Top 10 Popular Cuisines Of The World

By Niveditha Kalyanaraman

September 12th, 2023

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The world is a platter of delicious food and with the onset of food innovation, there are cuisines popping up often. If you're a food enthusiast or someone who just loves food, here are 10 popular cuisines (in no particular order) around the world to explore!

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Mexico

Mexican cuisine is a swirl of enchiladas, tacos, helados and quesadillas. A rich fiesta in your mouth is their range of avocado, tomato, lime and garlic with beans and chocolates and chilies.

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Thailand

Thais fit spicy, sour, salty, sweet, chewy, crunchy and slippery into one dish. Their ingredients, though many, come together like orchestral music.

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Greece

Greek cuisine gives you a taste of history. A bite of dolma or a slurp of lentil soup gives a small taste of life in ancient Greece. The main secret to Greek cuisine is lashings of glistening olive oil.

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India

The hub for spices and a cuisine of humongous variety, India has a range of dishes in each category from breakfast to street foods to past time drinks. There’s Goa’s seafood, the wazwan of Kashmir and the coconut richness of Kerala.

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Japan

Attempt a multicourse kaiseki meal that presents the seasons in a spread of visual and culinary poetry. Or grab a seat at a revolving sushi conveyor for a solo feast. They have food that is created by sushi masters and people good with their craft.

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Spain

The cuisine involves people munching on snacks throughout the day with intervals of big meals. From the fruits of the Mediterranean Sea to the spoils of the Pyrenees, from the saffron and cumin notes of the Moors to the insane molecular experiments of Ferran Adria, Spanish food is timeless.

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France

A platter of wine and cheese. Yes. France is where you need to be. Their cuisine also has cassoulet, pot au feu and steak frites whose pronunciation fills your tummy before the tasty food gets there.

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China

"Anything is food" is the popular belief here. From Roast suckling pig and Peking duck to Shark’s fin soup, anything is delicious when cooked the Chinese way.

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Italy

Italian cuisine has bled into pretty much a lot of the world's cuisine. With their tomato sauces, wheat breads and pasta, they have a party on a plate. From the cheesy risottos to the crisp fried meats, Italian cuisine is what crowd-pleasing comfort food is made of.

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Poland

Common ingredients in Polish cuisine are cabbage, bread, sausages, fermented vegetables and potatoes. The food is meant to be packed with vitamins and nutrients to make up for long periods of limited sunlight in the winter.

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