People today can travel anywhere around the globe traversing geographical boundaries. And with them, travel their culture and food. The number of foreigners working in Qatar has led to the eating habits of people here being influenced by food from all around the world. Various cuisines and outlets now open in the country have been adapted to serve nationals as well as expatriates from Asia, Europe and America.
Without a question, a dish or a restaurant is selected primarily based on its taste, cost and convenience to eat.
Read more here :
http://www.gulf-times.com/food/235/details/345782/-the-world-on-my-plateA side-bar which appeared in actual newspaper but not in E-version:
FAMOUS CUISINES
Falafel – traditional Arab food – deep-fried ball or patty made from ground chickpeas, beans, or both; usually topped with salads, pickled vegetables and hot sauce
Samosa – fried or baked pastry with a savory filling, such as spiced potatoes, onions, peas, lentils, ground lamb, ground beef or ground chicken
Kebab – wide variety of skewered meals cooked over or next to flames
Indian chaat – a mixture of potato pieces, crispy fried bread, gram or chickpeas and tangy-salty spices with sour home-made Indian chili, fresh green coriander leaves and yogurt. Popular variants include Aloo tikkis (garnished with onion, coriander, hot spices and a dash of curd), bhel puri, dahi puri, panipuri, dahi vada, papri chaat, and sev puri.
Sandwich – consists of two or more slices of bread with one or more fillings between them
Spring roll – large variety of filled, rolled appetizers. Kind of wrapper, fillings, and cooking technique used vary considerably from place to place
Croissant – butter-layered yeast-leavened dough rolled and folded several times in succession to give a flaky texture, similar to a puff pastry
Donut – deep-fried from a flour dough and shaped in rings or flattened spheres that sometimes contain fillings
Fresh juice – prepared by mechanically squeezing or macerating fruit or vegetable flesh without the application of heat or solvents
Milkshake – sweet, cold beverage which is made from milk, ice cream or iced milk, and flavorings or sweeteners such as fruit syrup or chocolate sauce
Steamed corn – kernels taken off a sweet corn cob or cut off and boiled or steamed
Risottos – rice cooked in broth to a creamy consistency. The broth may be meat-, fish-, or vegetable-based
Pizza – oven-baked, flat, round bread typically topped with a tomato sauce, cheese and various toppings
Pasta – made from an unleavened dough of flour mixed with water and formed into sheets or various shapes, then cooked and served in any number of dishes
Pies – baked dish made of a dough casing that covers or completely contains a filling of various sweet or savoury ingredients
Pancakes – thin, flat, round cake prepared from a batter and cooked on a hot griddle or frying pan
Scones – single-serving cake or quick bread made of wheat, barley or oatmeal, with baking powder as a leavening agent
Puddings – sweet milk-based dessert similar in consistency to egg-based custards, or a mousse, made of bread or rice
Muffins – semi-sweet cake or quick bread that is baked in portions appropriate for one person
Cakes – form of bread or bread-like food normally with a round shape
Schwarma – meats placed on a spit and may be grilled, eaten with bread, tomato, and cucumber with toppings like hummus and pickled vegetables
Barbecued chicken – chicken parts seasoned and coated in a barbecue sauce, then grilled or smoked
Slurpees – frozen flavored drink
Ras Malai – consists of sugary white, cream or yellow colored balls (or flattened balls) of fresh cheese soaked in clotted cream flavored with cardamom
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That’s awesome!
Thank you thank you!
Ow! Those pictures look so good I think I just made my headache worse (just wrote a blog about headaches).
Indian food is my favorite!
Aw sorry about your headache. What dish do you like most, in Indian cuisine?
Let’s see–there’s a spinach and cheese dish, then tandoori chicken, then…I can’t think of any Indian food I don’t like. I love the sauces, the rice, the bread, the…
Ah super!!
awesome pictures, and its great to be published in the newspaper.
I know. The feeling is superb!
Those pictures made me hungry!! 🙂 great post!!
thank you! and yummy fooooood 😀 😀
Drooling now 😛
magic is working 😉
Falafel … Schwarma … mmm … you made me hungry.
that was the intention 😉
You are making me hungry! 🙂
😉 😉
you should have put a warning at the beginning – BEWARE OF PHOTOS OF FOOD – EAT FIRST!
🙂
😀 😀 😀
Congratulations Sakshi
Thank you so much Alison!
This is so great! Makes me think of the London eating scene. They have so many cuisines, including four Peruvian restaurants, which is coming onto the food scene. I’m half Peruvian, but the food always makes me think of home when I’m out with my Peruvian friends. So you’ll usually hear a XD response from us.
Or all the other fusion cuisines from people really into awesome food
I haven’t tried Peruvian food. Any vegetarian dish you would suggest?
Oh dear. They like their meat! There are some great variations on causa, a yellow potato based dish with avocado, tomato and usually crab or other, but new fusion dishes have awesome variations on it. Or papa a la huancaina. However, family favorite would be lentils with rice, fried banana and onion left to cook in lemon juice
I’ll try hunting for ’em…but I have a feeling it will be tough to find vegan options..
Multiculturalism rocks and makes for great food options. I live in Vancouver and we are blessed with tons of yummy eats. I am drooling after those photos of yours. Nice post and congrats.
Thank you Mz Zoomer! and Multiculturalism rocks.. 😀
It does. You’re welcome!
You’re giving my the travel bug! Thanks so much for taking the time to record and share all of this. And thanks for stopping by Feathered Spirit and liking my blog!
I am lucky to have been exposed to such multiculturalism.. its awesome!!
Awesome post dear sister! All the great looking food made me so very hungry! My heart always smiles for your success! God bless and have a happy easter!!!!!
Happy Easter Wendell… and if looking at such pictures does not stimulate your taste glands means something is wrong..
Thanks for liking my recipe! As you can see I love ethnic cuisine very much as well. It is so satisfying when you go to these big cities like London and you can smell all these scents and taste wonderful dishes. Yours was such a great article…now I’m left craving for all all those tasty things.
I wish I could cook many many types of cuisines.. I’ll learn when I can 😀
wow i am not hungry , i just had my lunch but i want foooooooooooood
😀 😀 me tooooooo…..
Thanks for dropping by my blog. I have found samosa here in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to be a very popular food even though you don’t see too many Indian restaurants. And they sell samosa wraps in the grocery which I use to stuff Chinese filling. Hey, it’s a world of convenience and what works in a place far from home.
True that Victor! Chefs can make their own little changes to cater to customers of that area..
Is it safe in Qatar with so many expats there?
Absolutely.. It is one of the safest places in middle-east..
Very interesting to see a familiar American Pizza name so far from home. Growing up in NY and NJ my favorite pizza is still thin crust, round and plain mozzarella cheese. Thought the traditional and ‘parent’ Italian pizza, tomato pie isn’t really anything like American pizza.
Thanks for your visit.
It’s great to see Bombay Chowpatty, one of my fave joints, finding pride of place on your blog. Nice!
Bombay Chowpatty is a big hit everywhere! How could I exclude it from my article.
I can see there is a tag about Filipino food. Unless, I missed out the picture, I can’t distinguish which one is it. Now I feel famished just looking at this site. Yummy.
Actually I could not get a picture. Most my pictures are authorized, so I either go to restaurants or ask their managers or customers to send pics to me.
But for filipino food I could not get a picture in my set deadline.
That’s okay. No biggie.
At the very least, on the basis that I LOVE food…..I must follow you! 🙂
Ah that is so nice to read and hear. I hope I dont disappoint you!
Now I am starving….
This article has such an affect.
I am now very hungry. Both for the food and more of your work. 😀
So sweet of you to say that 😉
Hi thanks for stopping at my blog. I have read a few of your articles and I enjoy them. I like this one about ‘world in my plate’ too. You are terrific!!
Thank you so much..!!! I am glad to have a regular reader. Humbled actually, thanks!
What a lovely blog. I love to travel vicariously through blogging, and sampling other cuisines is a bonus.
I really enjoyed your photos selections too. I do think I am hungry now..
Even I visit other bloggers, see their work. Take some tips and inspiration. Its fun :>
Not only amazing dishes, but amazing photos, you’re making me hungry 😦
Ah superb.. You should eat then 😉
If only I could eat all of that..right now!
😉 You really can’t ALL of it in one sitting 😛
Yummmy food especially Indian chaat. I couldn’t get enough of it last Sunday on my first Holi experience, if you would like to read about it .. http://wp.me/p2YUsB-4K
I would love to read about it…
Fascinating article! Nice work-
Thank you! 🙂
Congratulations! I appreciated the food definitions. I emailed this to a friend of mine who loves food. She travels around, and talks about food and places on her blog.
Wow… tell me her blog url.. I would love to visit her 🙂
I love samosas. In my country (Portugal) we also have! Because the portuguese brought from India and we have many people who are descendants of India in Portugal.
Samosas have a lot of versions.. Glad you tasted a version.. The filling can be vegetarian or non-veg 😀