made fried chicken or something, but what fascinated them was her pecan pie. One was saying he would see if his wife could try making it, and we wondered afterwards how it would taste, considering they’d probably have to substitute walnuts… And did they have molasses or corn syrup?
This is a pretty neat story. How surreal was it to have Russians at your house in the 70s?
Also here is an article from the 70s that said the USSR was the largest producer of sugar beets in the world. So it’s safe to say they had molasses. Not sure about what nuts they had.
Molasses were not very popular though. Sugar was mostly used directly. Tons and tons of fucking walnuts. Never heard of pecans until iron curtain fell.
Really, interesting I wonder where the molasses went? It is just a by-product of sugar production. I would have figured it would have been all over the place as a cheap sugar source. Do you mind saying what part of the USSR you were in? I wonder if it was regional? I will have to do some reading
I’m from Ukraine, but I’ve been to a bunch of countries that used to be Soviet republics and I can’t say molasses were popular anywhere. It may have been used for animal feed, but not really popular in any human recepies.
Pecan pie as delicious as it is weird. As an American I consider it an exotic delicacy, even if most of our aunties can make it.
What’s exotic to you? It rather matters where you are from.
So, unless you happen to be Dutch, you’ve probably never had tiny Dutch pancakes: https://www.wandercooks.com/poffertjes-dutch-mini-pancakes/
You don’t actually need to special pan, but it sure helps a lot.
He mentioned elsewhere he lives in Korea, so probably your suggestion was on the mark
Dutch Stamppot.
Patato mashed together with fried onions and bacon and any vegetable you like. Raw spinach, raw endive, raw cornsalad, kale is cooked with the patato, sauerkraut (maybe kimchi?), or carrot+onions.Mash it all up with a bit of cream or milk, serve with brown or butter gravy and smoked sausage (rookworst), or pork belly, or pork chop. We Dutch mostly eat it in wintertime. It’s quickly made and filling.
Unlike the other commenter, I’ve never seen it and it looks good and easy enough! Thank you for sharing.
That’s not very exotic.
Not if you are Dutch or from that region, for a person from Korea it might.
Exotic, maybe not depending on your feelings on access to rich velutinous chocolate: ganache. Equal parts heavy cream and semi-sweet chocolate chips by weight. Heat the cream until just below simmer, add to the chips, wait 5 minutes and then mix. Profit.
Totally second this! Super easy to make, tons of applications. Ice cream, cakes, fruit, you name it.
I once made a chocolate ganache and a strawberry merlot sauce over ladyfingers for my wife/then girlfriend for our first or second anniversary. It took minutes to make, but talk about decadent!
Whoa, that sounds decadent :D I don’t think I ever had it, will try it!
Hahahahaha i asked someone at work the other day what is ganache?
Didn’t have and answer but you just did. Thanks! Now in know what was the stuffed piped over the baileys cheesecake i had the other day
Of you like meat and can get the correct chiles, you should make birria, specifically tacos. You can use mozzarella if you can’t find any Mexican cheese.
Every now and then I watch a Mexican cooking vid on Youtube and mournfully turn it off when they get to the chiles. In my country you can buy any chile you want, as long as it’s cayenne. For anything else, go to a speciality store and pay by the gram.
You could try growing your own. They’re really easy to grow.
My wife’s a keen gardener and she puts a chile plant in for me every year. Right now I have a tiny crop of jalapenos I’m hoarding.
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Because I live in Korea, I’m having them quite regularly, but I agree esay to make and delicious!
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Quiche, especially without the pie crust, is as simple as whisking up some eggs, cheese, milk or cream, and whatever veggies/herbs you have lying around in a pan and baking it. Very good for breakfast and relatively easy to put together.
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Escargot
That’s not exotic (lives in France).
With garlic parsley butter mmmm…
How exotic is exotic then?
Guess it depends on where you live!
Guess it depends on where you live!
Guess it depends on where you live!
Land or sea?
Whatever can be found.
Katsu
Sauerkraut, just cabbage, salt, and time.
If you like the middle Eastern food, delicious ful mudamas is so easy to make with canned favas.
Thai basil chicken is stupid easy.
Macarons are easy to make if you have access to almonds or almond flour.
https://www.marthastewart.com/1106683/french-macarons-basic-recipe
