The blog everyone has all been waiting for…what did I eat?! The most-asked question has been “what is the weirdest thing you ate?”. Welllll, find out here what I loved (in blue) and what I never want to eat again (in red)!
El Salvador
- Papusas: dough with bean, cheese, meat, veggies, etc. inside
- Plantains (fried, sauteed, in cream sauce, chips) *Most likely to cook at home*
- Plantain cheesecake
- Noni fruit
- Japanese maranon: tastes like a cross between a pear and an apple
- Guava
- Papaya
- Corn tamales
- Fried corn fritters
- Corn soup (that you drink)
Guatemala
(three of the most common foods in Central America: beans, plantains, and eggs)
- Pepian soup
- Hot fruit cider
- Corn pie (surprisingly good!)
- Corn ice-cream
Honduras
- Macheteadas: fried, slightly sweet dough with slash marks like you would make with a machete
- Baleadas: tortilla topped with mashed beans, cheese, and often eggs
- Pastalitos: similar to a fried meat pie
- Conch
- Chimal: tomatoes, onions, green peppers
- Cooked bananas
- Maranon (cashew fruit)
- Frozen milk and cornflakes
Nicaragua
- Gallo pinto: rice and beans
- Hot chocolate corn drink
- Fritonga: gallo pinto, chicken, and plantains served in a banana leaf
Cote d’Ivoire *Least favorite month of food*
- Fufu: dough made of plantains and boiled cassava, served with soup
- Cassava couscous
- Sheep and goat
- Green beans and onions with boiled eggs and mayonnaise on top
- Fish stew with rice (served multiple ways)
- Spaghetti noodles with fish
- Okra stew
- Saffron rice with veggies and sometimes chicken
- Chocomax
Ghana
- Red red: plantains and black-eyed peas
- Joloff rice: rice with some sort of tomato sauce
- Indomie: similar to ramen
- Banku: dough made of corn and boiled cassava, served with okra stew
- Groundnut bars
- Purple fruit juice (obviously not the actual name)
Nepal
- Momos: steamed or fried dumplings filled with meat and veggies
- Papad: thin, fried crisp
- Naan: similar to a tortilla, often topped with garlic and cheese
- Masala tea
- Nepali milk tea
- Buff (buffalo)
- Dal bhat (rice and lentil soup)
India
- Curry (what every sauce is called)
(pictured clockwise: curry eggplant, chapati, rice with dal)
- Curd
- Chai tea *Favorite drink!*
- Chapati: similar to naan
- Cashew or palak (spinach) paneer (cheese)
- Butter chicken
- Biryani
(pictured clockwise: chapati, butter chicken, cashew paneer, biryani)
- Schwarma
- Upma: Indian “grits”
- Savory doughnuts
- Parota
- Upma patties with peanut sauce
Thailand
- Mango sticky rice
- Pad Thai
- Pineapple fried rice
- Khao soi: soup found only in Northern Thailand (I did not try it)
- Thai tea (with or without milk)
- Thai coffee
Malaysia and Indonesia
- Mei goreng: fried noodles (bee hoon are a thinner type of noodle)
- Nasi goreng: fried rice
Malaysia
- ABC: shaved ice topped with sweet syrup, corn, beans, black grass jellies, green jelly things *Weirdest food I tried*
- Durian: a fruit that smells awful and tastes worst; most grocery stores will only sell it outside, it often isn’t allowed in hostels or public transportation *Worst tasting food…of all time! (think sweaty, gym socks mixed with onions)*
- Fish paste (white rectangle pictured below)
- Teh tarik=pulled tea
- Bread with red bean paste
- Iced tea that translates to “cat eye water”
- Multiple Cantanese and Hokkien Chinese noodle dishes
- Chinese pork dish with white rice
- Soup with pork and mushrooms
Indonesia
- Rendang: beef soaked in coconut milk
- Bala bala: fried vegetable fritter
- Satay: chicken on a stick served with peanut sauce
- Martabak: similar to a pancake, can be filled with variety of food (such as chocolate, peanuts, cheese, etc.) *Food I wish I could find in the states*
