When you travel, have you ever try local food?
Why, yes?
Why, No?
For me I like to try them, I think it's their culture and make me closer to them...
I agree with you, local cuisine makes the travel experience complete. But I don't always eat local food, perhaps they're spicy or contains something I don't eat. I try to eat those that I like. While in Thailand I drank iced coffee whenever I saw one, and love, love, looove McDonald's shrimp fillet
Yes. Part of the beauty of traveling is getting to try new things, experience other cultures and this includes Food.
I almost always do, because I can always have regular food when at home, but don't always have the opportunity to have, for example, a great Cuban meal, like when in Florida.
That's part of the experience. How could you go to the US, and not try hotdogs etc. I also like to try other cultures version of my normal food.
I loved the hamburgers that a small roadside cafe' made in Phuket. I would eat more of them if we had them here.
Absolutely. That's part of the point of travel for me. I travel to get experience, and local food is certainly part of that experience.
Of course, local food is part of any journey. Chances are that the local food will be cheaper and better! My nice works at a chain resturant and she says all the food is microwaved, there is no creativity, nothing fresh (except salad which probably comes in a bag)
Absolutely! That's part of the whole thing. But I'm more Anthony Bourdain-ish than Weird Food Guy, if you get what I'm saying.
Interestingly, the only 'authentic' foods I have not had are German, English, Irish--too much influence anyway, I guess, in the areas I have lived.
I always eat local food, the smaller the restaurant the better.
I don't like it when I see travelers eating in US fast food restaurants such as McDonald's. The thought of flying halfway across the world to eat something you can get back home is plain silly.
Coulda knocked me over with a feather when I saw a McDonald's in one of the perimeter buildings of the Tower of London! What were they thinking!
But, yes, I choose to eat local when I travel!
It does make me laugh when foreigners eat at Fast Food joints that they can get home.
Here in Phuket, it seems to be the culture that the Thai's want to be like the west and so eat lots and lots of crappy burgers, chicken and ice cream.
This is having a very bad impact on their size and weight, since most Thai's are small, you would think you were walking into American-Thailand.
I must confess though, since I live here in Phuket, I indulge in a Burger King maybe once every 3 months, but that's it.
Local food is always the best, especially if you find a popular small cafe. I am not talking about restaurants that only cater for foreigners which are always situated in tourist only areas either.
Suksan
Of course! That's what makes a trip for me
Whenever I go to the US I make it a rule not to eat at the fast food restaurants I can eat at here in the UK, but then again I'd rather go to independent restaurants and diners than a Wendy's or somewhere
Why travel when you have the convenience of foreign food locally?
I have eaten french fries here in the US, and they're great. It makes me like France.
Of course..I love to try local food. I really enjoy a new experience to taste different kinds of food
I guess thats the beauty of travelling isnt it, that you can experiment and explore with thier food and traditions they follow in cooking. I eat only chicken and eggs in non vegetarian other than this restriction have tried every cuisine that came by way. Earlier i was resentful but my advice would be how can you resent something you never tried. I fell in love with mexican and thai food and i am glad i tried..
Huh? I eat 2/3 local food and 1/3 foreign food when at home, so when traveling it makes not much difference to eat their local food. In fact, it always seems lighter so it's a welcome.
Absolutely! In the military, we have an expression (or 2), “Embrace the local community” or “Embrace the local culture.” I was stationed overseas 6+ years. While in Turkey I ate at small restaurants in small villages, but was also very fortunate to eat true Turkish cuisine in Turkish families’ homes. I had to get hepatitis shots every 6 months, but it was worth it!
Yes! Why...how else can you sample the culture properly if your no willing to try the food they eat...I have tried things that some would say makes their stomach turn like Sheeps eyes, pigs brain and more!!
i would try any food as long as i know what it is beforehand - i do not like surprises
Yes I do and would try the local food. Why not? Can't kill me...right? lol
I've eaten local cuisine when abroad. It's pretty much all I eat now. Not that I like everything the portuguese dish up. The snails just won't do for one. No matter how nice they smell. I can't bring myself to eat insects.
But they do make delicious muffin type mini-cakes. I rarely miss having one for breakfast
Absolutely!
I've been to Asia and I just love Asian cuisine. My favorites are Singaporean and Indian food.
Some places I have traveled it would be a major mistake to eat the local food, unless you don't mind a stint in hospital.
The local water is usually the culprit, and a nice fresh salad can make you very ill indeed. I try to just eat fruit that is skinned like bananas in these places.
I worked in one country for 2 years without eating the local food. My employer was smart. Got all my food imported.
Depends on what you mean by local...when friends found out we were going to London they said the food would be terribly bland...so we ate Indian the whole time...but it was local Indian...
When I was a teenager I went to Germany (which I had actually lived in when I was a kid) and I avoided two dishes while I was there because I was scared. I avoided the local Bratwurst and the imported Turkish Doener (the o is actually umlouted, but I don't have that easy access: pronounced Derna) (which is as prevelant there as Mexican food in the US). I finally ate them on the last few days I was there, and I really really regretted waiting so long because they were SOOO good. So my lesson is learned. I will always try local food now.
Yep I love trying the food when I travel. That is how I find out that I like poi from Hawaii...they have excellent food there I never thought I would eat but YUM! I can't wait to travel more places and try new foods
Always! And PhuketIndex...I love the food in Phuket Thailand as well as the surrounding areas. It can be quite excellent - and is always an adventure.
(Crazdw-great new pic!)
An absolute YES!! Travelling involves more than the visual senses and there is no better way to experience a culture than through taste. It's an adventure in itself.
Eating local food is one of the highlights of any travelling I do. That also includes trying regional and local specialties when I travel within the UK.
During a trip to India, our guide handed round a bag of samosas bought off a street stall in Jaipur. Everyone hesitated a bit, not wanting to be rude, but also concerned about the health aspects. He started laughing and pointed out the samosas had just been cooked in boiling oil, which would knock out any pathogens. They were the best samosas I've ever had!!!
In some countries, I do avoid uncooked salads, fruit that cannot be peeled and untreated water and I do not have ice in my drinks. The only time I failed was when we were invited to welcome cocktails in a Luxor hotel. Fortunately, I only had one. I felt a tiny bit wobbly the next day. Some people who had more were really sick. A woman who had gone into the reception early said later that she had noted some ice in the drinks. This had melted by the time I got there, so I thought mistakenly that I was safe.
Frogdropping, I had snails once, but really all I could taste was the garlic butter smothering them so I've never bothered to have them again.
I try to avoid local food in the UK and US. Mainly because many things described as food items are, in fact, artery bombs which explode many years later.
I definitely eat the local food, but I always make sure to eat only hot meals.
definitely! I love to eat and this is the first thing I check wherever I go
Well.. No. I don't know why, but when I go to a foreign country, I try to find the nearest McDonald's, KFC or something I recognize from home.
I have been to China, and I couldn't eat Chinese food there. I can eat Chinese food in the States, but not in China.
I only eat American food.
Eating local food is the best way to get to know the locals.
Dats defin8ly da 1st thng i do wen i get anywhre..And belve me wit da luks of m0st of da fuds u reali g0na loss ur apptte..As 4me i try wat ever kinda fud they hv,and stik 2da gud 1s.
For us one of the main points of travel is to become emersed in the local and try to live as the locals do. We rarely stay in hotels or resorts but rather opt to find villas or homes and apartments to rent while traveling. A big part of experiencing the local culture is through the food and drink of the region you are visiting. I have found that some of the things I would never have tried just from what was in them or just what the name of the dish was turned out to be pretty good. Curried Goat for one...very tasty!
by travelespresso 14 years ago
Or, do you seek out "food like back home"?
by Jennifer Madison 12 years ago
How can I make sure that I am buying local food?We are supposed to buy local food to strenghten our local economy, reduce climate change impacts, put our taxes to a good use, etc. But how can I make sure the products I am buying are really local?
by Valerie 12 years ago
Do you eat at fast food restaurants? How often?
by Brian L. Powell 12 years ago
If a person establishes a restaurant, what need is that restaurant meeting? Is is food or is that too simple of an answer? Is it the experience or the convenience? Since the French Revolution, restaurants have been evolving and I think the question is interesting.
by Stacie L 9 years ago
Will fast food restaurants ever go out of business?The trend is leaning towards healthier eating, so will fatty, sugary and fried foods ever go by the wayside?
by Stacie L 9 years ago
Do you think fast food restaurants should also sell liquor?Taco bell will test selling booze in selected stores. Will you be more attracted to these establishments and buy their food if liquor is offered?
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