5 Tips for Enjoying Local Food While Traveling

Food and travel are like two sides of one coin, they go hand-in-hand. If a person is a diehard travel junkie he/she will definitely be a foodie. While visiting places and scanning beautiful locations, one never misses out on trying the local delicacies as well.  The essence of each place reflects in its food and people. There are only two things that you remember about a place, first - the food and second the atmosphere. So today we shall be talking about food, of course and how to taste it in style while you travel!1. Hog on healthy foods – If you’re traveling in city where certain fruits and vegetables are only found during a specific season, grab them. There’s nothing more healthy and nutritious than fruits. Moreover if you’re not going to find them anywhere but here, why not? Trying the locally available veggies and fruits, is always a good idea. So do not ever think twice, just hog those foods.

So today we shall be talking about food, of course and how to taste it in style while you travel!

1. Hog on Healthy Foods –

If you’re traveling in city where certain fruits and vegetables are only found during a specific season, grab them. There’s nothing more healthy and nutritious than fruits. Moreover if you’re not going to find them anywhere but here, why not? Trying the locally available veggies and fruits, is always a good idea. So do not ever think twice, just hog those foods.

2. Maintain Hygiene –

If you want to stay fit throughout and not get bed hidden during the journey, hygiene is of utmost importance. If you eat in unhealthy atmospheres or with unclean hands, there are higher chances of germ infections. Practice your normal routine daily hygiene, which would be sufficient. And the best part is, if you are well kept and clean your body develops good immune system and antibodies to fight viruses and bacteria in the air. Also, you might try out on some yummy ‘not-so-healthy’ food at times. No harm!

3. Try out Homemade Local Cuisine –

Food cooked at home vs food cooked on stalls. There’s a huge difference. If you get to stay at a local person’s place, there would be nothing more awesome than trying out the homemade meals. It would by default be clean, healthy and safely cooked. There’s this unique taste and aroma of simple house cooking which you can never find in restaurants. So make sure you do not miss this treat.

4. Baked not Fried – 

Well, a prerequisite. Always. Given a choice you should and must go for only and only baked stuff rather than fried. Oily foods make you feel dizzy, lazy and full of cholesterol and relying on the kind of oil used in food courts is as harmful as consuming expired food products. We aren’t scaring you here but this is just an alarm to alert you from not falling sick. Baked food stuffs are generally light, safe and would not cause you any indigestion or heaviness in stomach

5. Take away some local spices to home –

This is something you just need to take away, if you’re a foodie. The authentic aromatic spices would be readily available at best prices. You are unlikely to get them anywhere else rather than the origin place. So if you wish to taste the same delicious food with the perfect aroma, add these spices to your daily foods when you go home. You shall revisit your holiday destination as soon as you take a bite!
So if you have trip plans anytime soon, make sure your trip planner knows the details about that place in and out. Especially in terms of food and best restaurants, cafes and local joints over there. Also check out the food market and centers where they sell far fresh organic vegetables, fruits. You would get it at best prices. 

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