Travelling and food are hard to separate. A travel will be a complete experience after you try the local specialties. It can give you deeper connection and understanding with the place you visit. Food hunting is one of the best activities while travelling. There are many cultural and historical values behind the recipes. Aside from hunting full course meals, you can also try various sweet treats offered by every country around the world. Every place has their own unique dessert worth tasting for.
Most appealing dessert to try when travelling
Sweets are not only loved by kids. In fact, there is no limit of who can enjoy sweet treats. If you are foodies who also fancy the existence of sweets, might as well trying these most appealing, delicious desserts in the world:
Borma is dessert you can mostly find in Turkey and Midlle East. This is dessert made of crisp, golden knafeh dough that wrap around nut filling. It is relative of Baklava. However, Borma is fried with extra infusion of some flavors. Not to mention that it has crisp texture, perfect for a dip into flavored syrup. Borma’s layers are rolled and sliced forming a cross-section. You can find them in various pastry shops in Turkey and Middle East.
Cendol is dessert you can find in Singapore and Indonesia. This chilled sweet is a great treat to enjoy during a hot noon. You can practically find it everywhere in these countries since they are often sold in street stalls, vendors, to restaurants. It is basically a sweetened Iced coconut milk with smoky, caramelized flavor. The sweetener is from a palm sugar syrup. The liquid is the base for green-flour jelly. The color is gained from the Pandan juice. It is often added with toppings including sweetened red beans and some fruit slices.
Creme Brulee is already popular dessert. The one that is the most appealing is from France. This dessert has creamy texture topped with shiny, burnt sugar. The crispy caramel blends in perfectly with the aromatic custard. The burnt only adds delicious type of bitterness that leaves you in addiction. Not to mention that it has very appealing vanilla aroma.
Gulab Jamun is dessert from India that worth tasting for. This treat is deep fried Indian doughnut. However, it has milky flavor. This dessert is made from a dough mixed with a scoop of khoya, a reduction of buffalo or cow milk. The dough are shaped into little balls then deep fried. They are then soaked in aromatic syrup infused with roses and cardamom seeds. The sweet flavor of this dessert is pretty intense.
Sour Cherry Pie is perfect for foodies who don’t really like overly sweet dessert. You can find this particular dessert in Midwestern United States. Basically, it is similar to the kind of pie you might enjoy in regular basis. However, it has vibrant cherry filling. The fruits are tender which is more suitable to complete the the crispy pie. The sour flavor is an eye-opening, literally since it can wake you up with the fresh flavor.
