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Nice to meet you, I’m Mark Wiens.

I believe when you travel, there’s no better way to connect with people, than through food.

No matter what culture or country you’re from, or wherever you choose to travel, the one thing you and I have in common is that food is a huge part of our lives.

Migrationology.com is where people who travel for food  learn about authentic local food from around the world (or at least from the destinations I’ve personally visited – I keep this blog very personal).

What is Migrationology?

I’ve covered the definition of Migrationology much more on the Start Here page (I’d encourage you to check it out if you haven’t already).

But in short, Migrationology is about doing something you’re passionate about, and learning and growing in that passion.

For myself, and I think for you too, food and travel is that passion (and that’s what this blog is all about).

Along with delicious and authentic food and restaurant recommendations, my goal is also to inspire you to get out of your comfort zone, set goals, and pursue what you’re most passionate about.

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Here’s My Personal Story:

The 10 Second Version :

Nice to meet you, my name is Mark Wiens. I’m a full time travel eater, and along with my wife, I’m based in Bangkok, but we travel frequently.

Along with eating, I also like to blog, make videos about local food, and I earn a living from ads on videos, and selling eBooks and t-shirts .

Check out my latest food adventures on Facebook and Instagram .

You can now either scroll down, or if you’re interested in longer story, keep reading…

I eat, blog, and make videos.

And that about sums it all up.

Well… ok, there’s a little more to it than that…

First off, I’m a Christian and give God the glory in everything I do.

My parents, both of whom also really enjoy food, are the ones responsible for my love for food.

I was born in Phoenix, Arizona, attended my first year of school in the tiny town of Albertville, France, was home-schooled for 3 years in the jungle of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and attended a Christian international school (Rosslyn Academy) in Nairobi, Kenya for 8 years.

After high school, I returned to the US, attended Arizona State University, and graduated in 2008 with a bachelors degree in Global Studies.

During university my hunger to learn more about the world and eat more delicious food grew.

In 2008, right after graduating, I set off to travel through South America on a solo trip with few plans. I ended up taking a TESOL certificate course to teach English, and hiking through the mountains of Patagonia.

A few months later I returned to the US to attend my sisters wedding.

It was during that time, back in early 2009 when I decided to start a blog . With the help of about 10 cups of coffee per day, Migrationology.com was born.

I still wasn’t ready to get a job and stay put, so I caught a one way ticket to Bangkok, with no plans other than to eat as much as I could.

After traveling around Southeast Asia for about 6 months, I managed to spend nearly all my money.

I was in the Philippines at that time, and I caught a flight from Manila to Bangkok. At this point, I decided to get a job teaching English, and it didn’t take long before I signed a contract to teach English for a year.

However, English teaching was not for me (it was a great experience, but teaching English is just not my passion).

But during that year, I set a personal goal that I would never teach again, and that I would find a way to make a living on the internet, so I could travel (and eat) and earn money at the same time.

It wasn’t easy.

Every spare moment I would blog and sit glued in front of my laptop until my eyes went crazy.

At the beginning, when I made the decision to earn a living online, I’ll admit that I had to live on the cheap (really cheap).

One of the biggest turning points for me was when I published my first eBook, the Eating Thai Food Guide . I finally had my very first product to sell on my website.

It took about 3 years of online work and experimenting before I really started making enough to live fully and support anyone other than myself.

But when you have a goal you’re working towards, you’ll do what it takes to get there.

In Thailand I met Ying, the most amazing girl in the world. We got married in July 2013, and we’ve been traveling and eating together ever since.

Since I started blogging, I’ve loved taking photos (here’s the camera I use now ). But it was sometime randomly in 2012 when I said to myself, “photographs of food are great, but how can I share more of the atmosphere and the emotion of eating?”

At first I started making extremely simple street food videos and I really had no idea what I was doing. Years down the road, making food videos on YouTube is one of the main things I do.

That brings us to where we are now:

My wife Ying and I are based in Bangkok , but we frequently travel for delicious food. We strive to provide authentic food and travel information, through blogs and videos, and to also connect with people through the food we eat.

I’m excited to announce that we now offer ultimate Bangkok food tour experiences .

And, along with some of my friends, we opened a Thai restaurant serving one of my favorite Thai dishes!

Thank you for reading my personal story, and I’m really happy to meet you,

– Mark Wiens

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If You Travel For Food, Follow These 5 YouTube Channels

These five YouTube channels offer a tantalizing journey through flavors, recipes, and rich culinary cultures. Dive in and satiate your wanderlust appetite.

Food travelers, food travelers, lend me your ears (and your stomachs). There is amazing food all over this great planet no matter what corner you visit, and these YouTube channels are showing it off in the most delicious ways possible. If you travel to taste the world, be sure to subscribe to these channels.

1. Best Ever Food Review Show

Sonny Side hosts this food-focused travel show that takes you all around the globe (with a focus on Asia). Watch him feast on raw chicken in Japan, Ostrich in Indonesia, and lamb in Uzbekistan all on one channel.

2. Mark Weins

Mark Weins has been all over the world, and he's making it look absolutely delicious. He has videos featuring $3000 cuts of Wagyu Beef, 30-minute street food episodes in places like Dubai and China - he even tries the spiciest ramen in Tokyo. Jealous!  

3. The Food Ranger

Trevor James is The Food Ranger, and he's made his way through China, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand - four countries that are each home to incredible food. If you love noodles and street food, Trevor's your guy.

4. Chasing a Plate

Thomas & Sheena cover street food like no one else. They take you on food tours (videos are typically 20 minutes in length give or take) and show you the best spots to visit, prices included. We've been to several places they've recommended and were not disappointed.

5. David's Been Here

Host David Hoffman loves to travel - he's hosted over 1,000 episodes across 6 continents. We first discovered his series in India, which is a fantastic look at all the different flavors and tastes that the country has to offer. USA Today has named him a top 10 travel videographer, so be sure to hit subscribe.

In this guide, we journeyed through the delectable world of food tourism, spotlighting five must-follow YouTube channels for every culinary adventurer. From the tantalizing visuals to the rich stories behind each dish, these channels are your gateway to tasting the globe from your screen. Among them, the Best Ever Food Review Show stands out, offering viewers an unparalleled gastronomic experience. Consider these channels your appetizer to global cuisine.

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What I wish someone told me about traveling for food

Our featured contributor Ben Groundwater never used to travel solely for food. But now he counts tucking into the local delicacies of a destination as a primary motivation for traveling. He shares some pointers for anyone else who’s dead-set on hitting the road in search of flavors.

Eating: It’s one of life’s great pleasures. And for travelers, it’s even more than that. When you’re traveling, food isn’t just about sustenance or even enjoyment. It’s culture, authenticity and experience. It’s interaction with locals. It’s life at its simplest and its most exciting.

When I first started traveling, I didn’t know much about cuisine: Where to eat, what to eat, or even what to ask to find it. You learn these things as time goes by. Still, I wish someone had clued me up on the ins and outs of traveling for food before I took my first culinary plunge.

The rules were made to be broken

Your travel doctor will inevitably give you a set of rules to live by when it comes to eating safely: If you can’t peel it, boil it, or cook it, forget it. These guidelines are handy. However, they will also stop you from enjoying some of the best food around, and should therefore be judiciously ignored. Beer poured over ice in Bangkok? Do it. San choy bau (minced pork wrapped in a lettuce leaf)  off a street cart in Beijing? Do it. A raw egg white coffee in Hanoi? Do it!

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No money is no excuse

There’s an idea among some foodies that the only way to eat well when you travel is to aim for restaurants with three Michelin stars, the celebrity chef-run places that make the World’s 50 Best . But that’s not even close to true.

You can have a great food experience in a rundown bar in Barcelona. You can have the best meal of your life at a street food stand in Bangkok. Those of us traveling on a budget don’t have to miss out on amazing food experiences. It’s just a case of seeking out memorable, affordable cuisine and rolling the dice.

There’s no shame in splashing out

This is the flip side to my previous point. It’s easy to feel bad about visiting a high-end restaurant when you’re traveling and spending an entire week’s budget on a single meal. In a sense, it’s outrageous, and people who don’t love food will shame you for it.

But here’s the thing: If you love sport, you’ll pay a lot of money to see Real Madrid or the Cleveland Cavaliers. If you love music, you’ll splash out on Springsteen tickets or going to Glasto. And if you love food, it’s 100 per cent fine to save up a lot of money and spank it all on one truly incredible meal. Lima’s Central restaurant, for example, will set you back a pretty penny, but it’s #4 on the World’s 50 Best . You know that’s going to be a memorable meal.

Food poisoning happens

You can take all the precautions you like when you travel, but if you’re really going to do this right, if you’re going to take chances on dishes you’ve never seen before, if you’re going to wander into restaurants that look a little dodgy, if you’re going to sample street food and eat everything you can get your hands on, then at some point, food poisoning will come knocking. It pays to accept this as a drawback of your passion, prepare yourself accordingly, and move on.

Local food is better (and safer)

It doesn’t matter how truly weird or inedible the local food looks—there’s a fair chance it’s safer to eat than any local attempts at Western fare.

I traveled through Laos once with an English guy who wasn’t very adventurous and insisted on eating ham sandwiches every day instead of the noodle soups and stir-fries the rest of us were eating. We got through the whole trip pretty much unscathed. My mate was constantly sick.

Research is key

If you want to get the best food when you’re traveling, you need to know what to look for. Do your research before the trip to find the local specialties, the dishes that are unique to each region, and the ingredients that will be in season when you’re there.

It’s also worth seeking out local food bloggers in your destination to get tips on restaurants and markets—though keep in mind some are paid by local tourism boards or restaurants to do just that.

Markets are your friend

A local food market may not seem like a worthwhile tourist attraction, but it’s a window into the local gastronomic culture, a way to see what everyone’s buying, and, in the surrounding restaurants, how—and what—they’re cooking.

And don’t forget local supermarkets, too, which can be endlessly interesting for the food-obsessed. Korea, in particular, is a goldmine for this. From lotus root to live octopus and a thousand different packet varieties of ramen, kimchi, and dried meat snacks—every aisle of a Korean supermarket is a brave new world.

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Locals don’t always know best

When you’re traveling, it’s a good idea to ask the locals for advice on where and what to eat. But bear in mind the fact that not all locals actually know what they’re talking about. Some people just aren’t that into food. And even if they are into food, their palette could vary enormously from yours. What’s normal for them might not be normal for you.

So while local advice is handy, it’s also worth doing your own research to make sure the tips you glean fit with the experience you’re after. Sri Lankans might tell you to tuck into a durian and Filipinos might encourage you to crack open a balut . And if you take this advice without doing your research, you’ll soon find yourself chomping on a fruit that tastes like a foot or an egg that’s home to—surprise!— a fertilized duck embryo, beak and all. Yum.

It pays to take risks

The above in mind, it’s still important to try food you’ve never seen before. You have to walk into that Chinese restaurant and point blindly at the menu. You have to go into that market and choose the strangest thing there. You have to put aside all notions of what’s acceptable as food and what isn’t and just try, try, try.

It won’t always work out well but—remember—you don’t have to eat it all. The glory of foodie travel is the discovery of something delicious and new. There’s even a bit of glory in trying something you know is going to be gross, just for the fun of it. All it takes is one little bite.

Traveling for food is actually a thing

Back in the day, I didn’t even realize that you could travel just for food. It never crossed my mind. Eating was something you just did while you were on the road, a pleasure and yet still a sideshow, an unexpected bonus rather than a planned highlight.

It was only later that I realized that it’s OK to travel to a place solely for the food, and that cuisine can be just as important to you as art, history or architecture is to someone else. And it’s been one big gloriously delicious journey since then.

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Food and Travel: 27 food experiences from around the world

Yes, I am one of many food travelers, there I admit my obsession and my secret is now out in the world. I can’t pass by a farmer’s market without dropping in. A food truck is my happy place, and I can’t resist trying new food. Food and travel or culinary travel is our idea of heaven and we wish we could do more of it. Travel and food go hand in hand and most travel writers I know are obsessed with trying new foods and even weird food that no one else will try.

Travelling for food is a key theme on many travel websites and most travellers are foodies on the hunt for new international food favourites.  

A favourite saying is “I travel for food” and compiling lists of their favourite world foods keeps many travellers drooling at the thought of trying something new. This post is a collaborative effort from those travelling for food and they share their stories of food and travel around the world.

What is food travel and food tourism?

Food tourism and culinary tourism are buzzwords these days and growing segments of tourism. The World Food Tourism Organization says this: “Food tourism is the act of travelling for a taste of place in order to get a sense of place.”

New food experiences enrich any travel experience – trying unique local dishes creates memories that live with you forever.

• What is Agritourism?

Agritourism experiences are where you get to stay and be part of local agricultural movements such as wine growing, cheese making, learning about local agriculture and working on farms or food growing small ventures.

Visiting farms and farmers’ markets and buying locally – these kinds of food tourism experiences help to connect us to the land where the food comes from and supports the local community.

I have wonderful memories of all the foods I have tried whilst travelling. From elotes, the Street Food of the Yucatan , a full Irish breakfast, Doolin crab on the Wild Atlantic Way tapas in Andalucia the list could go on forever. There are so many international foods that I haven’t yet tried in their home countries and some intriguing foods that I never would have suspected would be so good.

27 Food travel favourites

Ceviche: peru, ireland: boxty, canada: poutine, cyprus: dolmades, thailand: laab, spain: tostada con aceite y tomate, england: toad in the hole, thailand: northern sausages, turkey: çılbır, switzerland: fondue, finland: a burger, iceland: black rye bread, japan: ramen, turkey: islak burger  , indonesia: nasi goreng, cuba: ropa vieja, rome italy: cacio e pepe, somalia: cambuulo, malaysia: laksa, antigua & barbuda: fungee, australia: anzac biscuits, hong kong: chau dau foo, south america: patacones, malaysia: nyonya laksa  , france: crepes and galettes of brittany.

If you want to discover Peruvian culture through food, there is no better Peruvian cuisine to try than the Peruvian ceviche. Peruvian ceviche encompasses different aspects of Peruvian culture and geography.

Peruvian ceviche is a dish made primarily with raw fish and Peruvian lime. The dish is served with sweet potatoes (camote in Spanish) and choclo, or Peruvian corn. The ceviche uses ingredients from all different regions of Peru: fresh fatty fish from the Pacific Ocean, Peruvian limes filling choclo grown in the Peruvian Andes, and camote, one of the 4000+ varieties of potatoes grown in Peru.

My personal favourite is Boxty. A simple Irish pancake of a sort boxty is a dish that has been around in Ireland for hundreds of years. It has many names including, boxty, farls, poundies, potato pancakes, and fadge and is often confused with potato bread but it is simply not the same.

Boxty is made with freshly grated potatoes soaked to remove some of the starch or with leftover mash. Flour, water and salt are added with no leavening agents and then the resulting dough is flattened into a round and cooked on the griddle a sort of flatbread . These rounds are then cut into 4’s and served with a full Irish breakfast. The boxty soaks up the flavours of the bacon, sausage and beans and is perfect for mopping up your egg yolks.

Since I am a true foodie at heart I decided I wanted to hear from my fellow travel bloggers about their food favourites that they had encountered around the world. Some of them found deep food contentment in dishes at home and others tried things new to them and as a result, have added them to their food favourites.

I have to say it isn’t my favourite Canadian food, I’m just not sure about cheese and gravy. Anyways, poutine is served all over Canada but it originated in Quebec. The hand-cut fries need to be perfectly crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside the cheese curds have to be squeaky very squeaky and the beef gravy must be rich, thick and tasty.

I think that poutine would be considered the National Dish of Canada. Created in the 1950s in Quebec it has become a firm favourite right across the country. There are not many Canadian Food dishes that you can also find stretching from Hong Kong to Europe, but poutine is there.

Dolmades also called Koupepia , are grape leaves stuffed with minced meat and rice seasoned with mint, onions and spices. I have to say here that literally, the most amazing Dolmades or as Irene called them, our lovely next-door neighbour in Cyprus made Koupepia. Irene couldn’t speak English and we couldn’t speak Greek but one day she arrived at the house with a plate piled high with dolmades that she was making for a celebration. I have never tasted such divine little treats. I have no idea how she made them but they will remain in my memory forever.

Move over Pad Thai. We have no idea why people are so obsessed with you when there is so much more incredible Thai food around. Trying to narrow it down to one is nearly impossible, but high up there in our list of amazing Thai food is laab. We had only tried Thai food once before we moved to Thailand in 2006, and looking back, it wasn’t at all authentic. Trying it in Bangkok when we first arrived was mind-blowing. What flavours! What range of food.

We first tried laab in Luang Prabang in Laos, in a traditional restaurant on the main street. The dish is usually made with pork or chicken mince, mixed with dried rice powder to give it a crunch, fish sauce, lime juice, thinly sliced shallots and fresh herbs, usually mint. It’s served with a selection of fresh vegetables including cabbage, cucumber and baby aubergines. It also often comes with sticky rice. It’s so simple yet so delicious.

We were delighted to discover when we returned to Thailand, that laab is a popular dish there too, due to the link between north-eastern Thailand and Laos. Since then we eat it both in Thailand and when we go to Thai restaurants abroad. We’ve even learned to cook it in Chiang Mai so we can make it at home.

So next time you go to a Thai restaurant, give the pad thai a miss and try laab. by WhatKateandKrisDid  

Andalucian cuisine calls for a very light breakfast. A tostada is simply a toasted bun or pitufo that has been drizzled with olive oil, the bun is then topped with pureed fresh tomato and if you want you can add queso (cheese) or Jamon (ham). You can order a media which is a half order or a full order. The pitufo is an oblong-shaped thin crusty roll that is around 7-8 inches in length.

Toad in the Hole : Warning contains no toads and no holes unless you count the deep ditch in your pan of Yorkshire pudding that the sausages nestle in. I know I complained about battered sausages above but Yorkshire pudding is not mere batter. Yorkshires are cooked in hot fat and roast juices and rise on the edges like a heavenly pillow. Served with good gravy, mash and cabbage my family’s favourite English dinner – say no more.

Thai cuisine is divided into many regions like that in Italy and France and the flavours of the Northern part of the country differ greatly from the South. Sausages are commonplace in Thai cuisine and various regions’ seasons, marinate and stuff them differently. I tried these Northern sausages in Chiang Mei, a typical street food.

These strings of sausages that look like cartoon illustrations of intestines are called Sai Ua in Thai, common street food in Northern Thailand. The name itself comes from the Thai words  sai  (intestine) and from  ua  (to stuff). Tied together by string and served on leaves, the fillings of these sausages were pork and glass noodles with a delicious complex marinate grilled over charcoal. They are both savoury and tart, with hints of fish sauce and lime juice.

I was told by my Thai friends that there are many variations of stuffings mostly pork and chicken. Seasoning range from aromatic Thai herbs like lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves and curry paste to the pork and glass noodles I had, always cooked over a charcoal grill streetside.

They are served on their own as a snack or appetiser or sometimes with sticky rice. from Juliana Loh of Chicken Scrawlings

As I’m sure many of us agree, the travel experience is never complete without culinary indulgences. One thing I always find interesting, besides local food, of course, is trying my favourite types of cuisine in different cities and countries. One of the countries that I hunt down when it comes to food is Turkey. (Partially because I can never get enough of fresh yoghurt and paprika!)

While I have a few favourite Turkish restaurants around the world, one quickly got bumped because of one dish: Çılbır (pronounced almost like “chill-bor”). This is essentially made of poached eggs placed on a bed of classic, soft, plain yoghurt with melted butter. It is then enhanced with various spices, paprika being a prominent one.

On the side, you get freshly baked bread to dip in the bowl of dairy deliciousness. This was love at first bite, just the kind of flavour I like for breakfast, which typically includes dairy and spices. While it sounds like a fairly simple dish to make, the combination of flavours left me wanting more. For bonus points, I mentioned it to one of my Turkish friends and apparently by doing so reminded him of his mother’s cooking, so I’ll take that as a sign of Çılbır being a dish worth trying out during my future hunts of Turkish restaurants. by Maydi Diaz of flyinggalleon

There’s a childish pleasure in eating Fondue; gooey hot melted cheese, the option to dip various condiments in it, and then that cheesy taste which if done right will leave just a subtle hint of wine as an aftertaste.

The first time I had Fondue was on a cold, snowy, gloomy winter afternoon in a small restaurant somewhere in the Swiss Alps. Even though my love for cheese has no bounds I didn’t like it much, primarily because of the excessive wine content in it.

Over the years I’ve had Fondue at various places around the world, but it wasn’t till last summer when I had it once again, in Switzerland, at the home of a friend, that I appreciated the very nuances of this devilishly tasty Swiss offering.

The perfect texture and consistency so it sticks to whatever it is that you dip into it, the right temperature – not too hot or cold – and of course, the taste – more cheesy than winey – and the charm of Fondue is a dish that brings together friends and family for you just cannot have it on your own, makes this one of my favourite food experiences ever.

Oh! And before I go, a word of caution; it is advised to either drink something warm or bubbly after consuming Fondue for at least a couple of hours afterwards to avoid it solidifying in your stomach. So remember no cold water with Fondue! by Raghav Modi at tickereatsworld 

Oh well! If I think of an actual best food experience, there is one thing that definitely stands out. There have been so many awesome places and different food I tried during my trips. But surprisingly, the best one happened to be a small food truck owned by a Venezuelan guy in Helsinki, Finland.

I was returning from a trip, which I have spent together with a couple of vegetarians. I needed the nastiest burger I could find, when I saw the food truck. I have found out that Venezuelans don’t have any problem with putting all kinds of meat in one burger. In this bad boy, there is beef, chicken, chorizo sausage, bacon, and eggs. After almost two weeks of the vegetarian diet, this was the best thing I have ever tasted!

Later, I talked to the owner. He told that his beef patties are made from minced meat with his special spices and garlic. For chicken, there is a real chicken breast marinated with spices. And there is a lot of stuff added: tomatoes, fried onions, small fries, cabbage and melted cheese. It is XXf***gXL size and is the only food sold at late-night Helsinki, that can make a big man like me full!

PS: it may not look large for the US but here in Nordic countries, this burger really stands out. by Alexander EngineeronTour

Iceland is known for its waterfalls, impressive landscapes and hot springs. When we visited the island in February, the lava fields and the enchanted atmosphere blew our minds. But there was something else that I loved: BREAD!

After I got this juicy black bread in several restaurants as a side dish, I was speechless. I made my boyfriend Chris stop at the next supermarket to fill up our snacks with Icelandic Rúgbrauð and ate it all the way around Iceland.

The Icelandic Rúgbrauð is dark, crustless rye bread with a slightly sweet taste. And since Iceland is full of hot springs due to its geothermal activity, Icelanders use the ground to bake their delicious bread. We had the chance to experience this baking method in person, so here is what they did:

First, the dough is safely packed into a closed pod. After digging a small hole into the steaming ground, they put the pod into the ground and covered it with mud. As the ground temperature is only around 100° Celsius / 212° Fahrenheit, the baking process takes about 24 hours. The mild temperature is the reason why the bread will turn out crustless, which is good for me, as I don’t really like crust.

If you have the chance to taste warm Icelandic Rúgbrauð next time you are in Iceland, do so with some fresh salmon or salted butter, which I liked the best. And don’t forget to stock up on Rúgbrauð before heading back home – as the bread is made in the geothermal active ground, you probably won’t have the chance to bake one yourself.

As I have eaten all of mine, I definitely need to visit Iceland again soon. It’s truly magical! by Isa ofPenguinsandElephants  

The Japanese love their ramen. Not the $0.25 instant ramen you get in any supermarket. I am talking about real ramen! Never had real ramen before? Picture fresh-cooked noodles , rich, savoury broth, the perfect amount of spice, and if you want, a few slices of pork and a half-cooked egg.

After 7 weeks in Japan, I can say I found my absolute favourite ramen place. It’s the ramen at Ichiran. 

Ichiran is a popular ramen chain that specializes in Tonkotsu ramen, which is a pork-based broth. It is not a fancy restaurant as orders are made at a ticket machine and your seating is a chair in a little booth with little dividers. No joke.

But in the end, it’s all about the food, right? And the ramen is utterly delicious. What makes Ichiran so special is that you get to customize the ramen to be exactly how you like it. Want a richer broth or softer noodles, no problem. Want it mild or spicy, extra garlic or green onions – go for it. They make their own flour-based noodles and their own signature red spicy which adds a special flavour to the broth (the recipe has been a top secret since the ’60s).

How do I customize my Ichiran ramen? I like a rich, creamy broth, firm noodles, extra red sauce and spring onions. The final product is highly addictive and totally warms you from the inside. Ramen I could have every single day and never get tired of. Ramen I don’t mind waiting in line for an hour for. By Wiebke Siemering MissAbroad

When you go to Istanbul it’s a logical step to try some of the delicious food bore up by the Ottoman Empire. That’s what I did – and many other tourists will do. After trying a different kind of Kebab, Börek and Pide my Turkish friend suggested eating some “wet hamburgers”. “Yes sure, let’s eat some…. What?”

Never have I heard of something like this to eat before. Still surprised we went to the Taksim Square where they sell the “Islak Burger”. The place is called Kızılkayalar and is surprisingly famous in Turkey. Now it was too late to run away – the pressure was on me. One burger only costs two Turkish lire, so I even bought three of them. To be honest the burger made an awful first impression: A wet bun and something that looked like meat. One bite later my opinion had changed drastically.

Yes, the bun is wet! However, it is delicious with its garlic-tomato sauce. I would love to tell you why exactly I liked it, but I can’t. You can imagine that you try a burger that looks disgusting and is wet – and in the end, you still like it. It’s kind of like Istanbul itself: magic.

Admittedly the “Islak Burger” is fast food and not a gourmet dish. Yet this is what it’s made for. Most natives of Istanbul love to eat some wet burgers after going to a party as it is open 24/7 and offers a great taste for a cheap price. If you visit Istanbul you definitely have to try it out. by Michael of mscgerber 

Eat as the locals eat, and you’ll never spend more than a couple of dollars per feed. While in Yogyakarta, the creative heartland of Java, we were on a major money-saving mission. We stayed in a homestay about 15 minutes from the centre of Jogja. There wasn’t much around aside from a little family-run food cart at the end of the street. The set-up was humble; a wooden cart with a small worktop for preparation and a giant wok set atop an open flame. A small pink, plastic fan kept the fire alive. The food stall offered a small menu – all in Indonesian.

On our first visit, we ordered the most popular Indonesian dish of Nasi Goreng – fried rice. Watching Agus whip up two delicious meals in less than ten minutes was mesmerising. Throwing together eggs, rice, soy sauce and a few secret ingredients, he made meal after meal as hungry locals arrived to place their orders.

The rice was soft and salty and fulfilling. Agus and his wife sprinkled each dish with fried onions and a side salad, adding texture and a coolness to the meal. We ate in Mas Agus night after night after night. At less than $3 for two hearty and delicious meals, you just can’t go wrong – especially when it’s combined with an awesome yet humble display of culinary prowess. by  Shannon and Adam ourtasteoftravel

Ropa Vieja in Spanish means old clothes and it is one of the  national dishes  of Cuba . It is made from a flank steak that is cooked to tenderness and then shredded and mixed with a sauce. The sauce contains onions, peppers, tomatoes, garlic, and other spices that are cooked in olive oil with the broth used to cook the meat, allowing the mixture to thicken together. The meat is shredded, added to the sauce, and simmered slowly at a low temperature prior to serving.

Ropa Vieja is traditionally served with white rice and sweet plantains and of course black beans.

The Italians are masters at turning simple ingredients into delectable dishes, dishes unencumbered by elaborate sauces or dizzying arrays of spices – a fact that also makes them more accessible to average cooks like me.  One of our favourite dishes in Rome is a modest one with humble origins:  Cacio e Pepe is an ancient Roman dish first prepared and eaten by shepherds in the Apennine Mountains.  For all of its simplicity – and it consists solely of cheese, pasta, water, and black pepper – it represents the very best of uncomplicated Italian fare .

Cambuulo or ambulo as it is known in Somalia is a dish made from azuki beans which are mixed with sugar and butter or oil. It is quite similar to Koshari an Egyptian dish but without the macaroni. The dish requires the azuki beans to be well cooked and mixed in with white boiled rice. This is then served with oil and or butter and a sprinkling of sugar.

Ghana: Waakye

Waakye is a rice and bean dish that is very popular as street food in Ghana . It is usually served for breakfast or lunch with a typical Ghanaian spicy pepper sauce. It can be a meal in itself or it can be eaten with boiled eggs and/or with a stew of fish, chicken, beef, or vegetables.

Out of all the countries, we’ve travelled to (over 30), our favourite cuisine has to come from Malaysia. The South-East Asian nation not only has some of the tastiest dishes in the world but also offers them at an incredibly low cost. On the streets of Malaysia, you can eat for as little as $1 a meal!

Our favourite Malaysian dish is Laksa, a spicy (sometimes) coconut milk soup dish which consists of rice noodles or rice vermicelli with chicken, prawn or fish. It has a curry-like flavour but with a soup consistency. The soup is rich, fragrant and a bit spicy, and loaded with all the essential classic Laksa toppings such as boiled egg, bean sprouts, chilli and coriander. One eatery even threw in some pineapple for some added sweetness but that’s not the usual thing to do.

You can find Laksa pretty much anywhere in Malaysia from street stalls and shopping mall food courts to proper restaurants. The best place to try Laksa is in Malaysia’s foodie capital, Penang Island. The number of dishes originating from this region of Malaysia is overwhelming and the streets of George Town old town are filled with food stalls serving Laksa and many other local treats. Visiting George Town on Penang Island is a real highlight of a trip to Malaysia. By Shelley from  Finding Beyond

The national dish of Antigua and Barbuda fungee is served with the same consistency as mashed potatoes.  Fungee is usually served for breakfast, with an accompaniment of saltfish, which is usually stewed.  Fish was, in years gone by, salt to aid in preservation with a lack of refrigeration technology.  This method still happens today and salted fish is available in many Antiguan food stores.  The salt is soaked out of the fish prior to it being added to the dish.  It’s a savoury and rather interesting start to the day.

Anzac biscuits are so much more than a cookie – they are a stark reminder of the country’s past. During World War 1 the wives and mothers of soldiers used to make these biscuits for their men to see them off to war with. For the soldiers, they were a taste of home. The cookies are made up of rolled oats, sugar, golden syrup, flour, butter, desiccated coconut, bicarbonate of soda, and water, which means they keep for a long time. You’ll find that they are popularly eaten on ANZAC day on April 25 th . A day to commemorate the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) members who fought in World War 1.

Take a stroll down Burrows Street, a narrow lane in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, and you will encounter a small unobtrusive stand selling an array of Cantonese snacks. What makes this stand unique is that it is one of the last places in Hong Kong to sell Chau Dau Foo or ‘smelly’ bean curd which is a fried, fermented, bean curd that has a strong, slightly pungent smell and it is absolutely delicious. Its deep-fried, crunchy outer shell surrounds an almost impossibly moist centre.

The sweet sauce generously poured on top is made from a mixture of soy and hoisin. There is a meme that it’s incredibly smelly and sadly many avoid trying it for this reason. In reality, the smell is minimal (certainly not as strong durian) and is never so strong that locals don’t want to eat it.

The first time I tried Chau Dau Foo I purchased it from a street vendor in Victoria Park (Hong Kong Island’s large urban park in Causeway Bay). Families with small children were strolling past and I watched as many of them held their noses and exclaimed at the smells emanating from the cart. Never one to not try something because of how it looks or smells, I approached the cart curiously and ordered. What I received was a savoury, crunchy, moist piece of happiness on a stick. By Mary at thelifelongadventures

India: Vada Pav

Vada pav, also known as Wada pao, is a delicious Indian street food made of fried potato dumplings sandwiched between two soft buttered bread/bun slices. It is best eaten with a green chutney made of coriander, chillies, lime juice and garlic, a dry coconut garlic chutney and fried green chilli.

Patacones, also known as tostones, tachinos, or Fritos Verdes – we just call them delicious – are green plantains that have been peeled, sliced, squashed, and twice-fried in vegetable oil. Long considered a staple food in many Latin American countries, patacones can be compared to french fries.

If you eat food in South America, Central America, or the Caribbean, sooner or later you will eat patacones. They’re affordable, easy to make, and, most importantly, tasty! It’s no wonder they can accompany almost any dish: fish, pork, beef, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free.

To make patacones, you first must buy the correct plantains. Whether you visit the supermarket or the outdoor market, you want to be on the lookout for green plantains, not yellow ones. I made the mistake of trying to make patacones from yellow plantains and it was a disaster. Yellow plantains are much riper than their green counterparts and thus sweeter, making them wonderful for baking and other sweet treats. To make patacones, you need starchy, green plantains.

Got your green plantains? Good. Use a paring knife to slice shallow slits along the ridges. This allows for easier peeling since plantains don’t peel as easily as your average banana. In a pan of your choosing, pour about an inch (roughly 26mm) of oil and heat it up.

Once the plantains are peeled, slice them in 1 inch (roughly, 26mm) thick slices. Fry them in the oil for about 3 minutes or until they turn golden. Once they’re golden, remove them from the oil and place them on paper towels to remove excess oil. Keep the oil in the pan hot.

Using wax paper and a solid base, flatten the golden disks with the bottom of a firm glass to about ¼ inch. Once they’re all flattened, place them back in the hot oil until both sides are golden brown (2 minutes or so). Season with salt and serve immediately. Lime wedges on the side add a nice taste. by Scott and Hayley of InternationalHotDish   

I hate to sound overly enthusiastic but this bowl of Nyonya Laksa is literally bursting with flavours. The creamy and rich coconut milk blends with the distinct taste of red curry paste, the citrus punch of lemongrass, plus a little bit of spicy kick, and your taste buds enjoy a glorious feast.

I discovered Nyonya Laksa during a long layover at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The humidity I subjected myself to while exploring the popular Jungle Boardwalk made me really hungry and I was craving a hot bowl of Asian noodle soup. It so happened that Old Malaya Kopitiam was situated at the mezzanine right next to the boardwalk so I went there to peruse the menu. The curry and coconut description for the Nyonya Laksa was all it took for me to order a bowl of this Malaysian dish and it didn’t disappoint.

It turns out that Nyonya Laksa is a dish that transcends a very interesting history of a marital union between two regions.

History has it that during the Ming Dynasty, the Emperor of China betrothed her daughter to the Sultan of Malacca as a form of strategic ties between the two regions. The couple settled in the Malayan Peninsula and eventually, the royal entourage wed the locals and formed the first permanent settlement and the first generation of mixed Chinese-Malay race. During the settlement, the Nyonyas developed their unique cuisine which combines Chinese traditional cooking and local Malay ingredients.

Nyonya Laksa is the signature dish of the Nyonyas or the female descendants of Chinese immigrants who came to the Malayan archipelago between the 15th and 17th centuries. by Noel of   tenthousandstrangers

Here in Brittany crêpes are sweet super thin pancakes made from all-purpose flour and mostly served with traditional things like lemon and sugar, fruits and cream or with the perennial French favourite Nutella. Hubs of course adds Maple Syrup to his ( Canadian naturally ) but I do like the lemon and sugar option.

So there you have it from Laksa two ways to Swiss fondue travelling for food is a great way to see the world. If you are a foodie at heart you may like these posts. Interested in more foodie travel favourites?

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The Top 20 TV Shows Every Traveling Foodie Should Be Watching

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Love to eat and travel ? If you answered yes, these foodie TV shows are designed just for you.

Culinary experts are on a mission to find the tastiest food across the country and they've allowed us to join them in their search for the best global cuisines to the best trips for travel cooking. From cultural classics to local spotlights to budget meals, there’s a show to meet every adventurous eater’s television tastes. Plus, there are shows available to watch and stream on Netflix , Youtube ,  Hulu , the Cooking Channel , HBO Max, and Paramount+ , as well as a few favorite Food Network and PBS food travel shows.

Thanks to these culinary shows, you can travel the world without leaving your couch. Here are the top 20 TV shows every traveling foodie should be watching. 

1. Burgers, Brew & 'Que

Calling all meat lovers. Follow world-renowned chef Michael Symon as he eats and drinks his way through the nation's best classics: burgers , barbecue , and beer . Stream it on Discovery+.

2. Cheap Eats

Food author Ali Khan is on a mission to find cheap eats for breakfast, lunch, snack, and dinner. He has only 12 hours and $35 to spend. If you're looking for a budget-friendly TV show for your next foodie travel trip, this is it. Watch it on the Cooking Channel or stream it on Amazon Prime Video .

3 . Chuck's Eat the Street

History buffs unite! Chuck Hughes , my culinary heartthrob, will take you on a tour of the most famous and historic streets in America and show you the food they have to offer. Watch it on the Cooking Channel or purchase it on Amazon Prime Video .

4. Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives

Guy Fieri is the host, obviously. Watch him travel the country in his 1967 Chevy Camaro to taste the best diners, drive-ins, and dives. Watch it on Food Network or stream it on Discovery+.

Eat St. is a show dedicated to the tastiest and messiest food trucks that are found all across America. It's not just about the food; the food is always accompanied by an inspirational story from the featured chef. Watch it on the Cooking Channel .

6 . Heat Seekers

If you're looking for a flaming hot road trip, check out the restaurants that chefs Aarón Sanchez and Roger Mooking have taste-tested. These culinary heat chasers take you on a tour of the hottest foods and restaurants in the nation. Stream full episodes for free with the Cooking Channel .

7. Sinful Sweets

British chef and cookbook author Harry Eastwood takes you along on her journey to find the most decadent bakeries and sweet shops in America. I don't know about you, but I am all in for a road trip dedicated to my sweet tooth. Catch it on Food Network and the Cooking Channel .

8. Unique Eats

Have you ever wondered what experts in the culinary industry love to eat? Watch Unique Eats to create your own road map of the most revolutionary restaurants in America. The places that are featured are America's most exciting and unique restaurants. These chefs are seriously thinking outside the box. Watch it on the Cooking Channel or stream it on Amazon Prime Video .

9. Unique Sweets

Unique Sweets will keep you updated on the most innovative and creative desserts in America. Be prepared for a sugar rush. Watch it on the Cooking Channel or stream it on Amazon Prime Video .

10 . The Great Food Truck Race

Follow celebrity chef Tyler Florence as competing teams of chefs visit cities across America to sell their food truck specialties on The Great Food Truck Race . Watch it on Food Network or stream it on Discovery+, Amazon Prime Video , or YouTubeTV .

10. Taco Trip

Taco Tuesday is so last year. Why settle for tacos one day out of the week when you can follow chef Aarón Sanchez's taco adventures across the country? He's on a mission to find the hottest and tastiest tacos that our beautiful nation has to offer! Stream it on Amazon Prime Video.

12. No Reservations

In his Emmy Award-winning series, iconic chef Anthony Bourdain travels the globe to explore the cities, villages, and countries that offer life's truest surprises. Watch it on YouTubeTV , Amazon Prime Video , and Discovery+ .

13 .  Somebody Feed Phil

Join Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal as he travels the globe to take in the local cuisine and culture of Bangkok, Lisbon, Mexico City and more in this Emmy-award winning series. All four seasons are available to stream on Netflix .

14. Salt Fat Acid Heat

Chef and food writer Samin Nosrat travels around the world to demystify and explore the central principles of what makes food delicious in this mini-series based on Nosrat's James Beard Award-winning book of the same name.

Salt Fat Acid Heat follows Nosrat as she travels to home kitchens of Italy, the southern islands of Japan, the heat of the Yucatán, and to Berkeley's Chez Panisse — where she began her culinary career — to explore the central principles of what makes food delicious and how people can easily incorporate the elements into every dish they make. Stream it on Netflix .

15.  Ugly Delicious

James Beard Award-winning chef David Chang stars in this travelogue that sends him on a journey to culinary hot spots around the world. He is joined by writers, activists, artists and other chefs — including the likes of TV host Jimmy Kimmel , and comic Nick Kroll — who use food as a vehicle to break down cultural barriers. Watch it on Netflix .

16. Chef’s Table

Watch as some of the most renowned chefs in the world share their deeply personal stories, inspirations, and unique styles. Each chef's discipline and culinary talent is explored while he or she prepares an awe-inspiring creation in this Netflix series.

17. The Chef Show

Chef Roy Choi and director Jon Favreau travel to different locales around the world and celebrate different flavors, cultures and people while experimenting with their favorite recipes and techniques. Favreau and Choi not only embrace their passion for food, but they also showcase their love of bringing people (including the cast of Avengers ) together for a delicious meal. Check it out on Netflix .

18. Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

In Taste the Nation , award-winning cookbook author Padma Lakshmi takes audiences on a journey across America, exploring the rich and diverse food culture of various immigrant groups, seeking out the people who have so heavily shaped what American food is today.

Lakshmi breaks bread with Americans across the nation to uncover the roots and relationship between our food, our humanity, and our history, ultimately revealing stories that challenge notions of identity, belonging, and what it means to be American. Stream it on Hulu .

19. Stanley Tucci’s Searching for Italy

This Emmy-nominated series follows Tucci around different parts of Italy as he samples local dishes while also learning about the people behind the dishes in casual and creative ways.  

Searching for Italy  has two seasons, which are both available on Discovery+ and CNNgo . I will gladly watch any TV shows or movies featuring Stanley Tucci, tbh!

20.  It’s Alive with Brad

Join Bon Appetit’s Brad Leone on a wild, roundabout, and marginally scientific adventure exploring fermented foods and more, from the Tillamook Cheese Factory in Oregon and crabbing in Alaska , all the way to fly fishing in Montana . Plus, it features a slew of celebrity guests, including Babish of Binging with Babish , Rodney Scott, and Salt Fat Acid Heat ’s Samin Nosrat . Stream it on  YouTube .

Grab your remote, a fancy snack, and get to watching all these wonderful foodie TV shows!

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This article features some of the best travel food TV shows that TV has to offer.

Did you have a really long day? problems at work or in your love life? Need a break from reality? Take your mind off these pressing issues and cozy up on your couch with a tasty snack to watch your favorite travel food tv shows or find a new one that is binge-worthy. Dive in with your favorite travel food TV show hosts and explore the nation's culinary culture and history. Ranging from networks like the Food Network to Netflix to the  National Geographic Channel , find interesting travel food TV shows that entertain you. Let your favorite celebrity foodies show you the ropes of how to be a well-rounded, five-star chef in your own kitchen! Here are ten interesting travel food TV series you must see!

10 Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives

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Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives or better known as "Triple D"  is a wildly entertaining travel food TV show. This Food Network show originated in April of 2007 and continues to air episodes on television today. Show host, Guy Fieri brings this travel food series to life with his spunky TV personality. Join him in his cross-country road trip to different hole-in-the-wall diners, drive-ins, and dives that have been doing things right in the kitchen for decades.

9 Ugly Delicious

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The Netflix series  Ugly Delicious starring David Chang should be at the top of your must-watch list. This series was first premiered in February 2018 and has a score of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. This entertaining travel food TV series features a combination of travel, cooking, and history of the different places covered in each episode. Follow Chef Chang around the world on his cross-cultural hunt for the best dishes known to man.

8 Parts Unknown

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If you haven't seen it, then you probably should.  Parts Unknown on CNN  is an interesting travel food TV show starring host, Anthony Bourdain. This food TV series came out in April of 2013. Parts Unknown features episodes that dive deep into the culinary cultures of different groups of people. This show is so good it has won twelve Primetime Emmy Awards. Tune in to CNN and continue traveling with Bourdain to lesser-known places to find some travel food gems!

7 Street Food

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Netflix has been home to the popular travel food TV series Street Food since April of 2019. It is classified as an American Documentary where show creators David Gelb and Brian McGinn take you around the world in search of delicious street food everywhere. This travel food TV series is packed with entertainment!

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6 Bizarre Foods America

If you are looking for a little more entertainment and a little less cooking skills, then Bizarre Foods America is the TV series for you! Join the Food Network and follow culinary explorer, Chef Andrew Zimmerman as he explores the bizarre foods of the culinary world in America and now parts of Canada and South America.

5 Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted

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Tag along with Chef Gordon Ramsay in his hit food travel TV show Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted. There isn't a single show that Chef Ramsay stars in that isn't a huge success! Join in his search for culinary inspiration around the world. This binge-worthy food TV series can be found on the National Geographic Channel .

Related:  20 Amazing Gordon Ramsay Recipes That Foodies Need To Try

4 Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

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Take the time to learn about specific foods and diverse immigrant cultures around the United States with Padma on her popular Hulu docuseries Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi . Padma is widely known in the food industry for her stellar TV personality and her great taste in food. This is an interesting travel food TV show that you do not want to miss!

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I'm sure you have heard of the food god, Johnathan Cheban through his association with the Kardashians but have you watched his hit travel food TV show? Foodgod  was first aired in 2018. Tune in to see what travel food topics Cheban covers in his episodes!

2 View and Chew

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Get ready to view and chew with well-known foodie Mike Chen on his travel food series. Join Chen in his culinary exploration in seven major cities from the comfort of your couch.  View and Chew can be found on the streaming platform Peacock . Add it to your must-see list of food travel TV shows.

1 No Reservations

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No Reservations is another popular food travel TV show hosted by Anthony Bourdain. This show premiered in November of 2012 and focuses on Bourdain's travels as he explores wordly cultures and cuisines. Find this entertaining food travel TV series on the Travel Channel .

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15 Best Travel Vloggers on YouTube to Follow

Written By: Christine Ka'aloa

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Updated On: June 3, 2023

Living your passion for travel is one thing, but filming yourself doing it daily to weekly for binge watching audiences on YouTube is another! Yet, the list of travel vloggers on YouTube grows as storytelling techniques of its creators evolve to keep you tuned in.

From storytelling editing, daily vlogging, cinematic flair, sexy drone shots, and 360 viewing, these travel YouTubers are committed to pumping out travel inspiration on a regularly programmed basis.

Enjoy this list of inspiring Youtube channels to find great travel content and travel experiences.

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Best Travel Vloggers

Christine chose some great travel vlogs and we don’t want to mess with her, list, but when you are done here, check out some other amazing travel YouTubers! These travel personalities are not only travel hosts, they are their own travel show! We made our own list of best travel vloggers too !

1. Fun for Louis

Louis Cole initially started out enthralling (and grossing out) viewers with his adventurous ability to eat every odd delicacy that was dead or alive.

Today, this U.K. travel vlogger has taken to daily vlogs of his life, inspiring viewers to live the adventure while travelling the world.

A well-loved travel vlog hero of YouTube, not only does he make binge-watching addictive, but he incorporates 360-degree video and has his fans introduce his videos.

Schedule : Daily

2. Mr Ben Brown

Mr. Ben Brown is mostly known as a YouTube vlogger. But he travels a bit and his Visual Vibes series showcases some seriously stunning travel cinematography, which will leave you breathless.

An expert storyteller, his vlogs are partly filmed from his perspective, as if you’re inside his head.

Whether skiing, motorbiking or hiking, you’ll feel like you’re moving vicariously with him, as he traipses around the world to meet up with his posse of YouTuber friends.

Ben joined YouTube in 2006 definitely making him one of the older travel vloggers (at least by channel age) out there.

• Devon Supertamp is very similar and we have him listed on our choices for best travel channels.

Schedule: Daily .

3. Vagabrothers

The Vagabrothers are the wacky boys of the travel vlogging world.

As charismatic travel hosts revving you for the flight,  they offer a cultural soft side into the joys of travelling.

Their travel videos incorporate fun shooting styles, collaborations with other YouTubers, destination guides focused on culture, and lethal drone shots.

Schedule :  Tuesdays

4. Hey Nadine

As the reigning top female travel vlogs on YouTube, Nadine Sykora knows what YouTube audiences want.

As Hey Nadine , she infuses her travel lifestyle channel with a creative flair of fashion, fun, food and entertainment.

From travel tips, to “ What I Eat in a Day in. ..” ,… to playful collaborations with other travel YouTubers, Nadine’s channel drums up an addiction to seeing just what new video she puts out next.

Schedule : Twice a week

5. Migrationology

Would you travel for food? Favorite food vlogger and travel YouTuber Mark Weins does, and boy does he!

A travel and food blog, Migrationology has hit gastronomical stardom on YouTube, making Mark the number one ‘foodie guy’ to both, watch and read.

Mark is the ultimate digital nomad!

He shares his passion for travel by delivering each country through mouth-watering morsels.

You’ll find DIY city guides and of course, lots and lots of food videos!

Schedule: Sundays and Wednesdays.

6. Wolters World

Mark of Woltersworld is my favorite ‘Loves & Hates Travel Guy’, sharing his unchained opinion on what travelers will love, hate and be shocked with about each city.

He tells it like it is and his honesty won’t take away your excitement in experiencing the place for yourself.

His videos are highly informative insights, which crack the travel code of each country.

Schedule: Wednesdays and Saturdays

7. Hopscotch the Globe

Kristin Sarah merges her acting chops with her love for travel in Hopscotch the Globe .

She’s like that fun travel bestie who’s not afraid to be a little silly. Her channel incorporates vlogging with cultural parodies and travel inspired DIY recipes.

Today, she shares her channel spotlight with her husband Siya; together, these travel partners in crime hop around the globe, creating weekly entertainment.

They’ve also recently added a baby drone into their picture!

Schedule : Weekly

8. Psychotraveller

If twenty-something backpacking is your thing, check out Psychotraveller .

Ally dishes backpacking travel tips, vlogs and travel budget information, all with a dose of humor.

Best of all, her favorite filming studio is often a hostel room!

Schedule: Weekly.

9. GRRRL TRAVELER

Does traveling alone freak you out? Christine Kaaloa of GRRRL TRAVELER takes you inside the adventurous world of solo travel and shows you how she survives it.

Experiencing culture shock and filming it , isn’t easy, but Christine finds ways to turn her encounters of taxi scams, Asian squat toilets, airport layovers and getting sick abroad, into travel survival tips to walk away with !

A solo travel blogger, she films and blogs travel tips and city and food travel guides, while playing with video storytelling styles.

Schedule: Fridays or Saturdays.

10.  Sonia’s Travels

Sonia is your female travel MacGyver. From how to pack your makeup to product reviews and how to score a deal on a hotel, she’s got slick tips to make you a savvy traveler.

Her tips are usually around 2-3 minutes, which make her videos perfect to watch with your morning coffee.

Until then, she has hundreds of travel tip videos to keep your travels well-groomed.

Schedule: On hiatus. Let’s hope she comes back.

11.  The Planet D

Dave and Deb of The Planet D , not only live the dream of travel, but they also visit some of the most exotic places that most of us can only dream about!

This zany travel-adventure couple have blogged about adventure travel for the past 10 years, and now they’re on YouTube too, inspiring each other (and others) to take a passion for adventure to the next level. Making the list as one of the couple travel vloggers to watch.

From polar ice plunges in Antarctica to riding the fastest zipline or ballooning over the Masai Mara, their channel covers a bucket list of activities to try when you’re looking to leave your comfort zone.

Schedule: Saturdays.

Expats & Nomads: Travel Youtubers Hitting the Road

12.  gone with the wynns.

Ever think of packing up your family life and hitting the road in an RV?

Nikki and Jason of Gone with the Wynns sold it all and packed it up to hit the highway.

From composting toilets to solar powering an RV (okay, not your everyday travel story), they’ve transformed the concept of an RV travel lifestyle for YouTube.

Their videos are well-shot and occasionally, filmed like a sexy commercial (okay, not your every day RV travel video).

Recently, they’ve made a rather new change in their lives, by trading in their RV for a sailboat!

Schedule : Weekly.

13. Samuel & Audrey

You may know Samuel and Audrey as their travel blogging aliases, Nomadic Samuel and That Backpacker .

As former ex-Korea expats, this adorable travel geek couple are on an indefinite road between expat life and nomadism.

Their channel is prolific with destination guides and food taste tests.

For audiences, who want to get their binge watching on without taking a break, they are also known to occasionally have long format videos.

Schedule: 1-2 times a week.

14. 8 Miles from Home

Inspiring us to take our dream lifestyle (and dog) abroad is 8 Miles from Home .

Sacha and Jymael are British photographers turn expat vloggers, documenting their life in Thailand.

Their vlogs are cinematic video diaries, occasionally incorporate dazzling special FX.

Recently they announced their new adventure~ a move to Portugal and a baby!

15. The Food Ranger

If you love Asian food, Trevor is The Food Ranger of Asia. An expat in Sichuan, China, he chomps and slurps some of the best Chinese cuisine (and uh, some pretty obscure foods too).

Commendable is his ability to upload regular videos while staying under China’s banned radar (YouTube and Google are banned in China).

He’s quickly growing a following as a new foodie channel to watch.

Schedule: Saturdays

How the best travel vloggers were chosen:

Like all lists, people will wonder why they’re not on it. I’m positive I missed some good ones, but this is very loose criteria I’d be using if I were hired to cast, produce or pitch a TV show. Creators did not need to meet all criteria, but most. – Programming: Weekly dedication, quality, storytelling & individual style execution – Audience: Niche, loyalty, & YouTube friendly – Blog worthy and/or binge worthy – Does it bring a new spin to the term “travel video” or “travel show” – Channel Personality/Talent: brand recognition, hosting & entertainment value

Do you have favourite travel vlogger you love on YouTube? Introduce us to them in the comments below!

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That’s a subjective question. If you go by subscribers it is Devon Supertramp or Fun for Louis on this list. Drew Binskey is definitely the most successful travel vlogger out there right now.

Mark Weins t ops the list as the best food travel vlogger. He takes you on a culinary journey around the world.

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7 Traveling Foodies You Should Be Following on Instagram

Whether snapping a photograph of a local dish from the streets of Thailand or a five-star meal from a swanky hotel in London, these influential globetrotters and food-lovers at heart share our insatiable thirst for travel and #foodporn. Somehow, they manage to make us drool and trigger wanderlust with every Instagram post. Here are seven of our favorite traveling foodies to follow.

1. @migrationology

Who: Mark Wiens

Why You Should Follow Him: Weins' upbringing undoubtedly had a major influence on his love and passion for travel and food. Born in Arizona, he moved to to several countries as an adolescent — including France , Kenya and the Democratic Republic of the Congo — and it was his time in the Congo that led to his interest in different cultures and exotic cuisines. Today, Weins lives in Thailand, where he spends his time exploring Bangkok with his family. While his photographs are diverse, he tends to focus on the authentic local cuisines from all the destinations he visits, whether it's local meat from a stand in Bangkok or duck fry from a local haunt in Mumbai . His mantra, "travel for food," is evident throughout his Instagram feed and YouTube channel, Migrationology.

Where You'll Find Him: Somewhere near the street food markets of Bangkok.

2. @girleatworld

Who : Melissa Hie

What : Feast your eyes on the world's most incredible food and stunning landscapes with Hie's feed. What makes her account so tasty is the framework of her food posts; the meals she snaps are juxtaposed with a perfect backdrop of natural scenery, providing a cultural context to what she's eating. From mouthwatering 32cm ice cream cones in Myeong-dong, South Korea, to wild strawberries shot in the mountains of Ukraine, Hie takes us around the world with her, one post at a time.

Where You'll Find Her : Melissa is based in Singapore, but there's a good chance she's exploring irresistible treats across Southeast Asia.

3. @Pissinginthepunchbowl

Who : Marcus Nilsson

What : Former chef-turned-award-winning food photographer , Nilsson definitely thinks outside the box when traveling the world and shooting his experiences . As someone who has spent time on both sides of the restaurant experience, Nilsson knows how to effortlessly capture food for his feed. His spectacular photos are refreshing and seemingly new, as he uses the on-camera flash technique when taking pictures — his posts capture whatever he eats, wherever that may be. It doesn't matter if he's snapping photos abroad or at home in Brooklyn, you'll want to go where he goes — and have what he's having.

Where You'll Find Him : Capturing tasty snacks across the East and West Coasts — especially in New York and LA .

4. @GoFindAlice

Who : Alice

What : Finding Alice has become our favorite thing to do on Instagram. Beyond being a major foodie, Alice is a globetrotter who believes home is anywhere you want it to be. Her candid style, adventurous attitude and love of food transcends through her posts, filling us with wanderlust — and travel envy.

Where You'll Find Her : Snapping her way across five continents, 43 countries, 400 cities and counting.

5. @LostinCheeseland

Who : Lindsey Tramuta

What : Book author, journalist and pro 'grammer, Tramuta is a frequent contributor to T he New York Times Magazine, The New York Times, Afar, Condé Nast Traveler, Bon Appétit and other major publications, and uses her feed to share where and what to eat in Paris, a city that's now home to the Philadelphia native. Indulge in her delicious captures of travel destinations and delicious treats.

Where You'll Find Her : If not promoting her latest release, The New Paris , on her book tour, you'll find her roaming the picturesque streets of the City of Light .

6. @FoodFeels

Who : James Thompson

What : Thompson's pictures capture all aspect of food and travel from the many street markets, cafés, bars, restaurants and hotels he visits. His feed is a testament to what you can do with just an iPhone by mastering perfect lighting and angles, finding the perfect balance between food porn, in-your-face shots and more stylized captures. Just one look at his Instagram will have you wanting to expand your palate.

Where You'll Find Him : Bouncing between London and Sydney .

7. @CandidsbyJO

Who: Jo Yee

What: Long before sharing her food snaps with us via IG, Jo Yee was a freelance photographer based in Boston . Shortly after, she crossed the pond and learned how to cook, control the camera and embrace life in London . Since then, Yee mastered how to capture the character of her meals at the many restaurants she visits and her Instagram feed reads like a multi-page spread in a culinary lifestyle magazine, featuring some of the city's best talent and edible creations. We could spend all day scrolling through pics of the places she wanders and the things she eats.

Where You'll Find Her: Jo Yee is based in London and her photographs feature the best eats in her home city.

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Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home – Travels In My Own Land

Absolutely Fabulous star Joanna Lumley has retired the infamous Patsy Stone and gone on to make a string of travel documentaries, flitting from the USA to Japan. Her 2021 series is closer to home as she drives around the UK in an Aston Martin DB5 taking in some of the country’s most popular staycation spots. Episodes include stints on Devon ’s epic moors and Cornwall’s pretty island of St Michael’s Mount, as well as in North Wales, the Peak District and her hometown, London. Available to watch on ITV Hub

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

In this offshoot from his Ugly Delicious show, the preposterously busy David Chang hits the road for four hour-long adventures with comedians. He’s in Vancouver with local lad Seth Rogen, fishing and giggling, getting lost in a maze and above all revelling in the city’s Asian food emporia. Then he’s in Marrakech with Chrissy Teigen and in LA with Lena Waithe before the best of the bunch, visiting Phnom Penh with Kate McKinnon. The Saturday Night Live comic and Ghostbusters actor is charming, open and interested in everything around her as they talk Buddhism, ride helicopters and tuk-tuks, and dig surprisingly deep into the issues of a rapidly changing country. Streaming on Netflix

Conan Without Borders

This really is something different. For those outside of the USA, chat-show host Conan O’Brien is very much an unknown quantity, and this show may well be equally baffling: it’s a travel programme but directed primarily for laughs and with the reaction of a studio audience added as if it’s an in-show segment. We get Conan being tall, zany and actually pretty witty in the usual places Americans are interested in: Cuba, Korea, Mexico, Israel, Haiti and Italy. Don’t expect to get all the references but give it a go. Streaming on Netflix

Frankie Boyle’s Tour of Scotland

Well, he’s certainly mellowed. Once the scourge of tabloid and liberal broadsheet alike, the comic has revealed more humanity as his face has been ever more hidden under a beard. He’s still sharp, as the introduction shows – ‘There comes a time in every comedian’s career when they decide to do travelogues,’ he tells us – though this is much richer than the sitcom-character-goes-to-Africa formula we’re used to. Over four episodes, each given a very loose theme, he enjoys Scotland’s camera-friendliness – the coast, moors and monumental architecture – and meets a parade of eccentric locals. His secret weapon is asking unusual questions, ensuring a wide range of subjects: one episode alone covers Mary Queen of Scots, martial arts, protests and funfairs. Be warned: contains adult content and sarcasm. Streaming on BBC iPlayer

Great Railway Journeys

Want to take the train but can’t face Michael Portillo and his range of bright slacks? Now’s the time to dive into iPlayer, then, as the Tory grandee’s monopoly on rail travel falls off the rotation, leaving this multi-presenter series from 1994. Follow the lovely Michael Palin to Ireland and the awkwardly charming Clive Anderson to China, and watch ballerina Natalia Makarova take on her native Russia and the great BBC correspondent Mark Tully head to India. Streaming on BBC iPlayer

Griff’s Great Australian Adventure

Despite an unpromising start – do we need a TV comic to tell us that ‘this is a big place’, or that he’s about to embark on ‘the journey of a lifetime’? – this is well worth your time. Griff Rhys Jones travels around the great southern land by train, packing a great deal into his 30-minute episodes. Along with crocs, sheep-shearing, gold-prospecting and whitewater-rafting, he joins the drag scene in Broken Hill, digs into the poetry of the Outback and hitches a ride with a Flying Doctor. Throughout, he transcends the formula by being well-informed and showing an interest in people. Streaming on ITV Hub

My Greek Odyssey

If you enjoyed the last season of The Trip but felt there was too much competitive banter and not enough Greek scenery, then this is for you. Be warned, however, that host Peter Maneas is a character beyond even the imaginings of Steve Coogan: a full-on Aussie of Hellenic extraction, he’s colourful, exuberant and generally not backward in coming forward, all to the power of 10. If you can handle that, then join him on his mission to visit every one of his homeland’s 227 inhabited islands, starting with Season 1’s tour of the Saronic and Ionian, including Hydra , Spetses , Kefalonia and Zakynthos. Included with Amazon Prime membership

Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father

The comedian is a divisive figure, but less so than the man he insists on calling ‘Daddy’, an old showbiz hand who’s loving his spell in the spotlight. It’ll take five minutes to decide whether you’re up for this show, but if you can take the intergenerational eager-puppy-versus-stuffed-shirt banter you do get a lot of travel for your time. In season one they hit South-east Asia to live out Whitehall’s cancelled gap year, while season two is a cultural tour of eastern Europe led by his father Michael. In both cases, hijinks ensue, locals are baffled and we’re lightly entertained. Streaming on Netflix

Dark Tourist

New Zealand journalist David Farrier looks like a geography teacher and often appears more scared than you’d expect from someone in his line of work, but he’s a curiously engaging host for this tour of unlikely, unsafe and unsavoury destinations. Usually wearing pink patterned shorts, he ventures to nuclear disaster zones, serial-killer hotspots, voodoo rituals and the dreadful, monolithic emptiness of Turkmenistan. His show is genuinely informative and remarkably un-hipster. Streaming on Netflix

Now eight seasons in, this short-haul travelogue is admirably dependable. A lot of that is down to actor-director Richard Ayoade, who can bend his deadpan wit to provide a foil to whichever fellow comedian he has in tow for that week ’s 48-hour city break (including occasional Hollywood stars such as Jon Hamm and Paul Rudd). It’s basically a comedy but, for all the eccentric hotels , drinking and quirky-museum-hunting, this show is still a reliable indicator of whether you’ll enjoy two nights or more in that week’s destination , so bring on season nine. Catch up on All 4

The Mind of a Chef

Chef-profile shows can merge into a blur of hot men in dark rooms talking about sourcing and knives, but this PBS show is in sharp focus – partly because episodes last just 23 minutes. Each of its five seasons are hosted by a different chef, from David Chang, who presents Netflix’s Ugly Delicious , to Prune author Gabrielle Hamilton, who traces a dish to its source, has a good dig and still manages to get in more travel trimmings than most of the hour-long competition. Season five’s resident Ludo Lefebvre is particularly good value – look out for his outraged attempt to reclaim Jersey for France on a lobster-fishing trip. Stream it on Netflix

The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Currently vying for the title of most familiar face on British TV, Ranganathan generally trades on sardonic wit but these tours of ‘the places others avoid’ break through the cynical veneer to show the thoughtful and frequently terrified everyman inside the comedy sports-quiz panellist. In the latest, second season he journeys to Zimbabwe, Mongolia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Colombia. Streaming on BBC iPlayer

Around the World in 80 Gardens

Led by the soothing, earnest tones of Monty Don, this is a different and highly satisfying tour of the globe, first screened in 2008. Naturally each region’s flora and plant-husbandry tell us something about the culture and landscape, and our thoughtful and well-informed host is just the man to tell us how. Starting in Mexico and Cuba with rainforests and colonialism, he passes through the the tomb gardens of India’s Mughal emperors, the floating wonders of the Amazon, the Imperial Summer Palace of Beijing, Emperor Hadrian’s Retreat in Italy and the perfection of the Alhambra in Granada, via Bali, Bangkok and the Arctic Circle. You don’t need green fingers to enjoy this, just a love of beauty. Streaming on BBC iPlayer

Somebody Feed Phil

If you don’t know Everybody Loves Raymond , the American sitcom he created – actually, even if you do – you may find Philip Rosenthal a distracting host: odd, distracted, awkward. Still, he sure loves his food and Netflix sure loves him, bankrolling 12 episodes of this foodie travelogue that takes him all over the world to Bangkok , Tel Aviv , Buenos Aires , Dublin and Mexico City (always Mexico). It’s a pretty easy ride – he walks around a bit, eats some local dishes, gets excited – but it’s fun, and you’ll like Phil. Streaming on Netflix

National Geographic Presents

Dig deep into the travel-related content from the always-reliable NatGeo. For that unique combination of brashness and culinary genius, there’s Gordon Ramsay Uncharted , where the king of the TV cooks heads for Peru, Morocco, Laos and more. The Bear Grylls-narrated Hostile Planet is a fascinating look at how animals have adapted to the most difficult conditions, from icecap to desert to ocean – highlights include a jaguar hunting crocodiles in the Amazon. Adventure fans, meanwhile, should dive into Lost Treasures of the Maya , where explorer Albert Lin hunts down lost civilization with new tech. Streaming on Disney+

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Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s semi-improvised wander between scenically sited restaurants is a journey that bears repeating. The original six-part run through the North of England in 2010, where both idea and stars were at their freshest and there was a real edge of melancholy tod the impressions and repartee, remains the best but it’s hard to argue with Season 2’s finale in Capri, where two middle-aged men talk rubbish against one of the world’s most beautiful backdrops, and Season 3’s visit to Spain kept up the quality. This year, of course, the boys were back for a tour of Greece. Find out where Season 4 of The Trip was filmed. Stream on Amazon Prime Pictured: Adatepe Ida Blue Hotel

All Aboard! The Great Reindeer Migration

From BBC4’s ‘Slow Christmas’ series, this 2018 programme follows the Sami reindeer herds of Norway on their 160-mile trek north through Finnmark to the Arctic Circle. With no eager presenters to tell us how amazing/dangerous/unchanged it is (though all those things are true), the result is more like a visual poem or guided meditation – most of it just the jangle of the animals’ bells, traditional singing and barking dogs over aerial views and close-ups. And breathe… Streaming on BBC iPlayer

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

Dating from 2013 to 2018, this CNN series may just be the great legacy of the Godfather of the foodie-travel genre. The effortlessly cool and much-missed NY chef really scratches his adventurer’s itch here, starting with the just reopened Myanmar, Libya and the Congo, and throwing in local-knowledge trips to US cities as well. Regardless of the destination, though, the aim is the same: to live a more interested and interesting life. Watch and learn lessons for travel and beyond. Season 1 streaming on My5. Seasons 1-5 included with Amazon Prime membership

Floyd on France

A time capsule from a different age (1987, to be precise), this makes a pretty startling contrast to the current Netflix foodie doc. Bow-tied and boozy, the late Keith Floyd sets off from a land barely out of the boiled-mutton-and-suet dark ages and barges into the kitchens of France, then considered the world leader of haute cuisine. However misguided his confidence, his enthusiasm and astonishing ability to drink and talk are wondrous to behold as he charges through Provence, Périgord, Burgundy, Alsace, the Basque Country and Brittany. Streaming on BBC iPlayer

Ugly Delicious

Momofuku chef and Vice graduate David Chang (see also The Mind of a Chef ) gets down and dirty on this show, sold under the motto ‘Food is a four-letter word’. Each episode looks hard at one home-cooking favourite, with help from guest chefs or foodies, giving American comfort food, from pizza to fried chicken, the kind of attention usually reserved for haute cuisine. Just added is Season 2, where David deals with worries about feeding his forthcoming baby, looks at ways of eating beef, investigates curry with Aziz Ansari and explores the world of kebabs. Streaming on Netflix

World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys – C5/MY5

If you’re drawn to the romance of rail travel but don’t need the usual celebrity guide, fill your boots with this six-parter. There’s a Rocky Mountain ride past lakes, rainforest and wandering bears from Vancouver to Banff, an architecture-heavy tour of northern Spain, volcanoes and sacred hunting grounds in New Zealand, plus trips through Wales, Norway and to the Matterhorn in Switzerland. It’s packed with business and all very thorough, well-researched and beautifully filmed, and the narration is in the capable hands of Bill Nighy. Streaming on My5

Salt Fat Acid Heat

Hosting this adaptation of her own book, chef Samin Nosrat proves an exuberant, natural presenter. The high-concept format – four journeys in pursuit of the four titular pillars of cooking – provides the structure, leaving Nosrat to enthuse and convince with the help of chefs from Japan , Italy , Mexico and California . And though it’s mostly kitchen-based, the show always has a strong sense of place, whether in the olive groves of Liguria, Italy , on the cable car to Japan’s Shōdoshima island or under the corrugated roofs of Oxkutzcab in Mexico. Streaming on Netflix

Huang’s World

Tattooed, perma-vested Eddie Huang is a true one-off. An attorney, restaurateur and author (of televised memoir Fresh Off The Boat ), he’s also a man with a thirst for knowledge and a hunger for food, and the most energetic host in food-travel TV. This series is excellent value; Huang is unafraid to talk to experts and locals alike and always has his nose in the action. Catch up on All4

…with Simon Reeve

While others provide entertainment, the perturbingly youthful but tremendously wise Reeve brings the information part of the BBC’s Reithian values. With his background in investigative reporting, he digs that bit deeper while retaining the Bear Grylls-meets-Brian Cox enthusiasm that ensures you always know this is about travel rather than history or politics. You’ll find a selection of his trips on BBC iPlayer, from the six-part Indian Ocean journey and three-part whistlestop tour round Australia to a one-off in Colombia . Catch up on BBC iPlayer

Rick Stein’s Seafood Odyssey

In this series from 1999, the doyen of British seafood has a quick look at how the rest of the world does it. He cooks shark vindaloo in Goa, tries percebes (goose barnacles) picked from the rocks in Galicia, has seabass and oysters in Chesapeake Bay and generally enthuses about grills, saucepans and fishing nets in Naples, Queensland and Thailand before heading closer to home for a fish supper in Whitby. Streaming on BBC iPlayer

Arabia with Levison Wood

British Army officer Wood is an explorer in the classic mould, and solo walks are a speciality ( the Himalayas , the Nile, Central America , Russia ). This programme finds him, Bedouin-scarved and deeply tanned, touring 13 countries and 5,000 miles of the Arabian peninsula, crossing Oman ’s Empty Quarter by camel, embedding himself with troops fighting Isis in Yemen and exchanging selfies in Saudi Arabia. There’s all the derring-do and endurance you could ask for, but he’s also a sensitive and curious companion. Watch on Amazon Prime

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5 Arizona restaurants featured on this season of Guy Fieri's 'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives'

G uy Fieri is no stranger to Arizona's dining scene in metro Phoenix and beyond. He's opened several of his own restaurants in Phoenix, including Guy Fieri’s Downtown Phoenix Kitchen + Bar , and he's visited over three dozen local restaurants on his popular Food Network show " Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives ."

The show recently completed its 38th season, with a 39th season beginning in March. Fieri visited several Arizona restaurants this season to eat fry bread, pozole, Italian beef, duck fried rice and more on episodes that aired in February, March and April.

Here's a look at the Arizona restaurants featured on seasons 38 and 39 of Triple D.

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Bonfire Craft Kitchen and Tap recently taped a sports bar-focused episode for season 39 of "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives," which aired on Friday, April 5 in anticipation of the NCAA Final Four men's basketball tournament.

Details : 1617 W. Warner Road, Tempe. 480-306-6801, bonfirektap.com .

Crujiente Tacos

Crujiente Tacos was featured on the same Triple D episode as Bonfire, which was titled "Phoenix Food Fans." Chef Rich Hinojosa showcased Crujiente's roasted mushroom tacos.

Details : 3961 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix. 602-687-7777, crutacos.com .

Tim Finnegan's Irish Pub

Tim Finnegan's Irish Pub was also featured on episode 5 of season 39, "Phoenix Food Fans." The Irish pub showcased its popular shepherd's pie.

Details : 17045 N. 59th Ave., Glendale. 602-875-8331, timfinnegans.com .

Fry Bread House

Guy Fieri visited Fry Bread House in Phoenix on episode 15 of season 38, titled "Flavor World." He tried Indigenous fry bread and pozole in the episode, which aired Feb. 16.

Details : 4545 N. Seventh Ave., Phoenix. 602-351-2345, frybreadhouseaz.com .

Hush Public House

Hush Public House is featured on episode 16 of season 38, called "Bird, Belly and Beef," which aired on Feb. 23. The episode description reads, "This trip, Guy Fieri's grabbing flavorful meat that runs the gamut."

Details : 14202 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 167, Scottsdale. 480-758-5172, hushpublichouse.com .

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Community mourns beloved Rhode Island food blogger

by LEANNA FAULK, NBC 10 NEWS

WARREN, R.I. (WJAR) — A popular Rhode Island food blogger has died.

William Dallaire, 56, was best known as the "Food Guy RI" on social media .

Police said his body was found in the Warren River on Monday. They said they don't believe the death was suspicious.

Dallaire created a community of foodies, celebrating all Rhode Island's food scene has to offer.

His supporters said they are remembering him for all he did to eat local and encourage others to do the same.

"It's his presence, whether it's in the kitchen, or in the dining room, he worked both sides of the field," said Maria Gomes.

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Known as the Food Guy, it's not surprising the two connected in her family restaurant Jack's in Warren.

"He was doing a story, actually, for the Food Guy ... a short time later came in looking for a job," said Gomes.

She joins the thousands of people shocked by his death.

Dallaire started his blog in 2016, connecting users to the Ocean State's vibrant food scene.

His brother, Stephen, shared a statement with NBC 10 News.

"Bill will always be best known for his friendly demeanor, his recipes and his love for his four children. He will be sadly missed by all who knew him .... He was just an all-around great guy and was well liked by the thousands and thousands of people he met throughout his life," the statement said.

Stephen said he plans to continue managing the Food Guy RI page in his brother's honor.

What's the best fast food in the US? This travel guide picks a Wisconsin brand.

The best fast food restaurant in the United States , according to Fodor's Travel , has a Wisconsin flavor.

Of course, it's Culver's .

Fodor's Geena Truman wrote that she spent a year "driving around the U.S. on a quest to eat (and experience) the true culture of America."

She ranked 12 fast-food chains, leaving out large corporations like McDonald's, Wendy's and Burger King.

And in the top spot as "the most delicious fast food pit stop in America" is Culver's, the restaurant founded in Sauk City in 1984 by George, Ruth, Craig and Lea Culver.

The article said Culver's "gives the outer appearance of fast-food but outperforms all others in taste."

The rest of the list? In order, it's Shake Shack, In-N-Out, Whataburger, Raising Cane's, Five Guys, Chick-fil-A, Dave's Hot Chicken, Kelly's Roast Beef, White Castle, Dick's and Zips (tied) and Jollibee.

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Road Trips: How to Plan an Accessible Getaway

By Syren Nagakyrie

Planning an accessible road trip is getting a little easier for people with disabilities. There are more resources created by and for the disability community, and the tourism industry is starting to recognize the value of accessible travel. As a disabled, chronically ill, neurodivergent person, I take road trips every year and have learned some tips and tricks along the way.

Renting a vehicle

Most major car companies offer adaptive driving devices for their vehicles at no additional cost. Enterprise , for example, offers hand controls, left foot accelerators, pedal extenders and spinner knobs to facilitate steering. Budget can provide hand controls, spinner knobs, a panoramic mirror, swivel seats and transfer boards. Be prepared to request adaptive devices at least three business days in advance.

For a wheelchair-accessible van with a ramp or a lift, rent from a mobility company like BraunAbility , one of the largest builders of wheelchair-accessible vans in the country, with rentals at many locations. MobilityWorks , an accessible-vehicle and adaptive-equipment dealer, has rental locations in 34 states. AccessibleGO , which offers a one-stop shop for adapted rental cars and wheelchair-accessible vans, has agreements with 100 wheelchair van rental locations nationwide; request a quote on their website. For accessibleGO’s rental cars, you can request hand controls and a spinner knob at checkout.

Route planning

You can use Google Maps, Waze and MapQuest for initial accessibility research using photos and street view. Google Maps provides directions for some wheelchair-accessible pedestrian and transit routes.

Sites such as Roadtrippers and Furkot can plot an entire itinerary. While these websites are not disability specific, they are invaluable tools. (Roadtrippers does have a wheelchair-accessible check box in the search function.) You can filter by types of destinations such as national parks or museums, and search for hotels and campgrounds. Furkot allows you to input how long you want to drive each day, whether you want to travel on Interstate highways or take more scenic roads. The app will determine the best route and length of time between stops, and suggest where to stay overnight.

Finding lodging

While hotels and other accommodations are required to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act, many hotels do not meet all accessibility needs. Most of the booking sites list hotels with accessible rooms for those with mobility, hearing and vision needs, but this information is not always verified. Do additional research on review sites and look for photos. Hyatt, Marriott, Hilton and Fairmont hotels offer allergy-friendly and scent-free rooms in some locations. Call the hotel to verify accessibility and to make sure a specific room is reserved for you.

Vacation rentals are typically not required to be A.D.A. compliant, but some do provide accessibility information. Airbnb recently rolled out an adapted category with accessibility search features and homes that have been scanned for accessibility. Review photos and contact the host for more information. Some hosts will make accommodations, such as changing the cleaning supplies or shifting furniture, but document your request using the in-app messaging system so that customer service can help if you run into issues.

Wheel the World is an accessible travel agency offering bookings at over 3,000 verified accessible hotels in the United States. The hotels have been reviewed in person by trained assessors; only those that meet the criteria are listed. Sign up as a disabled traveler or a companion and complete a personal profile that includes options for a variety of disabilities and accessibility needs. The site will provide listings that match your profile with partial, adequate and outstanding match options.

Food and medication

There are a variety of options to keep food or medication cold while traveling. Electric coolers can plug into your vehicle’s 12-volt outlet, but pay attention to the type of cooling mechanism — the less expensive versions are usually thermoelectric and will cool only to about 30 degrees below ambient temperature (if it is 70 degrees in the car, it will cool to 40 degrees). Compressor coolers are more expensive but maintain normal refrigerated temperatures.

Many hotels provide mini-refrigerators. When you know you will be stopping somewhere with a fridge almost every night, layer large ice packs and supplies in a cooler, then top them with another insulating layer like a cooling bag. This keeps everything cold for a couple of days at a time.

It’s also a good idea to travel with a single-burner cooktop — electric to use inside, or propane to use at rest areas and campgrounds — and a camp mess kit so that you can safely cook meals.

Some of the best apps to find food, restaurants and grocery stores that accommodate dietary needs are Fig for allergy-specific options, Happy Cow for vegan-friendly options and Find Me Gluten Free for celiac-safe spots. Add your favorite options to the route-planning app so that you know where to stop.

Finding activities

In addition to the apps mentioned in the route-planning section, state and local tourism organizations are good sources for accessible destinations.

National parks and monuments, which are required to meet federal accessibility guidelines, typically have visitor centers and recreation sites with accessible features. Each park website has information, as well as programs and services within the park. While accessibility varies, you can usually find information on wheelchair-accessible trails and campsites, tactile and audio features, assistive listening devices, and American Sign Language interpreters.

At state parks, accessibility features may not be consistent, but you can usually find some information on each park’s website.

Apps like AllTrails list wheelchair-friendly trails across the country, but the information may not be verified, so contact the park or land manager for verification. Among the parks with notable accessible trails are Redwood National and State Parks, North Cascades National Park, Badlands National Park, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park .

Syren Nagakyrie, the founder of the nonprofit Disabled Hikers and the author of “The Disabled Hiker’s Guide to Western Washington and Oregon” and “The Disabled Hiker’s Guide to Northern California,” among other guidebooks, leads group hikes and conducts assessments throughout the United States.

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Barbecue Sauce Gets the Barbie Treatment

The vegan mayo-barbecue sauce mashup is Barbie pink.

Photo by: SIMON M PHOTO/Photo courtesy of Heinz

SIMON M PHOTO/Photo courtesy of Heinz

The Barbiecore craze is not over. In fact, it’s expanding into new areas. Specifically, sauce.

Heinz has teamed up with Mattel to launch a limited-edition sauce inspired by everyone’s favorite fashion doll-turned -movie-icon: Heinz Classic Barbiecue Sauce now exists.

The new sauce, launched in celebration of the Barbie brand’s 65th anniversary, is a pink vegan mayo with barbecue sauce that gets its signature Barbie-blush hue from beetroot extract. With a smoky flavor, the sauce can be used as a salad dressing or a burger condiment and is, the brands say, “the perfect addition to your spring/summer menu.”

A few months ago, Heinz asked its fans on Instagram if it should make this “dream” sauce a reality. The response was emphatically in favor.

“Omg yes pls make this happen …” wrote one commenter.

“If you make it happen I'll dye my hair bright pink,” another vowed.

As a result, the sauce debuts today, April 15, in the U.K. and Spain — though the company teases that it “may be available in other territories in the future.” So don’t despair, stateside sauce-loving Barbie fans, the answer to “What was it made for?” may soon include your enjoyment, too.

“After seeing the reaction this sauce brought to our fans on social media, we knew we had to make it a reality,” Thiago Rapp, director of taste elevation at Heinz, says in a press release. “We’re thrilled to be able to bring this iconic partnership with Mattel to life.”

"Last summer, we worked quickly with Heinz to bring to life the prospect of a Heinz Classic Barbiecue Sauce in digital form, so it’s now so exciting to be able to put the physical product into our kitchen cupboards,” adds Ruth Henriquez, head of consumer products, publishing and LBE at Mattel EMEA. “We can’t wait for fans to enjoy this delicious and unique product.”

A first drop of 5,000 bottles will be available via heinztohome.co.uk . Run — do not walk — on your flat feet to get them. But if you don't get a bottle in that first run, you’ll have other opportunities. More bottles will be sold at Tesco stores throughout the U.K. starting April 17. In May, availability will expand to other retailers, including Ocado, at a price point of £3.39 ($4.22).

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