16 Best Cities for Foodies in the World Should Visit Once

Whenever travelling in the world, each and every city have their individuality in culture, history, landscapes, traditions and food. In travel dairies, food taste is always first in the list and people also remember that first part only. Some food is never forgotten, some of them still taste in teeth, some smells are one different and their local ingredients are never seen before. All are unique in food menu, people love to eat vegan, meat, seafood as well as about wild. These foods attract not only the local people but it also appeals the International tourists. As it is different from all over the world and it is depending on their geography, climate and traditions.

Here amazing cities in the world which are served delicious, spicy, juicy and trendy foods that most loved to travelers and local people.

  

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

New Orleans gives an amazingly delicious menu of Louisiana Creole dishes by the city’s multifaceted heritage, however there are some other dishes like haute Creole and New Orleans French cuisines. The uniqueness in this food as melting pot to the flavors such as Native Americas, French, Italian, African, Cajun, Chinese, Southern American Culture, Caribbean and Spanish as well as Cuban traditions as mixture to produce a totally different and easily noticeable Louisiana flavor. It is known for famous for Beignets – square shaped fried pastries as called “French Doughnuts” which is served with coffee and chicory. Another one is Po-Boy sandwich, overstuffed fried shrimps, smoked sausages, oysters, catfish, soft-shell crabs or roasted beef smothered in gravy with serving on French bread. List carry on, Monday favorite red beans and rice, other enjoyable specialty is Praline – a candy made from brown sugar, granulated sugar, cream, butter and pecans. Moreover, traditional dish Jacques Lom’s is just unbelievable also appreciate the French – Vietnamese fusion like Lemon Grass as well as Asian inspired beef Yaka Mein. Lovely dishes from West African vegan Okra all served over rice, jambalaya -  a spicy Cajun or Creole mix of seafoods, meats, vegetables and rice. Local people recommended Dauphine street for International cuisine and vegan breakfasts, Freret street for lobsters, fried oysters, slow cooked roast beef and frady’s for the south’s meat and three traditions.

Dubai, UAE

Camel is a common and famous dish in Dubai, people like to add camel as main ingredient in their dishes. Chef stuff a whole camel with herbs and spices and then roasts the meal that’s make rich and tender which stuffed camel is a common dish in the menu. Although, Dubai has best exotic restaurant, an extensive city with matchless multicultural cuisine. Here, you can have and test Moroccan Lomb, layers Cakes, buttermilk fried chicken, organic ice-creams and many more. However, here “Arabic Food” is quite popular as well as available in every part of the city, like small shawarma diners in Deira and Al Karama to the restaurant in here’s hotel. Though, south Asian, Chinese Fast food are widely famed. As Indians and Pakistani are in Dubai, Biryani is super popular cuisine, as well as every year Dubai celebrate Food festivals in every February to March with the variety of flavors and cuisine. A part from this Dubai imports a number of Michelin starred chefs from all over the world, so you may find world’s test at one city.

Tokyo, Japan

 Tokyo is home to a dizzying quantity of restaurants specializing in an array of Japanese cuisine. City has more than 200 Michelin restaurants as the most of any city in this world. Old generation to modern style, here chefs are experts at blending old and new to create word class dishes. However, Kaiseki, the awesome Japanese dish that has been refined in both preparation methods and appearance. The city situated in a land that produce fanciful, natural, simple and clean which is in-demand ingredient year around. Delicious soba dishes at humble noodles shops to high-end, pricey sushi, izakaya quality carries through to all price levels in Toyoko. But it’s not about sushi, from tonkatsu pork cutlets and unagi eel to okonomiyaki pancakes and all things tofu.  The world famous Tsukiji Fish Market alone would be enough to make Toyoko foodie destination, moreover here there are 5 million pounds of fish is sold every day, and it must be served as sushi. It’s hard to find where to start when comes in to eat in capital city. Start with sushi breakfast and pick up any cooking supplies, waketokuyama, Tsujitome, Mandaraya and Kihachi can gives foiegras, caviar as well as French-Japanese fusion or other non-traditional choices. 

New York, USA

8 million people from all over the world live in New York, so range of cooking experience is mystifying. Here chefs are always innovating and they are offering deals that make their food taste even better as whatever the trends, it’s always the classic and New York does them like no other. It’s like true mecca of the food world and allowing to go on a food world trip without leaving the city. There are 1000 types of restaurants where get every kind of cuisine for every budget. This is city of superlatives and that of course also applies to its food scene in the world, that’s everything form Italian, French, Afghan, Tibetan, Indian, South Asian cuisine. It’s original melting pot of cultures, this is true of its food choices as well. Outstanding seafoods, artisanal bakeries, pizza slices as well as fusion dishes abound. Cafe, taverns and wine shops are overflowing and there is something for every palette in the city that never sleeps.  It has many Michelin star restaurants, try hot dog or halal palette from a street vendor as well as it is also famous for its food festivals such as Smorgasborg. Roaming around in city, experience gourmet groceries stores like Dean and DeLuca, Balducci’s and Zabar’s one of the best food store in the world.

Mumbai India

The city of dreams, Mumbai is the most diverse street food. Here, food has a distinctly different flavor from the street food in other parts of the country. It is a city that has a little of everything and attracts many people from all corners of India.  Mumbai is paradise for sea food lovers, the Bombay Duck (Bombil), it not ducks but fish which is fried to be crunchy on the outside and soft inside. Another one, Prawns is very popular sea food in Mumbai, it can be fried, cooked in gravy as well as combined with biryani and with fish. However, the butter Garlic Crab is also significant amount of butter garlic sauce to make delicious. A very special Parsi dish eaten with brown rice is Mutton Dhanshak, where the mutton cooked to be tender and soft as well as it is served with mutton kebab and fried onions. Want to taste Mughlai food at Mohammad Ali Road, where can get from Kebab to Birayani, phirnis to jalebis. A part from, the typical Maharashtrian dishes like Thali peth, Kanda pohe, Sabudana Vada, Misal Pav, Kothimbir Vadi, Batata Vada, Dhoklas, Mumbai style Sandwich, Bhel puri, Burn Maska, Frankie, Pav Bhaji , Samosa Pav, many more which it found in every corner of city. An experience in Mumbai food which is incomplete without including American or continental. The contemporary deli style cafes provide delightful sandwiches, fresh salads, thin crust pizzas, as well as burgers that having cheese, artisan breads, handmade jams, olive oil and other condiments that can be bought off the shelf. Though, want to enjoy and taste other Indian style dishes like superlative Bengali food, fantastic and spicy Punjabi cuisine and delicious Gujarati Undhiyo when season is right as well as Just Kerala which for Non-vegetarian Kerala meal, Rajasthani Thali and last but not list north Indian thali, those are one city in Mumbai. An enjoyable cuisine without sweets, in Mumbai, get sweetness in your mouth, where find Puran Poli made from sugar or juggeri and its famous in Gujarati and Marathi. For Ganesh festival special, Modak is quite popular among the festival.

Lyon, France

Lyon is about rustic, rich French food as well as famous for its numbers of unique meals. However, Paris attracts fine French cuisine, talking about Lyon that has been internationally known for its food list. Well, Lyon is surrounded by some of the finest raw materials in France and has become the hub for a variety of ingredients and best quality regional products. There are plentiful Lyonnaise dishes in all areas, like a smoky pork sausages with pistachios served on a dollop of mashed potatoes with cream sauce, a colorful macaron, a brochette of foie grass and mixture of creamed fish quenelles. Lyon has always an attractive place for chefs to settle and develop their skills. The city still food for all budgets, though it’s the haute cuisine that clearly stand separately from the rest. Focus on local traditions and produce, “bouchons” are among the best spots to enjoy the more rustic cuisine by the French wines, these unique restaurants are only found in Lyon. It is also support as well as continues the city’s best traditional meal “Machon”- the culinary tradition of Lyon as Machon is a type of meal served in the morning but it is a heavy meal. Starts with pate, then meaty main course topped with a sauce and at the end finished with some cheese. There are 1500 or more fine restaurants and 13 awarded the prestigious Micheline stars, also highest numbers of restaurants per inhabitant in France. Fine regional cuisine and develop surround the city form nearby Charolais, Savoy, Dombes and other areas, as well as high quality wines come from Beaujoulais and Rhone Valley.   

Brussels, Belgium

From luscious plate of mussels, local waffles, crisp French fries and chocolate line as well as its numbers types of beers. Pierre Marcolini, not to forget to savor some exquisite Belgian chocolates. Its cuisine is known connoisseur as one of the top in Europe. However, there are approx. 1800 restaurants and famous high quality bars as well as huge number of cafes, bistros, international food chains and many more. For seafood head to L’Ecailler du Palais Royal overlooking place du Grand Sablon as well as Commer Chez Soi and La Maison du Cygne are value your time. Some delicious food is here, like Meatballs are the Belgians favorite as both sides of the language divide and usually mixture of beef and pork also these are served with a rich sauce of beef stock, spices and sirop de Leiga, a fruit syrup a bit like molasse made from apples and pears. Another one, Alison typical Belgian food is made from beef slowly shimmered in Belgian beer until it melts. Want to try sea grey shrimps, get it one of the many seafood restaurants in the Sainte-Catherine in Brussels and get a small bowl of crunchy crustaceans. It is part of Belgium cultural heritage as these grey shrimps are sweet and delicate. In Belgian restaurants that take to love in their steak tartare will make it right at table and consists of raw beef mixed with onions, mayonnaise, tabasco, egg yolk, capers, salt and a bunch of other things. Endive is a typically Flemish vegetable dish which is made with slice of beautiful ham and wrap them around a whole knob of endive, then covered with a béchamel and cheese sauce, served with mashed potatoes other side in plate as like typical Belgian cuisine. Vol-au-vent have of a round bladder dough pastry of which the “lid” is cut off and pastry filled with a mixture of chicken and mushrooms in a creamy sauce.  

San Sebastian, Spain

San Sebastian a surroundings area is home to a high concentration of food shops boasting Michelin stars restaurants. After Kyoto, Japan- it is second city in the world which most Michelin star restaurants. Plus, the survey of 2013, it is two of the world’s top ten best restaurants can be found here. This is a city that takes food very seriously and this place where a meal can be turned into an event. It’s proper boasts dozes of bars offering stellar pintxos is also called Tapas. It is small snacks served on skewers that are eaten with drinks. The best experience is visiting the La Brecha market in morning and ending the day at any restaurants serving Basque-style tapas. Exotic food and beautiful scenery, it’s easy to understand why Spanish Basques, who have long lobbied for their independence. Its feed provides pintxos hunting a food inspired bar crawl through the city’s picturesque old town. From January to April enjoy one of our oldest traditions, “Cyder Houses”. Moreover, best for sea foods, they use Txakoli the Basque young and fresh white wine that grows in vineyards in front of the sea. The supreme night out will hit a mix of well-known taverns, like Txepetxa and Paco Bueno as well as experimental sports like Bar Zruka Borda Berri. Visit in summer or spring, sea food is sure to be on most menus alongside tender lamb and green vegetables, while in autumn or winter cold cuts with earthy flavors of mushroom, black pudding and locally foraged nuts.

Mexico City, Mexico

From tacos to tamales, it’s hard not to love authentic Mexican Cuisine. This food is incomplete without beans, corns and chili peppers. Real Mexican food is quite unlike the dishes found in most Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurants in other countries.  Tacos and Nachos to margaritas, get the most delicious recipes to cook up Mexican fiesta foods for dinner and parties. Though Mexican food is mixture of indigenous and Spanish influences but local people still continue the native foods such as avocados, beans, corns, tomatoes and chili peppers along with rice, which is specially brought from Spanish. However, Mexican food is popular for its street food, particularly when it comes to tacos al pastor as thin slice of pork that are shaved onto tortillas before being topped with onions, cilantro, pineapple and salsa. Another famous street food in Mexico City and surrounding area is the torte that consists of a roll of some type, stuffed with many ingredient. Today’s Mexican food is based on pre-Columbian traditions including Aztec and Maya, combined with culinary trends introduced by Spanish colonists. In central Mexico’s cuisine is widely made up of effect from the rest of the country, but also has its authentic like barbacoa, pozole, menudo, tamales and carnitas. A part from, southeastern Mexico is known for its spicy and chicken based dishes as its geographic location, quite get a Caribbean influence. However, seafood is very common prepared on border of Pacific Ocean or Gulf of Mexico. Nowadays, other countries cuisines of the world become very famous in Mexico, like sushi in here often made with a vierty of sauces based on mango or tamarind and very often served with serrano-chili-blended soy sauce, or complemented with vinegar, chipotle peppers and habanero. Some of the traditional Mexican food that is eaten is thousands of years old, but the dishes that the Aztecs and other ate are still renowned today. In addition, the street eats, the city is also home to creative chefs pushing the boundaries at restaurants like Pujol, where everything from flying ants and suckling pig are used for dishes.

Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul is spectacular city, filled with layer upon layer of history. Culture and outstanding food. Well, it is popular for its sea food restaurants. Navigating here, grand bazaar is energy sapping as well as food stops are essential for survival. About to breakfast to dinner, Turkish are slightly different than European, tea replace the coffee. Delight taste buds with variety of traditional and street food in generations local eateries while roaming Istanbul’s old city and back street surrounding the famous spice bazaar. The best Turkish food tends to be simplest as try home-style cooking at Karabiber (Black Pepper), Develi for kebabs and Babane (Banana) for Turkish stiffed turnovers. However, best coffee can be found at Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi Mahdumlari. Here, people are enjoying a traditional outdoors breakfast in the old city on the European shore, before crossing the mighty Bosporus to Asia. Talking about the awesome dishes, like Menemen a Turkish breakfast with eggs, onion, tomato, green chili and spices mix together and served in a cast iron pot. However, mezes are the main attraction it’s fun launch experience. Also, Kuyu kebabi is a specialty from the city of Kastamonu in mid-west of the Black Sea Region. Another one, Iskender Kebap also doner meat, as beaten pieces of meat seasoned with suet, local herbs and spices, skewered on a spit and grilled vertically. Manti is also called Turkish ravioli as it is hot dish served with cold yogurt and garlic, plus these days it served with salmon, spinach or even chicken. Try classic Arab cheese pastry Kunefe and Baklava is the finest example of Turkish dessert.

Marrakesh, Morocco

Marrakesh is famous for its market stalls and flavorful cuisine. Bounded by lemon, orange and olive groves, city’s culinary characteristics are rich and heavily spiced but not hot. The Jemaa el-Fna is here as typical city square by day, but in the evening the space transforms into a festival like atmosphere. Visitors difficult to choose from aubergines glistening with oil, tender lamb coated with local herbs, snails overflowing from buckets and cous-cous to perfection. Although, it combines the tastes of France, Africa and the Middle East to provide food stalls where you can taste on the go bikes like Kefta and mergez in the day. Outside the city visitors can try traditional Moroccan tagine – a verity of vegetables and meats are slow cooked in a clay pot. At night, city square become huge food point where the smell of fresh street food fills the moonlit air, and dishes like shish kebabs, mechoui and fried eggplant are popular and cheap from these food stalls. However, large barrels filled with spices like saffron and turmeric and huge bowls of piled up olives are colorful giants that are standard sights in Marrakesh’s markets. Moroccan like to roast their meat over an open grill. Snails are served at most roadside stalls at the Djemaa El Fna in Marrakesh which is seasoned with pepper, citrus peel, aniseed, mint and other herbs. The real street food, the sardine sandwich is not a basic as it sounds, it’s consists of sardine roll balls, sheep fat, delicious tomato sauce and green olive. Another one, Bocadillos which is variety of meat, fish, starches, vegetables and condiments stuffed in bread or eaten in plate with fries. Moreover, beans in the medina for breakfast is one of the favorite among the people.

Georgetown, Malaysia

As the capital of the state of Penang in Malaysia, is the an excitingly varied city, crammed with the contrast of local, expats and international visitors, who are coming from all over the world. However, get the good food, Georgetown is undoubtedly one of the best places in Malaysia as because its warm, sunny weather and collection of different and delicious restaurants. Though, on a plate, bowl, skewered on sticks all are having at street food or hawker food as the locals which is quite popular. Among them, some chefs used to same recipe for years and years with hints of Chinese and Indian fusion. At Penang, the famous street dish is char koay teow or kawy teow which is having flat rice noddles, prawns, cockles, scrambled egg, crunchy beans sprouts, strips of fish cake and chili paste. as in traditional touch try, assam laksa which is spicy glass noddle, mackerel fish along with tamarind juice, shrimp paste, cucumber slivers and bird’s eye chilies. Another one, hokkien mee is specified as a dish based prawn, spicy broth noddle dish, garlic and other spices. A part from these other Malaysian food such as Mee Goreng(common in Indonesia and Singapore), Laksa Lemak (fish gravy, shrimps or fish sticks and chili paste), Wanton Mee(leafy vegetables, prawns, chicken or pork, black fungus and oyster sauce), Lesi Lemak(fried anchovies, eggs, prawns, chicken, cutter fish and wrapped with banana leaf), Oh Chien (Chinese Omlate made with tapioca flour, garlic, chili paste, shallots and eggs), Popiah (Asian food made of soybean curd, eggs, vegetables stew and Chinese lettuce), Udang Galah Rendang (giant shrimps), Penang Rojak (Asian fruits and vegetables Salad) and last but not least Cendol (Southern Asian Desert) and Ice Kacang (shaved ice, palm seed, sweet corn, grass jelly, cubes of agar agar and coconut milk).

Florence, Italy

Florence, which is the region of Tuscany, has traditional staples of Florentine and Tuscan cuisine. This city is known worldwide for its arts, fashion, architecture, history and also its awesome food. This food is simple osteria, trattoria and street vendors the most memorable. However, this awesome food made with local ingredient like tomatoes, olives, truffle mushrooms, rosemary, oregano, porcini mushrooms, aubergines, basil and other variety of grilled meat, mellow cheese, and bread. Famous dishes are thick, hearty soups, Chianti wine, roasted or wine braised game. Florence’s best famous dish Bistecca alla Fiorentina or Fiorentina Steak which is made with a large t-bone, seasoned with salt, peppers, lemon and added traditional smoky flavor. Long, wide and flat pasta which is served with heavy sauce ragu. Combine with two local ingredients truffle mushrooms and porcini mushrooms are made delicious dish Tagliatelle Funghi Porcini e Tartufo having different sizes of pastas, mushroom sauce, vegetables and become fantastic and simple. A delightful appetizer platter with bruschetta on Tuscan bread with different sauces, purees or vegetable salasa. Going to upmarket option, there’s the three Michelin starred Enoteca Pinchiorri with its legendarily tempting cellar of more than 15 million bottles.  

Sydney, Australia

Desire great food and wine? Sydney is the delicious and beautiful destination as dining by the sparking natural harbours to sipping cocktails in sky bars with amazing view. Graceful wine and fine food, cocktail bars as well as tradition pubs and emphatic meals. With add flavors from around the world, Australia’s produce seafood and it’s Sydney Fish Market one of the biggest seafood markets in the world also it’s moist taste. Enjoy gourmet dining in acclaimed restaurants like Bennelong (inside the iconic Sydney Opera House) furthermore, creative cuisine in the newest dining confines such as Chippendale and Barangaroo. However, it’s climate is best for outdoor dining all year. A part from world’s famous waterside dining site include Woolloomooloo and Darling Harbour plus get awesome experience in glittering Sydney Harbour is lunch and dinner on cruises. There are multiple cafes and restaurants at here, which is diverse its multicultural cuisine, moreover for street lovers there are numbers of places such as Chinatown’s Dixon street, New town’s King Street, Parramatta’s Church Street and last but not list Cabramatta’s Freedom Plaza. Besides, Australian’s oldest wine region is two hour’s far from north of the city which produce fresh wine. There are so many other things should try like Snow Egg (dessert as icy texture with sugar – spun flavors), Pork Banh Mi (sliced pork, part fish sauce, pate pickled carrot, daikon and crispy roll), Criskin Chicken (egg noodles and golden outside and moist inside, iceberg lettuce and mountain herbs), Green noodles with blue swimmer crab (pasta, crab and tomato sugo), Beef pho (Queen of soup in Sydney), Sausage roll (pork and fennel seeds), Japanese stone (cherry and chocolate liquid inside), Truffled Egg Pasta (egg stored with truffles), Chicken and chips (roasted on charcoal become sticky, salty skin and flavored meat), Pig’s Head (cracked soft skin and salty meat), Confit of Ocean trout (delicious salad of soy, celery, witlof and apple) and more in the menu list.

Santiago, Chile

Santiago chefs have become worldwide attraction for their decently Chilean cuisine as being located between the Pacific Ocean and Argentina’s beef industry. However, its roots in the foos of the contains Chilean Indian and Spanish as Spanish brought wheat, European vegetables, meats, spices, herbs, fats plus their own alcoholic drinks wine, grappa and brandy. These two combine into the classic Chinese Creole cuisine. Today, Chilean chefs are make their cuisine combination of all above, they cooked without complicated sauces or seasonings. Grilled or boiled meats are dinner, fish fired or grilled and shellfish steamed and served in soups or bread thickened pudding like chupes as well as soups and salads have to be served with vegetables. The main seasonings are oregano, cumin, paprika and garlic. Food menu features hyper seasonal and rare, local ingredients such as traditional sauce of chickpeas and tomato, pepper and beef stew. All major Chilean cities, will typically serve traditional dishes such as Chilean meal Pebre (tomatoes, onions, cilantro, spicy aji, red papper paste), pastel de choclo (corn pie), cazuela (boiled dinner), baked empanada de pino (filling of ground beef and onion), plateada (pot raost), Porotos Granados (cranberry beans with squash and corn), Asada (parrilla or grilled chicken, lamb, pork, longaniza and Chilean chorizo), Prietas (blood sausages served with mashed potatoes, rice or French fries), Sopaipilla (fried disks pumpkins dough eaten with pebre and mustard), Ajiaco (Soup made with grilled meat) and Mapuche Cuisine. However, Peruvian food and restaurants are quite famous in Chile, well this food is multiethnic with elements of Spanish, Andean, Japanese, Chinese as well as Italian cuisine. About to taste from mid to very spicy and combine of Asian and Andean herbs and spices missing from Chilean cuisine.

Copenhagen, Denmark

Want to try Danish food. Several Michelin starred restaurants and new Nordic food, Copenhagen is the perfect destination to experience Danish Food. Here, food is a serious venture in the capital city Scandinavian which is having best ranked restaurants in the world. The city has also some of the world’s innovative chefs and Northern Europe’s biggest food festival. Pocket friendly great food is morrebrod as open faced sandwich having with fish, meat, vegetables or Danish style hot dog. A part from there are three coffee collective locations in city and among them coffee micro roastery which is best in the world. However, Copenhagen has a lot to offer within budget and also it is considering happiest city on the earth. Enjoy Danish foods such as Organic hotdogs (day old pork with pickles, crispy onions, mustard, ketchup and remoulade), New Nordic Cuisine, Den Rode Cottages (where served Smoked cream cheese, salsify, sorrel and crispy pork), Noma (Wild Asparagus with poached egg yolks and herbs), Recycled food, Doep (Hotdog with stewed kale), Ol & Brod (Salmon, Potato and smoked cheese), Nam Nam (Beef Rendang) and many more. About the seafood, Oysters and Scallops have to taste once while visit. Local people’s Sunday brunch is awesome here, which having huge plates of fruits and wonderful eggs dishes as well as meat. Moreover, Fish, seafood and meat are mainly part of traditional Danish food such as Cod, Norway lobster, Eel, Herring, Plaice, Salmon, Shrimp and Roe.