Cuisine

I’m really into food. Lately I was thinking about the top world cuisines in order. I couldn’t include Austrian/German foods although many of my friends would; it’s just too meat-based for my liking :) Same with American food; for one thing American food is difficult to define, for another it tends to revolve around meat.
In my opinion, it would be:
1. Thai
2. Mexican
3. Italian
4. Indian
5. Japanese
6. Chinese
7. Vietnamese
8. Moroccan
9. Turkish
10. Russian
Very difficult to order, and in fact my list will probably evolve over time as I experience more food around the world. This list also exposes my dislike of Middle Eastern food. Anyone else care to make a top 10 list? I found another list here: http://www.hillmanwonders.com/top_10/top_10_travel.htm

Chinese

French

Italian

Indian

Japanese

Moroccan

Spanish

Thai

Turkish

Indonesian

Here are some photos of Indian food: 

There’s a lot of Chinese influence here

The food can be pretty oily. Surprisingly, the top vegetable in the food here is peas. Those have never been a staple for me before. Something called paneer which is similar to cottage cheese is pretty popular.

Eating at Gypsy Restaurant

Mangos are the most popular fruit here

Helping make dinner with Arnab and Suni on Easter Sunday

The key to Indian food…spices! Cinnamon, cardamon, cloves, peppercorn. You buy them at the market wrapped in newspaper
Ghee is a special kind of butter used in cooking. No handles on the pan, just use those clamper things to hold it still


That game is called Ludo and it’s like Sorry

Chopping up onions, tomatoes, garlic, and ginger

Marinating the chicken

Saffron and cream will be part of the sauce

Typical Bengali desserts: Rasgullah, a type of syrupy ball, and mishti doi (my favorite!), a sweet sort of cottage cheese
We frequently go to the Salt Lake City Center mall for dinner. Fast food never tasted this good! For two bucks you can get a full combo like this.

The bread poofs up like this after getting heated on a special kind of stove I think

This actually did not taste that good, it was very salty and oniony and the textures were just a little too crazy, even for me
I have not gotten sick yet here, it’s a kind of minor miracle :)