What is your favorite type of food?

Okay, so I do love me some good Italian. And I mean Italian, not the Americanized Italian we get here. And Spanish Tapas!! Omg, I can sit there all day and nibble. Don't get me started on Turkish Kebabs! Yum.

Here are the global favs ... What are yours??

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CookieCrumbs · F

Italian pasta and calzone.
We love Portuguese food at home. My fave would be carne alentejana and caldo verde anytime.
I’ve recently discovered Turkish food and loved it.
Indonesian food - I would visit every few years just to enjoy the food there.

sarabee1995 · 31-35, F

@CookieCrumbs

Carne de porco à alentejana is a traditional Portuguese dish featuring marinated pork and clams, served with fried potatoes and fresh cilantro, originating from the Alentejo region. The pork is typically marinated in white wine, garlic, paprika, and other spices before being browned and simmered, while the clams are cooked until they open, and crispy fried potatoes are added at the end.

Well that sounds yummy.

Caldo verde is a hearty, traditional Portuguese soup made from a puréed potato and onion base, flavored with garlic and smoky sausage (like linguiça or chouriço), and finished with a generous amount of thinly shredded dark leafy greens, typically kale or collard greens, which give the soup its name ("green broth"). It's considered a national dish, known for being a comforting, rustic, and budget-friendly meal that's popular throughout Portugal and in Portuguese communities worldwide.

Oh and so does that. I haven't tried either but now I want to. :)

CookieCrumbs · F

@sarabee1995
I like many Portuguese dishes. But if were to choose two I could eat everyday, it would be those that I listed.

I liked that porco alentejana so much that I always order it at restaurants, from the north to the south of Portugal, just to compare how it’s prepared. I was really happy when i visited Alentejo and ate the original version of it. 😊

Let me know if you get to try it.

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

@CookieCrumbs most mediterranean food taste similar. Turkish, Greek have very similar dishes, and their coffees are phenomenal, the only coffee i like sweet.

CookieCrumbs · F

@samueltyler2
Yes. I agree with you on the similarities.
I discovered Iraq food a few months ago. Loved it, specially the rice and meat dishes.

sarabee1995 · 31-35, F

@CookieCrumbs I will. I haven't ever been to Portugal. I've been to neighboring Spain, but never to Portugal.

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

@sarabee1995 some of the "street food" in Portugal are amazing.