10 delicious international foods & drinks you probably haven’t heard of - but should try

10 OBSCURE BUT DELICIOUS DISHES & DRINKS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

By Erik Wolf, MA, CCTP, MCTP, World Food Travel Association

Every country you visit will have at least one dish that has become the poster delicacy for that destination: haggis for Scotland; pizza for Italy; paella for Spain. Yet there are so many great foods that are still largely unknown. Here are a few obscure foods that I have enjoyed from around the world. Do try them if you get the chance.

FANESCA (Ecuador)

Fanesca is an Ecuadorian soup served at Easter. If you are in North America or the UK, you might call it a fish and bean chowder. And a soup that tastes this good has to have a little cream in it. The flavour is absolutely heavenly. Hot tip: find a version that has potatoes in it. There are more than 700 different types of potatoes in this world of hidden foods, and I guarantee if they use it in this soup, the type of potato will be entirely new to you. Think buttery. Arrive hungry.

AJI DE GALLINA (Peru)