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So new school year and one of my resolutions is to try foods from all cultures. I read Rekrul's koreaaaa guide and the part where he talks so highly of Galbi-sal for korean food is really good example of what im hoping to get out of this thread.
So what I want to know from the diverse TL.net group, what from your culture do you recommend a foreigner eat? It doesnt necessarily have to be from your culture but if you have so much experience with French food and youre not french, im sure its okay.
So an example. I am filipino and if anyone ever goes to Philippines and needs a certain dish to try, I would say try Beef Kare Kare. You can say Adobo is popular but Kare Kare just has that taste of spanish/chinese influence that all visitors must try!
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Cheesecake covered chocolate with a side of bacon.
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I'm going to Philippines around Christmas time next year!
Try shanghainese dumplings, how do you say them hmm....I forget I'm sure someone else here will know what they are called. =P
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I was going to have a full write up on yogurt and pita bread, but I then realised it really wouldn't be funny.
Some very common food, we do have a ton of variety, but this has to be mentioned.
If you ever try a Persian restaurants, you'll have to try the chelow kebab, which is just minced meat grilled(or do you call it broiled?) on a skewer and served with a side of rice, and as for the drink, my memory is shotty, but I think its doogh which I believe is made by leaving yogurt for a while, until it goes slightly sour, and then its mixed with water and salt and some other stuff (can't remember =/ ) but its awesome to settle your stomach and put you to sleep to boot.
With that, you sort of grill everything, vegetables most commonly tomatoes and eggplant.
Bah, I want to visit Iran again, I miss those settings =/.
Chelow Kebab, and you can see a glass of doogh on the side.
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On January 13 2008 11:44 Metal[x] wrote:
I'm going to Philippines around Christmas time next year!
Try shanghainese dumplings, how do you say them hmm....I forget I'm sure someone else here will know what they are called. =P
Hmm, do you mean 小龙包 (little dragon dumplings) or 圣煎包(master pan-fried meat buns)? Both are delicious, and very cheap on the streets 
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DIM SUM OMG (pronounced sorta like deem sum) I love going to dim sum restaurants with my family and just ordering everything that I like.
This is one of my favourite things to get (the pink ones called shrimp Har Gao):
And this is siu mai which everyone loves (pork dumplings):
I really like this stuff (Chee chong fan) when there's enough sauce provided with it:
Heart attack on a plate (but so damn good):
Examples of other dim sum stuff:
http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/2006/05/27/nj-dining-bergen-county-dim-sum-parlors/
Here is a good site for some dim sum and other chinese food (I stole some pics off there too)
All you can eat Dim Sum at a good restaurant is heavenly >< Finding a good restaurant or at least a decent one is most important. A crappy restaurant can really make for a poor experience (goes without saying but yeah chinese waiter peoples can be really gay sometimes). If you can somehow get recommendations by other people who have visited particular places then that'd be good.
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My favourite: Rinderroulade with red cabbage and spätzle.
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On January 13 2008 11:55 skyglow1 wrote:DIM SUM OMG (pronounced sorta like deem sum) I love going to dim sum restaurants with my family and just ordering everything that I like. This is one of my favourite things to get (the pink ones called shrimp Har Gao): All you can eat Dim Sum at a good restaurant is heavenly ><
Nice, man. Hak gao and Siu mai ftw.
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Siu mai is also awesome, except my family doesn't eat pork, so my mum bies these mini siu mais that are made out of prawn meat and they are like just as awesome.
Arg I want dim sum so badly right now looking at those pics 
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I wonder why I can only think of sweets?
Oshiruko (red-bean soup) is a fairly obscure (for foreigners) Japanese sweet, it's usually consumed during New Years, it's sickeningly sugary, but I think unless you're REALLY adverse to sweets (I'm generally unable to tolerate sugary foods ala American cake icing, but I'm fine with mass-red-bean) it's worth a shot, if only to see the epitome of Japanese obsession with red beans.
In terms of standard food, it's a relatively more commonly-known one, but Katsudon is good.
I like encouraging people to try Japanese foods that aren't Sushi or Sashimi, as I feel disheartened when people say "I love japanese food" and they only mean those two... and even then they're eating fake (especially Americans, 95% of those sushi restaurants are owned/cooked by Koreans using completely different rations, ingredients and procedures... and they also somehow think rolls are sushi omgwtfbbq) ones anyways.
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siu mai + chong fan = win
oh and that seaweed wrapped stuff
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omfg that too, except the seafood one FUCK i could eat that all day
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"Svenska köttbullar", thats good shit
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On January 13 2008 12:04 Reflex] wrote:Show nested quote +On January 13 2008 11:55 skyglow1 wrote:DIM SUM OMG (pronounced sorta like deem sum) I love going to dim sum restaurants with my family and just ordering everything that I like. This is one of my favourite things to get (the pink ones called shrimp Har Gao): All you can eat Dim Sum at a good restaurant is heavenly >< Nice, man. Hak gao and Siu mai ftw.
is that white bun the one with custard in it, cuz i want some nowwww omg
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On January 13 2008 11:55 skyglow1 wrote:+ Show Spoiler +DIM SUM OMG (pronounced sorta like deem sum) I love going to dim sum restaurants with my family and just ordering everything that I like. This is one of my favourite things to get (the pink ones called shrimp Har Gao): And this is siu mai which everyone loves (pork dumplings): I really like this stuff (Chee chong fan) when there's enough sauce provided with it: Heart attack on a plate (but so damn good): Examples of other dim sum stuff: http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/2006/05/27/nj-dining-bergen-county-dim-sum-parlors/Here is a good site for some dim sum and other chinese food (I stole some pics off there too) All you can eat Dim Sum at a good restaurant is heavenly >< Finding a good restaurant or at least a decent one is most important. A crappy restaurant can really make for a poor experience (goes without saying but yeah chinese waiter peoples can be really gay sometimes). If you can somehow get recommendations by other people who have visited particular places then that'd be good.
haha i was going to say exactly the same thing
peking duck (from the right restaurants) is also really really good
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On January 13 2008 12:30 JoxxOr wrote:"Svenska köttbullar", thats good shit
looks like ikeas swedish meatballs..
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That may or may not be because Ikea is a Swedish company.
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Katsu kare (curry) + melon soda float is pretty much the best Japanese food there is. Okonomiyaki is pretty good too.
I like encouraging people to try Japanese foods that aren't Sushi or Sashimi, as I feel disheartened when people say "I love japanese food" and they only mean those two... and even then they're eating fake (especially Americans, 95% of those sushi restaurants are owned/cooked by Koreans using completely different rations, ingredients and procedures... and they also somehow think rolls are sushi omgwtfbbq) ones anyways. Yeah, but you can't really blame them since they don't know how to speak to the chefs or anything.
EDIT: BTW the difference between Japanese curry and all the other asian kinds is that they use beef fat for the sauce, so it's thicker, tastes better and is much, much worse for you. 
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