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10 Delicious Food Photos from a Tasty Year of Travel

Modified: Aug 24, 2020 · Published: Jan 6, 2012 by Mark Wiens |

Thai Shrimp Rice
Khao Kluk Kaphi

Spending about three-quarters of 2011 in Thailand, I was able to explore further the glorious realm of delicious Thai food.

#1. Pictured above is a dish known as khao kluk kaphi that is made of shrimp flavored fried rice covered in a rainbow of tasty ingredients!

Red Pork
Khao Moo Daeng

#2. Khao moo daeng, or red barbecued pork and rice, is a pork lovers dream come true.

This is a very common dish in Thailand, but after seeing the crowds at this particular restaurant, I decided to give it a try - and it was the best one I've ever had!

Thai food
Shrimp and Stink Beans

#3. I'm a huge lover of all Thai food, but nothing gets me more excited than southern Thai food and its wonderful blend of spicy curries.

Shrimp fried with string beans and something known as "stink beans" was one of the dishes that I couldn't get enough of in 2011.

Grilled Fish
Grilled Fish in Myanmar

#4. When I saw these fish waiting to be grilled on the street side of Yangon, Myanmar, there was nothing I could do but immediately order one.

Covered in chili paste and stuffed with fragrant herbs, it was possibly the best-grilled fish I ate the entire year.

Green Papaya Salad
Som Tam in Laos

#5. No trip to Laos would be the same without spicy green papaya salad, known as som tam.

A combination of shredded crisp green papaya, chopped string beans, tomatoes, dried shrimp and peanuts dressed in fish sauce and lime and served with sticky rice is hard to beat.

Sri Lankan Cuisine
Hoppers

#6. Along with the ever-present and always delicious plates of rice and curry that make up the realm of Sri Lankan food is another popular dish known as "hoppers."

They are made from a pancake like batter, flavored with coconut milk, cooked with an egg on top, and served with delicious onion and chili sauce.

Malaysia
Nasi Campur

#7. Malaysian food is so good that I'm willing to make a trip to the country exclusively for a feast.

This plate of nasi campur, rice with mixed toppings, is one of my favorites. The intense flavors and chilies were absolutely delightful.

Chinese Fried Eggplant
Chinese Fried Eggplant

#8. As a half Chinese American myself, I grew up eating Chinese food on the daily and there's no other form of cuisine that is more comforting to my taste buds.

This plate of eggplant with pork and chilies was outstanding!

Noodles
Chinese Noodles

#9. Now I'm typically an every-meal-rice man, but when noodles are covered with this array of gorgeous toppings, they can be irresistible.

I enjoyed every slurp of this bowl of noodles in Yangshuo, China.

Chinese food
Spicy Fish Hot Pot

#10. The ultimate meal that changed my life for the better in 2011 was this Chinese hot pot of white meat fish smothered in a seemingly infinite amount of garlic, dried chilies, and Sichuan mouth-numbing peppercorns.

With a few bowls of rice, this was probably my most memorable meal of the year!

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Mark was raised in central Africa before migrating back to the U.S. for university. After graduating, he decided to continue traveling the world. On Migrationology, he shares the cultural side of travel from a slow-paced local perspective that often revolves around his love for eating all forms of food. Join him on Facebook and follow him on YouTube.

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