I love Indian food and Thai food; those are, like, my favorites. I also like Japanese and some Italian.
The English eat all sorts of birds - pigeons, ducks, sparrows - but if you tell them you eat puffin, you might as well come from Mars.
I remember how, when I lived in Paris, there was a McDonald's, and I'd always see Americans eating there and think, 'Why do they come all the way to Paris and eat at McDonald's?'
I was always getting run-down from jet lag and being in strange towns where I didn't speak the language or know what the food was like.
The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.
It was an away game, I think in Poland. I ate some chicken and had really bad salmonella.
Some days, just occasionally, when I've had just one too many chickpeas, drizzles of olive oil or chunks of feta, I crave a return to the sushi-filled joints of Tokyo.
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.
If you are in Holland, be careful not to say tomorrow that you don't like French, German or Swedish food or people, you could be called a racist.
No matter where I've been overseas, the food stinks, except in Italy.
Traveling around the world is really strenuous for me, being in a different bed every night, flying and everything.
In 1969, we emigrated to Australia. It was a big change. The heat, the flies, and the completely different tinned meats. The shock was so great, I stopped reading books for nearly a year.
One of my favorite luxuries in life is travel. Jet lag and lost baggage aside, it's an incredible way to learn about other cultures, meet new people, broaden your horizons... and do some amazing shopping!
When I visit a country, I like to experience local food.
I got to travel to Japan. I never in my life thought I would go to Japan.
Of course, there's no reason that Paris should have decent Mexican food. It's a silly expectation - there's a Mexican population in Paris, but they're not exactly traveling there from across the border. Paris also doesn't do Peruvian all that well, either.
Some of the oddest foods I've encountered are 'American' foods represented internationally.
If you are going to a destination where the food might be more exotic than usual, always err on the side of caution.
I used to delight in eating the most exotic meat on the menu: I'd have the snails, camel, squid or anything else that was going.
One of the things you learn when you go overseas is how much a lot of the countries overseas really just like to enjoy life.
Eat more like the French. Or the Japanese. Or the Italians. Or the Greeks.
I ate some pretty funky, authentic Chinese food in Hong Kong. There was an egg from some bird that's not a chicken. I can't remember what it was, but it was green and brown and not very tasty.
I enjoy eating Italian and Japanese cuisine, and abroad, I love Zuma, Nobu, and Cipriani.
The Brits like to see their local chefs do well - when a foreign chef comes in - even Joel Robuchon - they are harshly critical.
