Favorite Foreign Foods/Sweets?

[Fire_on_High]

Ice Cube chocolates. They are German.

Ohhh yes! My mom likes to sample all sorts of European sweets with a special liking for German stuff and she used to get some of these occasionally when a local store had them in stock. There are also some imported cookies with chocolate on them...absolutely delicious! But I'm blank on what they're called...I think they were from Sweden if that helps?

I've also been known to sample any sort of Japanese noodles I find.

[Cat]

Love Indian and Thai foods. yum yum!!


As far as treats go:

Black licorice....the real stuff.....droool.....when I was in the Netherlands the people I was staying with was shocked an American liked it.


And, yes, I will admit....i LOVE Marmite and Vegemite (though alas, hard to find in the States, sometimes I can find Marmite in stores, and the only place near me that carried Vegemite is gone)

And Pocki....finally tried that. Rather good.

[lupo pazzesco]

I have never had so much garlic that it became unbearable (for me ).

Ditto. Currently I have... *runs off to count* 6 bulbs of garlic on my kitchen counter, 1 jar of chopped garlic in EVOO in my fridge, and a jar of refrigerated garlic cloves peeled and ready to go. Also, garlic powder in my pantry.

Try living with an Italian, and we'll see if that ever changes.

Whatchoo sayin' about Italians. Huh? HUH!>!>!

I have to agree with Mikkel. But then again, I am Italian.

Double ditto. Sorta. grampa immigrated over when he was really young with his parents, so I'm technically 2nd gen Italian American.

Oh gods, I want polenta now. With sausage, fresh moza, tomatoes and basil. *whimper* I don't have polenta to make, though.

[SteeleDragon78]

if you like licorice then try ouzo candy, i have trouble with most ouzo stemming from a frat party, but the candy is awesome. and baklava love me some baklava.

[Dave1982]

I actually know how to make English-style bangers and mash - which is quite good - but I can NOT find the right kind of sausage around here. The only non-breakfast sausages I can ever find in the grocery stores in my area are Italian sausage and various flavored sausage (like sun dried tomato, which is excellent but not for bangers and mash).

I must remember to stop in at the butcher shop one of these days to see if they have or can get the right kind of sausage.

[Green_Fairy]

i'm a total nut for taverners jelly babies. i'm a total texture person when it comes to candies and they have a texture that american candies just can't touch. cost plus is my favorite place to shop for food.
'cept there's this one hard candy...i got it once in epcot years ago. they said it was straight from england (so i believe them, of course )...i can't for the life of me remember what they were called. fruit flavored. de-lish. came in a can with a green plastic lid. i wish i could remember what they were called so i could order some online!

hm...there's this oriental market kinda close to where i live (it's actually called "oriental market") and they have some of the *best* dried noodle soup mix stuff. crystal noodles with a brick of spices and mushrooms. and the mushrooms actually rehydrate into actual mushrooms! they're like little miracles in fungus form ^_^. i have no idea what they're called because they're in some language i can't read.
ramun's awesome. rice paper candy. hello panda. sushi, of course.

let's see...marzipan, minestrone...and one of these days i need to try haggis.

[42_42_42]

There are also some imported cookies with chocolate on them...absolutely delicious! But I'm blank on what they're called...I think they were from Sweden if that helps?

These aren't Swedish, but match the description. AND they are too, too delicious!



As for my "favorites", I like food. I've tried many cuisines, from all over and, so far, the only one I didn't like was Ethiopian, but, then, that might have just been the restaurant I was at. Lately, I've been on a kick trying my hand at authentic French and German/Austro-Hungarian pastries. Made a Sachertorte on Wednesday that was just oh, so, too good. And it was much too easy too make to be good for my waistline. But, yeah, in general, I like food.

[AdminAssistant]

The Korean place Fiance and I went to was awesome. Seriously..so good. The bbq'd beef and pork was really good, and I also liked the kim chi, fishcakes, and this cooked egg thing.

[McGoddess09]

Black licorice....the real stuff.....droool.....when I was in the Netherlands the people I was staying with was shocked an American liked it.

Last year, my friend lived across the hall from an exchange student from Amsterdam and she brought that stuff in. Everyone else had tried it and were watching in disgust as I put it in my mouth. I loved it and the exchange student was so thrilled! I was the only American she knew who liked it.

[Mikkel]

There are also some imported cookies with chocolate on them...absolutely delicious! But I'm blank on what they're called...I think they were from Sweden if that helps?

Those, perhaps?
They are delicious.

[tropicsgoddess]

Pocky, Spekkies (dutch marshmallows) , Verkade chocolate met hazelnoot (with hazelnut) , Hagelslaag, and Haribo coca cola gummies!

[NateTheChops]

I've always wanted to try Jelly babies and I thought I'd have my chance when this fish and chips place opened up in my hometown.

Genuine British people owned it and they also sold food items found in England. Sadly jelly babies were not among the fares. Highly caffinated Mountain Dew was also not there, but I was sadder for the Jelly Babies since I know caffine has legal restrictions here...

[csquared]

Double ditto. Sorta. grampa immigrated over when he was really young with his parents, so I'm technically 2nd gen Italian American.

Oh gods, I want polenta now. With sausage, fresh moza, tomatoes and basil. *whimper* I don't have polenta to make, though.

Your at least a 1/4 Italian. like me. Although I am third generation. Grandma was born here.

I haven't met many people who like polenta. My Great Grandfather was happy to never have to eat it again.

What part of Italy is your family from?

[csquared]

I've always wanted to try Jelly babies and I thought I'd have my chance when this fish and chips place opened up in my hometown.

Genuine British people owned it and they also sold food items found in England. Sadly jelly babies were not among the fares. Highly caffinated Mountain Dew was also not there, but I was sadder for the Jelly Babies since I know caffine has legal restrictions here...

Jelly babies Bassetts, which I understand is the original.

[rvdammit]

Something I miss from when I were a lad was from alocal takeaway, run by a Greek and his Chinese wife. They called it "Dim Sim", but it was dim sum filled with Greek style fillings.