Tasteful Travel

Traveling is not only new places and people, but also new tastes. In any country in the world we select in the menu everything that you will not try anywhere else.

After trips, we remember not only the beautiful landscapes or sights surrounding us, but also often very unusual food. Local dishes and drinks help to get accustomed to the new culture and fully appreciate it.
The green hills of Tuscany, similar to huge plush animals, and the best cappuccino in the world with a weightless cloud of milk. Norwegian fjords and delicate trout, smelling of fresh cucumbers. Shady Jerusalem and fa-lafel, bought on a street tray, generously sprinkled with spices. Track in the Himalayas and dolbat, rice and lentils with various "additives", which are served in the lodges where travelers stay. Alsatian vineyards and cozy wine cellars, where you can slowly taste Riesling. The main thing is not to miss and try all this. There are some simple tricks that will help you find a path to any national cuisine.
How to choose a restaurant?

The easiest way is to study the restaurant guide in advance. But you can navigate the place:
■ Where visitors come in droves, it is impossible to try real local food: it is noisy, expensive and multicultural. But restaurants for tourists have their own pluses - they work almost around the clock,while other institutions are subject to the whimsical flow of local life.
■ Look for restaurants that are often visited by locals - they certainly know where they feed well, tasty and in full accordance with tradition.
■ The more concise the menu, the better. No cook can masterly prepare 40-50 dishes. In many good restaurants they can specialize in just a couple of dishes, but they will be cooked perfectly.
■ The right emphasis is important. Do not be confused by external simplicity. The hostess in a decent restaurant can work in the hall in a modest casual dress, and the waiters in worn (but spotlessly clean) aprons.Street food
Street-food is another appetizing way to imbue the local spirit. You can buy seafood in Vietnam, hot dogs in New York, and fried scorpions in China. In Ghana, typical street food is fufu, cassava or banana balls flavored with pepper. In Morocco, they trade grilled corn; in Hong Kong, they use dim Sum dumplings. In Israel, they will offer falafel, chickpea cutlets with spices, in Germany - sausages. In order for a snack to become a pleasant gastronomic discovery, and not an accident, you need to pay attention to the counter - it must be clean, and the seller neatly dressed, in gloves, wielding tongs, spatulas.
Crowded is also an advantage - the products do not stale. If the seller specializes in one or two dishes, then most likely he buys fresh products every morning. The best choice is dishes that are prepared with you (fried, boiled, baked, warmed up at 70 ° C and above).
The most dangerous foods
Most often, tourists pickle unwashed vegetables and leafy salads, egg dishes, raw fish, slurred sauces and drinks with crushed ice - because it is not known from which water it was frozen, bottled or collected from a tap. Potato, tuna, oysters, tomatoes and cheese are also on the list of hazardous foods compiled at the US Public Interest Research Center. True, with the caveat - it is not the products themselves that are to blame, but their improper storage and preparation.Signs of the right restaurant
► Local public.
► Stickers from reputable and independent restaurant guides on doors or windows.
► Location outside the tourist area.
► It is recommended in local forums or advised in the hotel where you stayed.
► A small menu in the country language (can be translated into English).
► Cozy atmosphere with no frills.
Signs of restaurants "for tourists"
► Huge menu in several languages.
► They are annoyingly advertised by guides and local barkers.
► Special offers for visitors.
► The dominance of tourist groups both outside and inside.
► Negligence of staff who do not expect you to return here.
► Bet on catchy surroundings and external effects.

Guide
Studying the beer issue is Germany, Czech Republic, Belgium. Here you have both breweries and theme festivals.
Lovers of the whiskey whiskey go to Scotland.
And tea tourism is booming in China.
Thailand - endless new exotic experiences for seafood lovers and vegetarians. The rarest fruits (durian, longan, noi-na, shompu) grow here.
Cheese tours in France are a great opportunity to learn a new country where there are more cheese varieties than days a year. Wine and oyster tours in Brittany and Arcachon are also very popular.
Umbria - here you can "hunt" for the most expensive and exquisite mushrooms in the company of professional truffle collectors and their funny dogs. A fabulous beauty will be landscapes and dishes prepared right there from the delicacies you collected.
Tuscany is the famous "wine road", vineyards on every hill, it is in this area that the famous wines Nobile di Montepulciano, Chianti, Vernaccia di San Gimignano make.
In Italy, you can try pizza (or pasta), prepared according to dozens of original recipes. Indeed, in every region it is prepared in its own way.

The article was published on the materials of the magazine "Good advice" 7/2013
Text: Sonya Livshits. Photo: Fotolia.com, Legion-Media
Material prepared by Julia Dekanova

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