Best of/ Worst of Awards – FOOD
Here are some awards for noteworthy moments, memories and learnings from our trip. This is the Food category; there are more categories to come!
Favourite Meal
A: Char siu wonton noodle in Singapore. Sweet and sour fish from a hawker centre in Singapore. Indian takeaway in Worthing, UK. Reindeer meat with lingonberry sauce and herbed veggies in Helsinki. Potato soup with salt-crusted dumplings made by Bree. Wah Wings in Port Coquitlam, BC. Belated Christmas lunch in Vancouver. I could go on!!
B: Pizza in Naples. Reindeer meat in Helsinki. Konbini meals in Japan, because they were delicious and cheap. Onion and slow-cooked egg thing made by our AirBnb host in Montelimar, France.
F: Char siu wonton noodle in Singapore. Reindeer hotdog.
J: Reindeer hotdog.
Favourite Burger
A: The beef burger at Diddly Squat Farm in the UK.
B: It's a toss-up between the Kiwi lady's burger in Sarlat-la-Canéda and Dragon Burger in Kyoto.
F: Clarkson's Farm beef burger. Burger made by Kiwi lady in Sarlat-la-Canéda. Burger from Hawaiian restaurant in Victoria, BC. Yuzu Kosho Burger from Dragon Burger in Kyoto.
J: Triple cheeseburger from McDonald's. Burger from Clarkson's Farm.
Favourite Dessert
A: Biscoff crepe in Paris. Totoro-shaped chocolate cream puff in Tokyo.
B: Gelato in Italy.
F: Five-stack pancake tower with caramel sauce and whipped cream in Miami. Caramel glazed donut at an airport.
J: Crepe with Nutella, M&Ms and Oreo ice cream in Paris.
Favourite Snack
A: Macarons in France.
B: Bakery treats from various places.
F: Sour cream and onion Pringles in Helsinki.
J: Too many good snacks.
Favourite Drink
A: Glühwein.
B: Glühwein.
F: Salted caramel milkshake in Singapore.
J: Raspberry Fanta in Japan.
Weirdest Food
A: Frog with Dried Chilli meal at hawker centre in Singapore (did NOT try it).
B: Can't remember.
F: “Those little dried-out fishy things” (vendace in Helsinki; he tried it but did not like it).
J: Don't know.
Most Disgusting Food
A: Salted licorice.
B: Durian. And salted licorice.
F: Salted licorice.
J: Salted licorice.
Best Countries For Cheap Eats
Singapore and Japan.
Countries With The Most Expensive Food
The UK and Finland.
Countries With The Best Food Overall
A: Singapore and Japan.
B: Italy, France and Japan.
F: Too hard.
J: Finland and Japan.
