When you can provide photos or description of a food you've seen or heard of but don't know its English name.
Questions tagged [food-identification]
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Can you identify this Serbian street food?
Yesterday in Niš, southern Serbia I bought this street food pictured:
It looked and tasted like deep fried batter, how fish from a fish and chip shop might look in Australia where I'm from.
It had no filling and I was offered a choice of sugar or…
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Tzaziki: the drink, not the sauce
One night in Rome, I had the most amazing drink. It had cucumber and sugar, some unidentifiable alcohol (gin? Vodka?), and I believe mint. The menu identified it as tzaziki, but I've been unable to find it online, probably because of the eponymous…
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What is this Laotian mystery leaf?
In Luang Prabang, Laos, I was served this mystery herb on the side of a dish of green papaya salad (ຕຳຫມາກຫຸ່ງ tam mak hung, aka som tam on the Thai side of the border).
What exactly is this? The flavor was quite strong and rather bitter. Google…
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What is this seed pod?
Every now and then I come across this seed pod when I order Baingan Bharta (aka Punjabi Eggplant) from my favorite Indian restaurant. They're roughly 2cm (3/4 inch) long and about as thick as a wooden pencil. The taste is strong and earthy and…
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Commercial Sponge Cake Improver?
Many years ago (35+) my grandmother received a container of a 'sponge cake improver' from a family member whom was a commercial baker.
She describes it as looking like a thick amber liquid or paste.
The method of using it was to put two teaspoons…
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What is this fruit, anyone knows?
What fruit is this?
Please see photos, thanks. This is from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. It is about 3 inches in diameter.
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What is this small green fruit called?
I want to know what is this fruit called in English
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Please can someone help me identify this?
Please can someone help me find out what this is
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What is this leaf vegetable? It tastes like cress but looks different
My girlfriend got this at a Turkish supermarket in Berlin. It's quite spicy and tastes like garden cress or a bit like radish. I looked up cress varieties but couldn't find this particular leaf shape.
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What gives Vietnamese Chicken the red tint?
A local oriental restaurant used to sell "Vietnamese Chicken", a hot plate dish of big chunks of chicken breast with onion and spices. The distinguishing feature of the dish was a deep red tint of the chicken meat (on the surface; the inside was…
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What nut did I find?
I ask this knowing that it's possibly borderline off-topic, but I don't see a Botany SE site where I could ask, so...
A few days ago I stumbled (literally) upon an odd little fruit that had fallen onto the sidewalk. It fascinated me because it had…
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Help in identifying Scandinavian dessert recipe
Background -- I made this recipe as part of a group project (in college) that was preparing different foods from around the world. My group had Scandinavia, but as I didn't find this recipe (one of the girls in the group did), I don't know which…
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Food Identification: Restaurant outside Batu Caves in Malaysia, what did we eat?
I had a meal in one of the restaurants at the base of the Batu Caves in Malaysia that served a dish that I quite liked, but I failed to record what I ordered. I'm looking on Google Maps and I believe the restaurant is called "Dhivya’s Cafe".
The…
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What is the type of cheese in "chips and cheese" UK fast-food? (with photos)
I went to England a few years ago for a couple months. I took pictures of a fast-food dish, "chips and cheese" that is uncommon where I live. More than that, the taste of the cheese intrigued me. The pictures were took in Stafford in case regional…
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