15 Best Dishes Around the World, Including Indonesia's 'Pempek'

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Of the many dishes that exist in this world, several have been named the most delicious by Taste Atlas, an online travel guide that compiles recipes, food reviews, and popular dishes. This ranking was determined out of 10,927 cataloged dishes based on the reviews of 395,205 users.

The following is the list of the top 15 best dishes in the world:

1. Picanha

This dish comes from Brazil. Picanha is a fresh cut of beef that is situated on the back side of the animal. Picanha is often served as churrasco like a steak or grilled.

2. Roti Canai

This dish is originated from India but mainly associated with Malaysia. This dish is made with flour, eggs, water, and ghee. The roti canai dough is repeatedly folded to induce a layered texture.

3. Phat Kaphrao

This traditional Thai stir-fry combines minced meat or seafood with holy basil and various other ingredients such as shallots, garlic, and chili peppers. This dish is served with rice, fried eggs, and fish sauce.

4. Pizza Napoletana

The genuine pizza Napoletana is made with just a few simple ingredients. The toppings are made from tomatoes, garlic, oregano, and Margherita, mozzarella, and fresh basil leaves.

5. Guotie

The pan-fried variety of the Chinese jiaozi dumpling, known as guotie, is a Northern Chinese dumpling typically filled with minced pork, Chinese cabbage, scallions, ginger, rice wine, and sesame seed oil.

6. Khao Soi

This dish comes from Northern Thailand. This dish is made from a base of slightly spicy sauce, coconut milk, and red curry paste. The soup is served with flat egg noodles, and a choice of meat (chicken, beef, and pork). This dish is also served with various spices such as pickled cabbage, fresh lime, shallots, and chilies.

7. Butter Garlic Naan

This traditional Indian dish is made from flour, yeast, salt, sugar, and yogurt. Butter garlic naan is cooked in a hot tandoor oven, then smeared with butter or ghee and sprinkled with chopped garlic.

8. Tangbao

The name tangbao or tangbaozi refers to a broad group of steamed Chinese soup-filled dumplings. Usually, these dumplings contain minced pork or crab meat.

9. Shashlik

Shashlik is the name for a traditional Central and West Asian barbecue consisting of marinated, skewered, and grilled. The meat used in this dish is lamb, beef, or pork depending on regional and religious preferences. This dish is usually combined with chopped vegetables such as onions, peppers, tomatoes, and mushrooms.

10. Phanaeng Curry

This Thai dish consists of meat simmered in coconut milk, Panang curry shrimp paste, makrut lime leaves, fish sauce, and palm sugar. The meat used in Phanaeng curry is beef, chicken, duck, or pork.

11. Pepperdelle al Cinghiale

Pappardelle is a famous Tuscan pasta variety. The meat is combined with fresh egg pasta, parsley, and a sprinkle of Parmigiano.

12. Ameijoas à Bulhao Pato

This Portuguese dish is made from olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, and coriander leaves. The sauce is made with white wine and served with bread.

13. Pempek

This dish comes from Indonesia. Pempek is made from ground fish meat and tapioca. The pempek dough is shaped into rounds or steamed, then fried and cut before serving. This dish is served with sliced cucumber, noodles, and sweet sauce (cuko).

14. Banh Mi Thit

This Vietnamese dish is a sandwich with cold cuts and served with slices of roasted pork, sliced pork belly, sliced ham, or pork sausage, cucumber, mayonnaise, pickled carrots, and daikon.

15. Tom Kha Gai

This dish comes from Thailand. It is a soup whose name translates to boiled galangal chicken soup, consisting of coconut milk, chicken chunks or shreds, galangal (reddish-brown or pink woody plant related to ginger), lemongrass, garlic, bird's eye chili peppers, kaffir lime leaves, fish sauce, and shiitake mushrooms.

ANGGITA VIANDHINI NUGROHO PUTRI

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