Ethnic Eats – Sampling the World’s Cuisine Without Leaving Vancouver

The Gastronome/Omnivore’s 100 has really taken off. I keep seeing it all over the place. And I’ve been slowly checking off things that I’ve managed to consume. Some of them have been delicious and others have really not been worthwhile at all.

So while my sister and I were in New York we decided to come up with our own list:

1. Knish

2. Rollmops

3. Espresso

4. Garlic Mashed potatoes

5. Pomegranate

6. Honeycomb

7. Moose

8.  Prosciutto

9.  Balsamic marinated figs

10. Fresh blackberries

11. Scallops

12. Bresaola

13. Xiao long bao

14. Quinoa

15. A $100 + bottle of red wine.

16. Dulce de Leche

17. Candied Salmon

18. Injera

19. Haggis

20. Salted Cashews

21. Cotton Candy

22. Bubble tea

23. Raw oysters

24. Oolicans

25. Squid ink risotto

26. Joie Noble Blend

27. Poutine

28. Goat

29. Gnudi

30. Foie Gras

31. Taro

32. Tacos from a roadside stand

33. Brie

34. Roasted beets

35. Roasted Garlic

36. Popcorn

37. Peking duck

38. Fried zucchini blossoms

39. Ceviche

40. Creme Brulee

41. Paella

42. Mastica

43. Prickly Pear cactus

44. Heart of palm

45. Lamb Tagine

46. Greek Yogurt with honey

47. Fresh Crab

48. Dragonfruit

49. Ahi tuna sashimi

50. Freshly tapped maple syrup, on snow

Then there are the things that I want to try, compiled from various lists:

1. Scorpion

2. Snake whiskey

3. Kheer

4. Kedgeree

5. Caribou

6. Moose

7. Nettles or Nettle tea

8. Crocodile or Alligator

9. Bagna Cauda

10.  Fugu

11. Sea urchin

12. Umeboshi

13. Kaolin

14. Dirty Gin martini

15. Currywurst

16. Frog legs

17. Brunost

18. Baijiu

19. Lapsang Souchong

20. Horse

21, Lobster Thermador

22. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee

23. Moreton Bay bugs

24. Fried dragonfly

25. Kangaroo

26. Cuy

27. Barramundi

28. Australian Meat pie

29. Monkfish liver

30. Amaranth

31. Greengage

32. Blackeyed peas

33. Dandelion

34. Stevia

35. Bitter melon

36. Nutritional Yeast

37. Preserved lemons

38. Semolina

39. Acorn

40. Galangal

41. Criollo chocolate

Tigers & Strawberries has also come up with a vegetarian 100, for those who don’t eat meat. Some interesting things on there as well, although I think the one on Lists of Bests is a little more challenging.

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