the most delicious food in the world...
::this is the BIG 5 ::
5. Peking duck, China
The
maltose-syrup glaze coating the skin is the secret. Slow roasted in an oven,
the crispy, syrup-coated skin is so good that authentic eateries will serve
more skin than meat, and bring it with pancakes, onions and hoisin or sweet
bean sauce.
Other
than flying or floating, this is the only way you want your duck.
4. Sushi, Japan
When Japan wants to build
something right, it builds it really right. Brand giants such as Toyota,
Nintendo, Sony, Nikon and Yamaha may have been created by people fueled by
nothing more complicated than raw fish and rice, but it’s how the fish and rice
is put together that makes this a global first-date favorite.
The Japanese don’t live practically forever for no reason
-- they want to keep eating this stuff.
3. Chocolate, Mexico
The Mayans drank it, Lasse Hallström made a film about it
and the rest of us get over the guilt of eating too much of it by eating more
of it. The story of the humble cacao bean is a bona fide out-of-the-jungle,
into-civilization tale of culinary wonder.
Without this creamy, bitter-sweet confection, Valentine’s
Day would be all cards and flowers, Easter would turn back into another dull
religious event and those halcyon days of watching the dog throw up because you
replaced the strawberry innards of the pink Quality Street with salt would be
fanciful imaginings.
2. Neapolitan pizza, Italy
Spare us the lumpy chain monstrosities and
“everything-on-it” wheels of greed.
The best pizza was and still is the simple Neapolitan, an
invention now protected by its own trade association that insists on sea salt,
high-grade wheat flour, the use of only three types of fresh tomatoes, hand-rolled
dough and the strict use of a wood-fired oven, among other quality
stipulations.
With just a few ingredients -- dough, tomatoes, olive
oil, salt and basil (the marinara pizza does not even contain cheese) -- the
Neapolitans created a food that few make properly, but everyone enjoys
thoroughly.
1. Massaman curry, Thailand
Emphatically the king of curries, and perhaps the king of
all foods. Spicy, coconutty, sweet and savory, its combination of flavors has
more personality than a Thai election.
Even the packet sauce you buy from the supermarket can
make the most delinquent of cooks look like a Michelin potential. Thankfully,
someone invented rice, with which diners can mop up the last drizzles of curry
sauce.
yummy yummy yammmmssss....................... lets serve it :-)
