These are the dishes that have nurtured us, permeated every cell of our skin, every strand of hair, irreplaceable and will always occupy the number one position in all our culinary rankings. No matter how new lands we live in, no matter how attractive the foreign cuisine is, I believe that people will still be loyal to and worship the dishes that are only available in their homeland.
Faced with the vicissitudes of life, your outlook on life may change, but the taste of your hometown dishes in your mind will never change. It is a part of you, it tells who you are and where you come from.
As Vietnamese, each region has its own culinary pride, for example: Hanoi has pho, Hue has beef noodle soup, Quang Nam has Quang noodles. But in general, these delicious dishes would be incomplete without fish sauce. That golden liquid that shimmers like honey but has a strong smell when used in cooking and dipping sauces will make the dish more fragrant. Fish sauce has a "curse": Even if you are a billionaire or have eaten all kinds of delicacies, your soul will still find it difficult to swim out of a bowl of fish sauce. With a long, rich coastline, nature's gift to the Vietnamese people is an abundant and diverse source of seafood. Each coastal area has a different seafood flavor, so fishing villages have their own fish sauce recipes, so Vietnamese fish sauce has a whole world of stories to tell.
To understand Korean culture, you should cross the Kimchi Bridge and lightly fill your stomach with their national treasure. With a rapidly developing film industry in the world, Koreans have been extremely successful in promoting culinary culture and kimchi through films of all genres - I have never seen a Korean film that does not film at least one eating scene. In the film, housewives often compete to pickle radish kimchi, cabbage kimchi, cucumber kimchi... and then share and taste them. Perhaps Korean actors all have to practice their expressive techniques when eating, handsome men and beautiful women pick up kimchi constantly, their mouths with beautiful mouth shapes chew kimchi, making viewers crave. The dining tables are often filled with dishes mixed with different types of kimchi - or even if there are only instant noodles, there must be a plate of kimchi to eat with.
Nowadays, Koreans travel everywhere for work, and wherever they go, there are Korean-style supermarkets and restaurants to satisfy their traditional spicy and sour taste.
Sushi - a dish that represents the culinary quintessence of the Japanese and is loved by the whole world. At sushi restaurants, chefs with talented hands will "dance" each skillful knife stroke to preserve the freshness of the fish, combine the ingredients of the dish with the dexterity and heat of their hands, then decorate and arrange the dish so brilliantly and elegantly that just looking at it makes us crave it. All the essence lies in the delicious piece just enough for a dip, two bites meet in the right place to combine the most ingredients, each piece is full of delicious flavor! How ingenious! The Japanese proudly pack sushi pieces into lunch boxes and bring them all over the world; first to enjoy their own food, then to change the perception of international friends in eating raw seafood, making the whole world crazy about sushi.
When mentioning India, everyone will immediately think of the spicy curry, and Indians are so "loyal" to their homeland's cuisine that even if they travel around the world, they will still cook their own curry to their favorite taste. When an Indian family invites friends to their home for a meal, the host will spend all day - sometimes two or three days, to marinate the dish, and when the door opens to welcome the honored guests, the first thing they will feel is the inviting, passionate flavor from the dining table. Putting a piece of curry in their mouth, the spicy aroma lingers from the tip of their tongue down to their stomach, then transforms into a rich memory, following their footsteps everywhere. Living in a paradise of curry scents - chili, mustard, cumin, cardamom, cinnamon leaves, cloves, saffron..., it is no wonder that Indians are always talented masters in combining spices, creating different impressive flavors for dishes.
Delicious - fast - providing enough energy, hamburgers are the number one choice for dynamic Western societies - now also spreading to Asia. While the world is still busy arguing whether Germany or America invented hamburgers, to please all of humanity, hamburgers have been transformed into 1,001 new recipes, for example: Kobe beef, foie gras, rich cheese, vegetarian or new sauces... Biting a hamburger has all the bread, stuffing, vegetable sauce but the right technique is not to spill out a single small piece, I wonder if this secret trick comes from the American cowboy or the German engineer?
In today's dynamic, mobile life, food follows people everywhere. Sometimes, selling a delicious dish from the homeland can help the whole family have a prosperous life in a foreign land. Wherever cuisine goes, culture, hearts and souls of people follow.
