China - The Jade Empire

“We were meant to survive because of our minds' ability to reason, our ability to live with frustration in order to maintain our virtue. We wore smiling masks while dying inside.”-  Anchee Min

China is reputed as the oldest continuous civilization in the word. Its unique culture and customers make it a charming place for visiting.

Chinese people are the largest nationality in the world. Since the earliest historical times, they have lived, multiplied and labored in this land. During the several thousand years' development, they have made great contribution to the world due to their wisdom and hard working.

Chinese - Hot Pot

The origins of the Chinese hot pot have been dated back to over 1,000 years. The dish is usually served today to celebrate Chinese New Year, but is also a common wintertime meal.

Chinese hot pot, also known as Chinese fondue or Chinese steamboat consists of various raw meats, vegetables, noodles, tofu, seafood and dumplings, which are dipped into a shared pot of hot flavored broth using chopsticks in order to cook the items.

The items are then fished out with chopsticks or a strainer and enjoyed. Chinese hot pot can include any variety of meats, vegetables or noodles depending on individual tastes.

Singapore: Art and Science with Hainanese

Reflecting on how different species including humans live and lived on earth, the Art-Science Museum at Marina Bay Sands is Singapore’s master piece. Jurassic’s dinosaurs and the Yellow Brick Man are worth watching. The museum is an appreciation to the efforts of great scientists, archaeologists, historians and skilled artists.

The Art and Science Museum 

The Yellow Brick Man

Hainanese:
The prevalence of stalls selling  Hainanese chicken rice as their primary specialty in Singapore Underscores the dish's unrivalled popularity amongst Singaporeans and overseas visitors.

Hainanese chicken rice is considered as one of the "national dish" of Singapore, and is often served in Singaporean-run restaurants overseas. Steamed or boiled chicken is served with fragrant oily rice, with sliced cucumber as the token vegetable. Variants include roasted chicken or soy sauce chicken.

The dipping sauces -- premium dark soy sauce, chili with garlic and pounded ginger -- give it that little extra oomph to ensure whenever you’re not actually in Singapore eating chicken rice, you’re thinking of it.

Food of Gladiators

Stepping in Rome the first thought of a historian is "Museums and Gladiators"  

and that of a foodie is "Pasta" and a Piazza would get you both.

Piazza

 

Surrounded by buildings, a piazza is an open public square. A Piazza is the center of public life there is a bar or a café, a church or town hall. There are many Piazzas in Italy but we have to discuss today. Events may be held in larger piazza, as well as weekly or daily markets. 

Being in a historic Piazza café for pasta is one of the many joys of a tourist but it can be a little expensive.  A Piazza may also be set with tables for a "Sagra", Sagra is a festival where food is served and even cooked by the locals with a passion for cooking.

Pasta Di Piazza (Pasta of Piazza)

Food at Piazza is as cheesy as the Piazza itself and the recipes are as difficult as the names.. Pastas grab all the attention of the tourists as well as the locals.

“Penne Arrabbiatae Funghi” 

It is a penne pasta (cylindrical shaped pasta) with tomato sauce, mushroom onion and fresh chilli. The beguiling smell of a pasta, allows no one to miss it.

London Dreams

"The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world."

Oscar Wilde.








London is a city of romance, bursting with after-dark activities, magical sights and fabulous eateries. The service and food at each of the restaurant here are fit for royalty and will add the required romantic flavor to evening.

 Paris may be known as the city of romance but London is the capital of love.

                                                 Wellington Beef

It is a whole fillet of beef covered in pastry and is similar to the French beef 

encroute. However, to add a pinch of patriotism, the British have renamed it after The Duke of Wellington´s victory over Napoleon in Waterloo in 1815.

French Romance

 "The national characteristics… the restless metaphysical curiosity, the tenderness of good living and the passionate individualism. This is the invisible constant in a place with which the ordinary tourist can get in touch just by sitting quite quietly over a glass of wine in a Paris bistro.” -Lawrence Durrell

Paris a city famous for love and romance. It is famous for its history and people love to spend their lives here with their partners. Food here in Paris is also quite famous all over the world.

The star of French pastries - the Croissant

The croissant is famous for being one of the essential components of breakfast à la française. Golden brown, and with a delicious buttery-tasting dough that melts in your mouth, it is a perfect accompaniment for a good cup of coffee. It is the main staple at every French bakeries Although it’s not a dish, there’s nothing more French than eating a hot, freshly-baked croissant right in the heart of Paris.

Its origins date back to 17th-Century Vienna, Austria. Viennese bakers saved the city by sounding the alert when the Ottoman Army invaded. As an homage, they produced a croissant, whose crescent shape was directly inspired by the emblem on the flag of their former enemies.

 

Spanish Delight

 Food is as integral to Spain as its rich history, with each of Spain's regions home to a range of unique cuisines and flavours.

Each regional speciality is worth trying, and restaurants from different regions bring their local delights to most main cities. Besides the usual tapas, for example olives, Manchego cheese or a plate of Spanish bravas (fried potato with spicy tomato sauce), here is Dish you shouldn't leave without trying.

Paella

This rice-based Valencian dish is well known

 internationally, and comes in many variations that equally vie for attention. The traditional version is a mixture of chicken or rabbit (or both), white and green beans and other vegetables, but mixed seafood is also common, where you will find an array of seafood suprises among the flavoursome rice – calamari, mussels, clams, prawns, scampi or fish, for example. For the adventurous, a black rice

stained by octopus ink is a must try. Fiduea is also tasty, and uses a small curly pasta instead of rice.

Walks of Venice

Venice is an exception to the rule that Europeans eat late– some of the best-value foodie bars and bacaros (the bacaro is a peculiarly Venetian take on the Spanish tapas joint) serve lunch from noon to 1.30pm, dinner from 7pm to around 8.30pm.

Even today, Venice comes alive like a page out of history. The gondolas in the canals, the stony streetscape, and the renaissance architecture are a testament to Venetian Culture and Architecture.

 During a full moon, the beauty of Venice is at its peak. The whole city casts its reflection it the still dark waters. A common tourist would perceive that Venice occupies two planes of existence. It would break their hearts to find they cannot enter the other one. Staring into the city’s shining reflection would throw anyone into a deep, hypnotic fantasy. The only thing that breaks the spell is the aroma of fresh Italian food: The steaming risotto with succulent shellfish, floating in fresh vegetable and herb broth.