Exotic Flavors Quotes

People will travel anywhere for good food - it's crazy.

I think that people are getting really excited about different ethnic food, and almost even micro-ethnic food. So it's not just, 'I love Asian,' it's Szechuan or Hunan, this one style from China.

My favourite types of cuisine are Asian and Caribbean, and I love cooking new recipes for my family.

I love eating in San Francisco, Chiang Dao, China, Tokyo, Hanoi.

So I went to the Chinese restaurant and this duck came up to me with a red.

I landed in 1980 in Bangkok, and I stopped to eat ten times between the airport and the hotel. It was all lemongrass and ginger and chilies.

Indian food is a luxury on tour.

I'm a curry and rice girl.

I love the food in Thailand because of the exotic spices they use. Their style of cooking is unique to their culture and always amazing.

No matter where I've been overseas, the food stinks, except in Italy.

I am passionate about spreading awareness about Sri Lankan food.

Filipino food is not common when compared to your local Chinese food options.

I used to eat Danny Kaye's food. I had his Chinese and Italian meals, and that was as good as it gets.

I have a great love for cuisine, so I'm always interested in local food, and there are so many interesting dishes, spices and ingredients in India.

I believe what makes cooking in Las Vegas different from cooking in most other cities are the guests that dine with you in Las Vegas.

From Japan to Thailand, I keep discovering amazing talent, cuisine and food markets.

The range of ingredients available to home cooks has expanded dramatically. People are incorporating herbs and spices like lemongrass, smoked Mexican chile, sumac, and za'atar mix.

I will eat disgusting things, but only those with long established culinary traditions.

Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli. Reality is plywood and plastic, done up in mud brown and olive drab. Fantasy tastes of habaneros and honey, cinnamon and cloves, rare red meat and wines as sweet as summer. Reality is beans and tofu, and ashes at the end.

Going to Southeast Asia for the first time and tasting that spectrum of flavors - that certainly changed my whole palate, the kind of foods I crave. A lot of the dishes I used to love became boring to me.

Middle Eastern cuisine has the same depth of ingredients and processes as other cuisines. They just haven't had as much exposure.

Food makes travel so exceptional, because you get to taste what it's actually supposed to taste like. To eat the real Pad Thai or finally have a proper curry is something pretty amazing.

Get up early and go to the local produce markets. In Latin America and Asia, those are usually great places to find delicious food stalls serving cheap, authentic and fresh specialties.

While we Brits love a curry, the French get their spicy kicks from the culinary traditions bestowed by their North African population.

Some foods you may say, 'Oh wow, this is not food.' People actually eat that somewhere. I just want people to really understand that and really appreciate it.