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National dishes are the most important component of the culture and traditions of any country. Agree that no trip is complete without tasting local cuisine. Sometimes incredibly tasty, sometimes strange or unusual for us, this food reflects the identity and spirit of the people.

Indian barfi with coconut and milk

You will need:

• 50 g butter (softened)
• 100 g dry milk
• 2 tbsp. l. powdered sugar
• 1 tsp heavy cream
• 150 g condensed milk
• 100 g shredded coconut
• 100 g nut assortment

Cooking:

1. First, make milk barfi: in a deep bowl, mix milk powder, soft butter and powdered sugar.
2. Nuts need to be crushed with a blender into small crumbs. And together with the cream, add to the total mass.
3. Mix everything together and put the “dough” in the cold for 10 minutes.
4. For coconut barfi, combine condensed milk and coconut flakes. We mix. Then put the mass in the cold for half an hour. The shavings should be saturated with condensed milk.
5. After 10 minutes, we form balls of the same size from the milk mass, and then give them a cubic shape. The mass turns out to be very plastic, which allows you to sculpt any figures of a simple shape.
6. We roll small balls from the coconut mass, roll them in the remaining coconut flakes.
7. Put coconut and milk barfi on a plate. Top with cashews and pine nuts, if desired.

Fruit marshmallow - a traditional Russian sweet

You will need:

• 1 kg plums
• ½ cup granulated sugar

Cooking:

1. Wash the plums, dry them, cut them in half and remove the pits. We spread the halves of the plums on a baking sheet covered with parchment, and send them to the oven, preheated to 170–180 degrees (depending on the size of the plums), for 20 minutes.
2. Remove the plums from the oven, let them cool slightly and puree with a blender until smooth. Add granulated sugar. Mix thoroughly.
3. We line a baking sheet with parchment or a silicone mat and spread the plum puree with a spatula in an even layer about 5 mm thick. We put in the oven, preheated to 60-70 degrees, for 6-8 hours, until the marshmallow is completely dry and smooth.
4. Carefully remove the marshmallow from the parchment, cut into strips and twist into rolls. For long-term storage, put in a jar and close tightly. Or just hurry to try with tea.

Australian Lamington Cake

You will need:

For the biscuit:

• 3 eggs
• 150 g sugar
• 20 g butter
• 150 g flour
• 1 st. l. baking powder
• 60 g potato starch

For cream:

• 100 g butter (room temperature)
• 100 g dark chocolate
• 50 g sugar
• 250 ml milk
• 200 g coconut flakes for sprinkling

Cooking:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Beat the eggs until fluffy, then add the sugar and continue beating until the sugar is completely dissolved.
2. To the oil add 3 tbsp. l. boiling water, then pour into the egg mixture, continuing to beat.
3. Pour the sifted flour, starch and baking powder into the prepared egg mixture. Gently mix with a spatula in an upward motion. The dough should retain its fluffy texture.
4. Put the finished dough into a square shape, covered with baking paper. Place the cake in the oven to bake for 30 minutes.
5. Focus on your oven and in any case check the readiness of the biscuit with a wooden stick.
6. Cool the finished biscuit. And then cut into squares.
7. For cream in a water bath, melt chocolate with butter, stirring with a wooden spoon.
8. Mix milk with sugar and heat a little. Then add to the chocolate mass, remove from the water bath and put on fire.
9. Stirring, cook until the mass thickens.
10. Pour the finished cream into a wider plate and let cool slightly. Separately, prepare a plate with coconut flakes.
11. Dip the biscuit pieces one by one into the chocolate sauce, and then cover them evenly on all sides with coconut flakes. You can connect the two halves with whipped cream.
12. Let stand at least 3 hours before serving.

Sweet Vietnamese rolls

You will need:

• 4 sheets of rice paper
• 2 bananas
• 2 pears
• 100 g nuts
• 2 tbsp. l. honey
• 150 g cheese (preferably soft, which goes well with fruit)

Cooking:

1. Cut the peeled fruit into cubes and add small pieces of cheese to the mass. Put honey and stir in a delicious filling for sweet rolls.
2. Spread some napkins on the table. Pour cold water into a bowl. For a minute (or according to the instructions for rice paper), dip the sheets in water.
3. Lay them out on paper towels and let them sit for a bit. After a couple of minutes, the paper will become plastic.
4. Spread the filling and wrap the rice paper fruit rolls as you like.

Japanese mochi balls with ice cream

You will need:

• 4 tbsp. l. Sahara
• 3 art. l rice flour
• 6 art. l. water
• 150 g ice cream
• dye as desired

Cooking:

1. We knead the dough. In flour with sugar, add 5 tbsp. l. water.
2. We stir. You will get a fairly homogeneous stretching mass. If you want to add color, now is the time!
3. Place in the microwave for exactly two minutes, covered with a damp paper towel. Take out, add another spoonful of water, stir and put in the microwave for another minute, also covered with a towel.
4. Let the dough cool, stirring constantly. The dough is perfectly molded in a warm state, and when it cools down, it loses elasticity, so we start sculpting right away. Cover the board with cling film and sprinkle with flour. Sprinkle your hands with flour as well. We take out a little dough, crush it with flour and make cakes out of it.
5. The size of the cake depends on the size of the filling. Ideally, the thinner the layer of dough, the better. Cakes are obtained either by stretching the dough, or tapping on it with your fingers.
6. We put ice cream in the center of the cakes. We pinch the edges.
7. We spread it on a dish lightly sprinkled with flour, and crush it on top. Dessert is ready! (The dessert is stored in the freezer for a long time, but it is better not to re-freeze it. If you are expecting guests to arrive, take it out of the freezer 20-30 minutes beforehand so that the filling has time to become soft.)

Argentine cookies "Alfajores"

You will need:

For test:

• 2.5 cups flour
• 1 cup starch
• 200 g margarine
• 3 yolks
• 3–4 tbsp. l. Roma
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 100 g sugar

• 1 can of boiled condensed milk

For decoration:

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• crushed nuts

Cooking:

1. Grind margarine with sugar. Add yolks, rum (optional). Mix thoroughly. We put the starch and introduce the sifted flour with baking powder.
2. Knead a non-sticky dough.
3. Roll out the dough approximately 0.4-0.5 mm. Cut out circles with a diameter of 8 cm.
4. Bake in the oven at 150 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Attention: cookies should not be browned, after cooling they become very fragile.
5. Take out of the oven, let cool.
6. Lubricate one circle with a thin layer of condensed milk. Put another one on top. We coat the sides with condensed milk.
7. Roll the sides in nuts (you can also use coconut flakes). Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Czech dumplings

You will need:

• 1 egg
• 1 st. l. semolina
• 100 g flour
• 20 g butter
• lemon peel
• 3 art. l. Sahara
• 250 g cottage cheese
• 150 g strawberries

For sauce:

• 250 ml milk
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 st. l. starch
• 2 tbsp. l. Sahara
• 8 g vanilla sugar

Cooking:

1. Crack an egg into the curd and add soft butter. Mix.
2. Mix flour with salt, sugar, semolina and zest.
3. Add dry ingredients to cottage cheese and knead the dough. Wrap in cling film and refrigerate for 1 hour.
4. While the dough is resting, make the sauce. Add starch to 50 ml of milk and mix well. Put the yolk. Mix well with a whisk, pour in the remaining milk and add all the sugar.
5. Put on medium heat and, stirring all the time, do not bring to a boil, let the yolk brew.
6. Divide the curd dough into 6-8 parts, knead each part into a cake, put chopped or whole strawberries in the middle.
7. Roll into a ball. Do this with the rest of the dough.
8. Throw into boiling water, boil for 1-2 minutes and, turning off the heat, leave the dumplings in the water for 10 minutes.
9. Drizzle generously with vanilla sauce when serving.

Before talking about the mass addictions of our time, let's remember the Big Chef, Paul Bocuse left yesterday, January 20th.
He was called "the best chef of France", "the chef of the century", "the father of French gastronomy" or simply - Monsieur Paul: the most famous chef of France, the owner of the Order of the Legion of Honor, for half a century remained the gastronomic face of France. Thanks to him, Lyon became the culinary capital of the country. Through his efforts, the "new French cuisine" was born - lighter and healthier than it was before him. He became the owner of three Michelin stars back in 1965 and never lost them. He also founded an empire now valued at more than 50 million euros. RIP

And now to the realities of the culinary passions of mankind

Through open voting, CNN from time to time compiles the traditional rating of national goodies. Respondents are asked to answer a simple question: which dish, in their opinion, is the most delicious in the world? According to the results of the survey, in which more than 35,000 people took part, 50 best dishes from different parts of the world were selected. As it turned out, most gourmets prefer Asian dishes, and the main favorite for many is Indonesian cuisine. Here are the top 50 foods on the planet, according to CNN readers.

Massaman curry, Thailand

Massaman curry opens the top ten dishes in the world. In his homeland in Thailand, the dish can be found on the menu of any restaurant. The dish combines potatoes and beef stewed in coconut milk. Their taste is complemented by massaman curry paste, as well as tamarind, peanuts, sugar and star anise.

Peking Duck, China

A visiting card of Chinese cuisine is a duck grated with honey with a peeled skin, baked in a special oven. Before serving, the carcass is cut into 80-120 pieces. Slices of meat, along with vegetables, are wrapped in a pancake smeared with a specially prepared sauce and eaten.

Ramen, Japan

One of the main dishes of Japanese cuisine was awarded the 8th place by the respondents. It consists of noodles in broth. It can be accompanied by various additives in the form of pork, pickles or vegetables.

Dim Sum, Hong Kong

Without tasting this dish, a trip to China cannot be considered complete. However, this best example of Cantonese cuisine has long spread beyond the borders of the country. The dish is a variation of dumplings made from rice starch dough. Almost everything can be used as a filling: from meat to vegetables and fruits. Steaming dim sum.

Som Tam, Thailand

This salad based on green papaya is liked by all tourists without exception. The ingredients in it are composed in such a way that the dish combines sweet, salty, sour and spicy tastes. A salad is being prepared in a mortar: first, dressing is mixed in it, after which it is rubbed with vegetables.

Pad Thai, Thailand

If a Food Hall of Fame ever comes up, foodies would love to see pad thai in it. This is a dish of rice noodles with a special sauce, the characteristic taste of which comes from tamarind. The noodles are first soaked and then stir-fried with shrimp, onion, garlic, egg and sauce.

Tom Yam, Thailand



The fourth line of the rating went to the masterpiece of Thai cuisine - tom yum soup. The dish combines several tastes at once: sour, salty, spicy and sweet. The spiciness and sourness of the dish are given by its invariable ingredients - chili pepper, lime juice and leaves and lemongrass. Soup is prepared in chicken broth, to which shrimp, chicken, fish or other seafood are added.

Sushi, Japan



Since sushi has been tried all over the world, the combination of rice and seafood has become a gastronomic classic. Real sushi is made from white fine-grained Japanese rice, which is cooked according to Japanese technology. Once the rice reaches room temperature, other ingredients are added to it, the most common of which is seafood.

Nasi Goreng, Indonesia


This dish is often regarded as a culinary symbol of Indonesia, thanks to which it has become popular outside the country. The dish is a mixture of pre-cooked and then fried rice with the addition of meat, chicken, seafood or vegetables. Remarkably, for cooking, locals take ready-made rice left over from previous days. Additional ingredients can also be collected from leftovers. When preparing a dish from scratch, all the ingredients are prepared separately.

Rendang, Indonesia



Readers called rendang the most delicious dish in the world. The main ingredient of the dish can be meat, poultry, fish or vegetables. They are simmered for a long time in a spicy sauce with coconut milk and a mixture of lemongrass, galangal, garlic, turmeric, ginger and chili. Meat rendang is the most popular. The dish is served both hot and cold.

11. Lasagna, Italy

12. Kimchi, Korea

13. Chicken and rice, Singapore

14. Satay, Indonesia

15. Ice cream, USA

16. Kebab, Türkiye

17. Ice cream, Italy

18. Croissant, France

19. Green curry, Thailand

20. Pho, Vietnam

21. Fish and French fries, England

22. Egg tartlets, Hong Kong

23. Bulgogi, Korea

24. Fried rice, Thailand

25. Chocolate, Mexico

26. Penang Assam Laksa, Malaysia

27. Tacos, Mexico

28. Pork Barbecue, Hong Kong

29. Chili crab, Singapore

30. Cheeseburger, USA

31. Fried chicken, USA

32. Lobster (Properly Cooked), Any Country

33. Seafood paella, Spain

34. Shrimp dumplings, Hong Kong

35. Neapolitan pizza

36. Nam Tok Mu Hot Sauce Pork, Thailand

37. Potato chips, USA

38. Warm brownie with vanilla ice cream (properly cooked), in any country

39. Masala dosa, India

40. Bibimbap, Korea

41. Kalbi, Korea

42. Burger, Germany

43. Fajitos, Mexico

44. Laksa, Singapore

45. Roti Prata, Singapore

46. ​​Maple Syrup, Singapore

47. Fettuccine Alfredo, Italy

48. Parma ham, Italy

49. Lechon, Philippines

50. Goi Quon, Vietnam

(based on materials from the site steaklovers.menu)

And now that you know everything about the most delicious thing in the world, tell me!

Which of these have you tried? Liked? What's on the must wanted list? Or in general against?!

The main riches of the city - perhaps even more important than religious sites - are pork and truffles. Norcia is famous for its prosciutto and salami. I'll tell you this: Norcheria ham is better than Parma ham. And sausages are made here not only from domestic pigs, but also from wild boars - they, like truffles, are whole deposits in the forests. Deer are also found there, and salami is also made from deer. The passion for turning raw meat into cured meat is stronger than anywhere else in Norcia. Even the butcher shops, of which there are many in the city, and which are decorated in abundance with fanged boar heads, are simply called norchinerias. Norcia means ham and salami, which can be incomprehensible here. The most popular types of salami, in the form of large drops (well, or you will understand further, in the form of what), are coglioni di mulo and palle del nonno. The first, "mule eggs", are smooth; the second, "grandfather's eggs", are wrinkled.

And in Norcia they cook the best dish in the world.

It's called: "The best dish in the world", "Il piatto più buono del mondo". It is served in the one-star restaurant Vespasia at the Palazzo Seneca hotel. Vespasia, the mother of Emperor Vespasian, was a Nursi, Seneca had nothing to do with the city, it's just a red word.

Strictly dressed waiters in white gloves carry out the best dish in the world under metal caps. The boss comes out. The plates are placed on the table and, at the command of the chef, the caps are solemnly raised at the same time in front of everyone who is sitting at the table.

What is this? Paste. A ball of thick spaghetti, more like spaghetti, in light tomato water and with two tomato slices (here it is at the top, in the photo).

The guests gasp, the chef smiles and spreads his arms wide: “Yes, what could be better than pasta, you must agree!”

It's not just a funny joke - it's a joke with a double or even a triple bottom. A joke that works thanks to the paradoxes hidden in it.

The first meaning is simple, a game with a stereotype: what could be tastier than pasta for an Italian? Is that pizza, but pasta is more ubiquitous. The second meaning turns the first on its head: there is nothing more stupid than finding out which dish is the best in the world, it simply does not exist. You can measure the world's largest elephant and the world's smallest fish, the fastest runner and the tallest tower, but there are no criteria to identify the one and only best-best dish. Who likes what.

And the third meaning does not follow in the most obvious way from the second. The chef of Vespasia - his name is Valentino Palmisano, by the way - seems to be very confident in his own abilities, since he decided to call his food so boldly. "The best dish in the world" should be a perfectly cooked pasta with an impeccable sauce, a meal that should not be a single, even the most picky claim. And it was just such a pasta - simple, but grandiose.

But I have eaten perfectly cooked pasta more than once - and you probably will too. I even cooked it more than once - as you probably did, what's so complicated about it.

At lunch at Vespasia, there were many other perfectly prepared dishes - it’s not for nothing that the restaurant has a Michelin star. Appetizer in the form of lentil soup with parmesan. Thinly fried thymus with walnut sauce that added sweetness to it. Spelled pappardelle with a stew of muscular but soft boar. Tomato sorbet, which clearly showed that tomatoes are actually sweet berries. And all these were the best dishes in the world - because any dish properly prepared can rightfully be called that. The way the one who prepares it conceived it.

The best dishes in the world - millions, hundreds of millions, billions. They are cooked every day in houses and apartments, in cafes and bistros, in restaurants and on street stalls - in New York, Moscow, Guangzhou and in the village of Voznesenka, Buzdyaksky district of the Republic of Bashkiria, where I ate the best belish so far in my life.

Maybe Valentino didn't want to lay down just such a meaning, but I considered it.

In that dinner, by the way, not everything was perfect. The chef has been working in China for several years, which was evident from the techniques he uses in his kitchen. And one dish was based on a Cantonese recipe: pork in different forms. Pieces of stewed suckling pig wrapped in separately cooked pig skin and topped with a very rich pork demi-glace. The skin was turned into some kind of collagen perfection - but the meat itself, alas, was dry. Not critically overdried, but still not the best suckling pig in the world.

When Valentino came out at the end of dinner for praise and comments, we did not skimp on praise, but we also discussed the unsuccessful pig for about ten minutes. The chef said that this time he decided to deviate from the recipe and cook the meat a little differently, and, apparently, in vain. And he also said that he had been working at Vespasia for a year and finally received criticism. And then he pretended to be upset and said: "That's it, I'm leaving for the forest." And left.

Perhaps, indeed, into the forest: I wanted to get his autograph on the menu, as is my custom, but I could not find Valentino anywhere.

The USA, Thailand, Mexico and even Poland are among the countries whose dishes are included in the TOP 50. But Ukraine was not even mentioned. However, this is not discrimination. It's just that when compiling the rating, CNN was interested in the opinion of its employees and people associated with the publication.

Most of the dishes in the ranking are the national delicacies of the countries of the East - Thailand, Japan and Singapore. There was a place for everyone's favorite pizza, donuts and hamburgers. The first place was taken by the Thai dish - massaman curry, and the last - the favorite of all America - popcorn.

In 2011, the news agency already published a similar rating. Now it has been reformatted, finalized - and again put on public display.

This is a crispy roll of rice dough, which is wrapped in fragrant mashed potatoes. The dish is served with coconut chutney, pickled cucumbers, tomato-lentil sauce and many other condiments. This is a great breakfast that will fill you up until lunch.

48. Potato chips, UK

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Legend has it that chips appeared in 1853 in New York, but in the cookbook of William Kitchener - the inventor of the telescope, musician and cook - a recipe for potatoes fried in slices, dated 1817.

"If a piece of chips cost at least $5, then it would be a much more popular delicacy than red caviar," the journalists joke.

47. Seafood paella, Spain

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The sea caresses your feet, the warm breeze shakes the tablecloth at your feet and the paella pan smokes in front of you. The combination of shrimp, lobster, mussels and cuttlefish with white rice and various herbs, oil and salt will immediately set you in the festive mood. If you try it in Spain, you will stay there forever.

This popular Thai salad includes green beans, grated green papaya, dried shrimp, tomatoes and glutinous rice. It is seasoned with a complex sauce of tamarind, fish sauce, sugar cane paste, garlic and other ingredients. Crab meat is sometimes added, but nothing beats the original recipe.

45. Chicken and Rice, Singapore

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It is often referred to as the national dish of Singapore. The meat is steamed and served with rice and vegetables drizzled with oil. Acute sensations and Singaporean mood are added by sauces - dark soy, chili with garlic and mustard.

In French, this word is spelled Poutine and has nothing to do with .... that same politician. Poutine (with emphasis on the second syllable) is french fries with cheese and brown sauce based on beef meat juice. Sounds terrible, looks even worse. But Canadians say that this is "the right thing" for a couple of beers in the afternoon.

Fresh homemade tortilla with fried beef and guacamole, salsa, onion and coriander sauces is the perfect solution for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

42. Buttered toast with marmite, UK.

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Okay, anything that has the word "oily" in its name tastes good. But the addition of a spread of yeast extract adds a touch of spicy-salty-sour taste. This is one of the tastes from the "love-hate" category.

41. Stinky tofu, Southeast Asia

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Durian - stinky tofu - is an icon of Asian cuisine. Its smell will not disappear from the nostrils for a whole month. But it's worth the risk.

This is not a fake soy and almond essence. Only almonds and sugar. You will eat a whole tile at a time and not notice how you reach for another.

Let's face it. Ketchup can convince a 2 year old to eat carrots. For this, he should already be given the title not just "tasty", but "the genius of persuasion."

38. French toast, Hong Kong

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It's like a well-done hug. Two slices of toasted bread are glued together with peanut butter, rolled in an egg and toasted. Served with butter and syrup.

37. Parmesan Chicken, Australia

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Chicken fillet topped with melted mozzarella, tomato-garlic sauce and Parmesan has long been a favorite among local pub-goers.

A paste made from chickpeas, tahini, garlic and lemon juice pairs equally well with meats, vegetables and beans. Why they love her

There are dozens of ways to cook crab with chili sauce - with black pepper, salted egg yolk, baked with cheese and the like. But it will always be delicious.

Maple syrup is a symbol of Canada. Americans say that eating a pancake without wedges is like eating a cardboard box. Canadians add it everywhere - even in broccoli for children. Just not in cardboard boxes.

33. Fish and chips, UK.

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Deep-fried battered fish garnished with french fries became the national dish of Great Britain in the 1860s. Popularized as food for factory workers. It was the first English fast food. It is traditionally eaten on a Friday evening. This is something similar to the Soviet tradition, when Thursday was a fish day.

32. Ankimo, Japan

This is a monkfish liver dish garnished with grated daikon. One of the most delicious and most exotic types of sushi. But sea devils are dying out due to a significant catch, so the dish will soon disappear from the menu of Japanese restaurants.

31. Parma ham, Italy.

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It is served with melon, added to salads and pizza - no matter what you serve Parma ham with, the salty spicy taste will make the dish elite.

30. Goi Cuon (summer rolls), Vietnam

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Rice-paper-wrapped pork, shrimp, herbs, rice vermicelli, and other ingredients make up rolls that simply melt in your mouth. Add a spicy peanut sauce to this and you will swallow your tongue.

29. Steak Omi-gyu

They call it the "Rolls Royce" of steaks. It is made from very expensive marbled beef and should be eaten very exquisitely - in the form of sashimi - thinly sliced ​​\u200b\u200bpieces of raw meat and feel how marble streaks of fat melt in your mouth. You can season with kaffir lime juice and sea salt with matcha tea.

Broth, fresh rice noodles, several types of herbs and usually chicken or beef - plain and simple.

The pig is baked on charcoal for several hours - so that the meat is soft and the skin is crispy. Prepare it for the holidays throughout the year

It's easy to prepare. 1) Make the meat sizzle in the pan. 2) Wrap the fried meat, paprika, onion, guacamole, sour cream and salsa in a warm tortilla. 3) Promise everyone that you will make another roll. 4) Repeat all over again.

25. Garlic Butter Crab, India

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A huge crab is drowning in an oil-garlic sauce that soaks every centimeter of shell, every gram of flesh. Indian, Chinese and European cuisines challenge this dish. But all in vain. This dish came from the Buttered Paradise, which rests on a single commandment: everything tastes better with melted butter.

24. Champ, Ireland.

It's mashed potatoes with green onions, butter, salt and pepper. Delicious champ can be tasted at the busiest coastal restaurant.

The second most popular Italian dish. And what's so amazing - pasta, meat, sauce and cheese.

Raw fish salad. The dish originated in Hawaii when one of the fishermen wondered what to do with the scraps.

Puff pastry topped with butter - soft on the inside and crispy on the outside, smeared with a huge amount of raspberry jam. Here is a real pleasure - to drive your teeth into this warm fragrant treat.

Corn dough fritters with a wide variety of fillings: cheese, shredded chicken, fried pork skin, perico (scrambled eggs with tomatoes and onions), beef, tomatoes, avocado.

Despite the name, there is no rabbit meat in the dish (English bunny - a young rabbit). This is a quarter or half of a loaf of bread in which curry soup is served. Invented in the Indian community in Durban, it migrated to Africa and took root there.

18. Shish Kebab, Middle East

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This is a small skewers on wooden skewers. It is usually made from lamb, but other meats such as beef, chicken, or even swordfish can also be used. Served with rice and vegetables.

In Michelin-starred restaurants, lobsters are opened to make it convenient for customers. But everyone else knows how to eat lobsters and crayfish.

16. Pastel de Nata, Portugal

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Tartlets with egg custard. Legend has it that Portuguese nuns and a monk used the egg whites to care for religious clothing, and the remaining yolks were used for baking, including this sinfully delicious pie.

And now it's embarrassing to the core! If the fact that a roasted pig - a symbol of Ukrainian holidays - was given to Indonesia, could still be somehow endured, then that's just it! Why are Polish pies better than Ukrainian dumplings?

No one doubts that donuts are a calorie bomb. But that makes them like it even more.

13. Boiled corn, worldwide

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Americans joke that God created corn to justify melted butter - after all, it is served with it. Gnawing on an ear of corn is a very difficult task that requires concentration. But few people think that at this time it resembles a caveman.

12. Piri Piri Chicken, Mozambique

Real chicken is cooked with lime, pepper, garlic, coconut milk and piri-piri sauce. By the way, piri-piri is the Portuguese name for the familiar chili pepper.

One of the favorite Thai soups. It contains shrimp, mushrooms, tomatoes, lemongrass, galangal leaves and kaffir. Usually topped with coconut milk and cream

7.Penang asam laksa, Malaysia

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Pasta, tamarind, chili, mint, lemongrass, onion, pineapple - all in a spicy-sour fish noodle broth.

If the Japanese want to do something practical, they do it. Toyota, Nintendo, Sony, Nikon and Yamaha were created by people who fed their brains on raw fish wrapped in rice.

The Maya drank it, Lasse Hallström made a film about it, and everyone else just enjoys eating chocolate. Without it, a holiday is no longer a holiday.

2. Neapolitan pizza, Italy

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It is currently protected by its own trade association, which insists on using only sea salt, high quality wheat flour, only three types of fresh tomatoes, hand-rolled dough and wood-fired baking only. With only a few ingredients - dough, tomatoes, olive oil, salt and basil (the pizza does not even contain cheese).

Spicy, with hints of coconut flavor and aroma, sweetish and juicy. The king of all curries and perhaps the king of all food.

Malaysian artist Zakaria Hazel paints pictures on food plates and cups. Instead of paints, she uses only natural ingredients such as turmeric, tea, activated charcoal.

Through open voting, CNN from time to time compiles the traditional rating of national goodies. Respondents are asked to answer a simple question: which dish, in their opinion, is the most delicious in the world? According to the results of the survey, in which more than 35,000 people took part, 50 best dishes from different parts of the world were selected. As it turned out, most gourmets prefer Asian dishes, and the main favorite for many is Indonesian cuisine. Here are the top 50 foods on the planet, according to CNN readers.

- Massaman Curry, Thailand -

Massaman curry opens the top ten dishes in the world. In his homeland in Thailand, the dish can be found on the menu of any restaurant. The dish combines potatoes and beef stewed in coconut milk. Their taste is complemented by massaman curry paste, as well as tamarind, peanuts, sugar and star anise.

- Peking Duck, China -

A visiting card of Chinese cuisine is a honey-rubbed duck with a peeled skin, baked in a special oven. Before serving, the carcass is cut into 80-120 pieces. Slices of meat, along with vegetables, are wrapped in a pancake smeared with a specially prepared sauce and eaten.

- Ramen, Japan -

One of the main dishes of Japanese cuisine was awarded the 8th place by the respondents. It consists of noodles in broth. It can be accompanied by various additives in the form of pork, pickles or vegetables.

- Dim Sum, Hong Kong -

Without tasting this dish, a trip to China cannot be considered complete. However, this best example of Cantonese cuisine has long spread beyond the borders of the country. The dish is a variation of dumplings made from rice starch dough. Almost everything can be used as a filling: from meat to vegetables and fruits. Steaming dim sum.

- Som Tam, Thailand -

This salad based on green papaya is liked by all tourists without exception. The ingredients in it are composed in such a way that the dish combines sweet, salty, sour and spicy tastes. A salad is being prepared in a mortar: first, dressing is mixed in it, after which it is rubbed with vegetables.

- Pad Thai, Thailand -

If a Food Hall of Fame ever comes up, foodies would love to see pad thai in it. This is a dish of rice noodles with a special sauce, the characteristic taste of which comes from tamarind. The noodles are first soaked and then stir-fried with shrimp, onion, garlic, egg and sauce.

- Tom Yam, Thailand -

The fourth line of the rating went to the masterpiece of Thai cuisine - tom yum soup. The dish combines several tastes at once: sour, salty, spicy and sweet. The spiciness and sourness of the dish are given by its invariable ingredients - chili pepper, lime juice and leaves and lemongrass. Soup is prepared in chicken broth, to which shrimp, chicken, fish or other seafood are added.

- Sushi, Japan -

Since sushi has been tried all over the world, the combination of rice and seafood has become a gastronomic classic. Real sushi is made from white fine-grained Japanese rice, which is cooked according to Japanese technology. Once the rice reaches room temperature, other ingredients are added to it, the most common of which is seafood.

- Nasi Goreng, Indonesia -

This dish is often regarded as a culinary symbol of Indonesia, thanks to which it has become popular outside the country. The dish is a mixture of pre-cooked and then fried rice with the addition of meat, chicken, seafood or vegetables. Remarkably, for cooking, locals take ready-made rice left over from previous days. Additional ingredients can also be collected from leftovers. When preparing a dish from scratch, all the ingredients are prepared separately.

- Rendang, Indonesia -

Readers called rendang the most delicious dish in the world. The main ingredient of the dish can be meat, poultry, fish or vegetables. They are simmered for a long time in a spicy sauce with coconut milk and a mixture of lemongrass, galangal, garlic, turmeric, ginger and chili. Meat rendang is the most popular. The dish is served both hot and cold.

11. Lasagna, Italy

12. Kimchi, Korea

13. Chicken and rice, Singapore

14. Satay, Indonesia

15. Ice cream, USA

16. Kebab, Türkiye

17. Ice cream, Italy

18. Croissant, France

19. Green curry, Thailand

20. Pho, Vietnam

21. Fish and French fries, England

22. Egg tartlets, Hong Kong

23. Bulgogi, Korea

24. Fried rice, Thailand

25. Chocolate, Mexico

26. Penang Assam Laksa, Malaysia

27. Tacos, Mexico

28. Pork Barbecue, Hong Kong

29. Chili crab, Singapore

30. Cheeseburger, USA

31. Fried chicken, USA

32. Lobster (Properly Cooked), Any Country

33. Seafood paella, Spain

34. Shrimp dumplings, Hong Kong

35. Neapolitan pizza

36. Nam Tok Mu Hot Sauce Pork, Thailand

37. Potato chips, USA

38. Warm brownie with vanilla ice cream (properly cooked), in any country

39. Masala dosa, India

40. Bibimbap, Korea

41. Kalbi, Korea

42. Burger, Germany

43. Fajitos, Mexico

44. Laksa, Singapore

45. Roti Prata, Singapore

46. ​​Maple Syrup, Singapore

47. Fettuccine Alfredo, Italy

48. Parma ham, Italy

49. Lechon, Philippines

50. Goi Quon, Vietnam