Five Ways to Eat (& Feel) Like a Local

Food is an essential ingredient when it comes to human connection and forming ties in new places. Sampling the local cuisine is a sure-fire way of helping you feel more integrated into the local culture and getting closer to calling your new host country a home. Here are five ways to step out of that culinary comfort zone and into the unknown territory of your new local cuisine.

Research, Research, Research

The first nugget of advice for you is to do your research. It카지노 게임 컬렉션s never been easier to gain extensive knowledge about the country you카지노 게임 컬렉션re moving to, and the eating culture that comes with it. With the help of foodie Instagram accounts and a variety of different google searches, you can develop a bank of knowledge at the beginning, so you know the top dishes to try out first.

This can also be used to impress any prospective local friends when you arrive and show that you have an open attitude towards your host country카지노 게임 컬렉션s culture. It카지노 게임 컬렉션s great to try as much as you can when you first arrive, but with a little more investigation, you might also discover the foods you might want to avoid. In my case, this helped me sidestep eating a bowl of boiled white sausage, a traditional Bavarian breakfast, it definitely wasn카지노 게임 컬렉션t my kind of thing.

 

Take a Guided Tour

Food tours are also an excellent way of tasting many different traditional dishes from local producers and restaurateurs. As an added plus, they카지노 게임 컬렉션re often walking tours, so you get to find your feet in the city while enjoying delicious food. These guided trips allow you to sample bite-sized portions of traditional dishes and to work out what you like before you order it at a restaurant. The tour guides enthusiastically talk you through each location and tell stories and anecdotes about the meals, too. Knowing that you카지노 게임 컬렉션ve tried the best clam chowder in the whole of America could come with some serious bragging rights when you카지노 게임 컬렉션re meeting new people from around the world. 

Step Out of the City

If you카지노 게임 컬렉션re living far away from the urban hustle and bustle, then you are halfway there. Cities tend to be a melting pot of cultures from all over the world, and it might be harder to find authentic, traditional food there. This can be simultaneously fantastic and frustrating.

We recommend that you hop on a train or bus and head to the suburbs. These more rural areas often have more affordable food that is less likely to be adapted to a tourists palate. Living so close to the mountains in Munich means that some of the best traditional German meals I카지노 게임 컬렉션ve enjoyed have been in tiny wooden huts, hidden on the side of a mountain. The food there is always authentic and incredibly delicious.

There카지노 게임 컬렉션s an App for That

You can also use different apps to help you find the perfect place for a delicious local meal. There are some great ones out there where foodies share their experiences with a particular restaurant, post photos, and connect with other people searching for the same thing. No matter where you are, so long as you have a WiFi connection you카지노 게임 컬렉션ll be able to look up the place to go for the best ice-cream or a traditional feast, in town. Technology is an incredible tool of the modern-day age, so we might as well take advantage of it! 

Explore the Markets

As Lauren suggests in the video, food markets are another great way to discover the local produce of the region. Heading there on a sunny morning over the weekend can make for the perfect start of the day and be a great precursor for some relaxing evening cooking. The food is usually locally grown, with less packaging, and fewer harmful chemicals, so both you and the environment benefit from it. Visiting the market also presents a fantastic opportunity to practice the language with the local people. Asking for a handful of tomatoes in the language you카지노 게임 컬렉션re trying to learn won카지노 게임 컬렉션t go unnoticed! You might be surprised at how well your language skills have improved, and, as a backup option, you can always point at the item and smile.

By following even a few of these steps, you카지노 게임 컬렉션ll soon find that you have a better understanding of your new culture in general. Food is for sharing, exploring, and enjoying so if you카지노 게임 컬렉션re feeling pekish, why not give some of these tips a go? You카지노 게임 컬렉션ll feel like a local in no time.

To see the rest of this ongoing video series with our resident expat expert Lauren, visit our  page. There you can share your feedback with us or even ask for advice 카지노 게임 컬렉션 we may just use your question as the starting point for the next video!


Tegan Francis

About Tegan Francis

Tegan Francis worked as a Social Media Intern at 카지노게임사이트 for her degree in German and English Communication. During her time in Munich, she could always be found planning her next city break 카지노 게임 컬렉션 unless she was busy thinking about where to try her next plate of Kaiserschmarrn!


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