A World Traveller...Yummy...

I've still got the world travelling "bug" in my blood. I sure miss Thailand and don't have any big travelling plans in the near future...so I'm doing the next best thing. Eating food. Today I went for lunch at Extreme Pita in the food court. Not exactly foreign food but I tried a little something called the "Taste of Japan". Tasted good, could have been Japanese-ish, but I'm sure it's nothing like the real thing. That got me thinking...have I ever had the real thing? A year ago I would have said yes but not after this summer.

Anyone ever had Thai food in Canada? Good stuff? It is...and it's very similar to what we were eating on our trip but it's not the real stuff. To experience "real" Thai food I think you "really" have to go to Thailand. It's not just about the taste either. It's the ingredients (they have different oils, spices, and questionable meats), the arrangement (they do some cool stuff on the plate), and the cheap, little plastic chairs that you sit on. In Canada you rarely get to enjoy the experience of ordering food off the street that you're sure will make you sick but eat anyway because it didn't imediately drop the guy in line in front of you. Eating food (even McDonald's) in Thailand was one of the best things I did there.

I have a list of countries I want to visit and now I think I'm going to augment that list to include foods I want to eat. I want to have sushi in Japan, shark in Australia, perogies in the Ukraine, and beer in Germany. Speaking of alcohol, what's so good about Russian vodka? Well, I want to find out. The pinto beans and rice that they serve in Costa Rica. Amazing. Crepes in France. Terrible for you but incredibly tastey.

When I do get the chance to travel again I'm not going to shy away from any of the local foods. I'm going to live by the code that if "they" can eat it, so can I. I can't decide where to go first. My world map has turned into a menu and I can't decide. At least the waiter won't be coming around until at least next spring. Until then I'll just pile up on the local greats here at home: Double Bacon Burgers from Sweet Queen.