Forget dal-chawal. It's the age of kimchi, paella and sushi.

Food, glorious food

A culture is as much about its people and customs, as it is about its food. Some of my favourite memories of travel have been associated with mouth watering delights. Many of you probably still remember fondly some out of the way hole-in-the-wall in Bangkok where you got the most delicious phad thai or some poky little joint in Spain where you ate the most amazing seafood tapas.

Join this culinary adventure and see how many foods you can associate with their places of origin.

1. You'd associate the tart, salty, crumbly cheese feta with:
- Cuba
- Greece
- China
- Romania

2. You'd be busy wolfing down the semi-sweet cheese Mascarpone in:

- Haiti
- Fiji
- Italy
- New Zealand

3. You would enjoy the chicken and baked rice dish Kori- roti in this South Indian town
- Mangalore
- Trivandrum
- Vishakapatnam
- Tanjore

4 You'd get drunk on sherry made in Jerez -you would then be jailed for disorderly conduct by the police of this country!

- Spain
- France
- Germany
- Belgium

5 You'd have your mouth permanently glued to the mouth watering dish 'Khao Swey' in this country:

- Japan
- China
- Myanmar
- Indonesia

6 You've just visited the headquarters of the Ghirardelli Chocolatiers. You've seen their factory and gorged on all the free chocolates at the end of the tour. Which chocolatey city are you in?

- Sydney
- Auckland
- Rio De Janeiro
- San Francisco

7. Sweet temptations. The yogurt based sweet Shrikand is associated most with this Indian state:

- Meghalaya
- Manipur
- Assam
- Maharashtra

8. Stolichnaya vodka helps you keep warm in the long, harsh winters of this great country.

- Mexico
- Bulgaria
- Russia
- Egypt

9. Savour the delights of lamb tajine (stew) with King Muhammed in this fascinating North African country.

- Egypt
- Libya
- Algeria
- Morocco

10. Injera is a flat bread eaten in:

- Iraq
- Afghanistan
- Ethiopia
- France

Were you right?

1. Greece
2. Italy
3. Mangalore
4. Spain
5. Myanmar
6. San Francisco
7. Maharashtra
8. Russia
9. Morocco
10. Ethiopia

What your score means?
7 and above: Foodie. You carry your taste buds wherever you go.
3-7: You like to experiment with your sushi once in a way, but you draw the line at sashimi.
0-3: I just want my dal and chawal!

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