You have come to the right place now that you are craving for foods because we have created an Asian food list with pictures we found on Instagram. You might have come across these foods during your travel, have seen them on Healthy Asian food pictures and have even tried them in authentic restaurants nearby. Do you think that your favorite foods are in the list? Why do not you check this list out? So, here is 10 food photos of Asia’s most delicious dishes!
1. Mohinga – @calvinmyanmareats
This Myanmar fished-based soup, which is prepared with rice noodle, can be complemented with optional additions, such as cilantro, crispy fritters, crushed dried chilis, shredded fish, and sliced pieces of Chinese donuts. Street hawkers are the original caterer of this popular dish. If you want to see more Myanmar food photography, check out @calvinmyanmareats. Not only he likes to make his foods look sexy, but he also will make us drooling.
2. Tom Yum Goong – @hotthaikitchen
Hot, sour and fresh are the perfect words to describe this most famous Thai soup. Tom Yam Goong is made with river prawns as the main ingredient and followed by other essential ingredients, such as chili, lemongrass, lime juice and kaffir lime leaves. These ingredients do not only give a wonderful taste, but also offer healthy properties. Love Thai food and cooking so much? go visit @hotthaikitchen, where she regularly shares her food images and delicious Asian food recipes with pictures on her website.
3. Nasi Lemak – @lemonpiy
Nasi Lemak is a popular dish in Malaysia. This fragrant rice infused with coconut milk and pandan leaf can be found in neighboring countries like Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand. It is customarily served with fresh cucumber slices, fried anchovies, hard-boiled egg, hot spicy sauce (sambal), beef rendang/fried chicken and roasted peanuts. This food photography looks so inviting and clean that it even makes it harder imagining anyone will start digging into this food right away, who is to blame? @lemonpiy
4. Pho – @theblogofsalt
Pho is a popular street food in Vietnam, consisting of rice noodles, spiced meat-based broth and meat, either with beef (Pho Bo) or chicken (Pho Ga). Bean sprouts, cilantro, chili peppers, green onions, lime wedges, Thai basil and white onions are the garnished ingredients of the dish. The photo above is Pho Dac Biet, which is the combination of any parts of the beef, such as brisket, flank, meatballs, rare slice of steak, stripe and tendon. Does not this photo look so tempting? If you think so, wait til you see more food pictures on @theblogofsalt! but, please do not visit on an empty stomach 😛
5. Peking Duck – @eatswithanthony
Characterized by its thin, crisp skin, and little meat, this Beijing dish has been prepared since the imperial era. The duck meat is eaten with spring onion, cucumber and sweet bean sauce with pancakes rolled around the fillings. No need to explain the taste right? It is the perfect combination of flavors and textures. This food photography looks so perfect that you need to check out @eatswithanthony cause he does not only share photos of the trendiest food out there, but he also shares where to find them.
6. Adobo – @mrsmaegamboa
Adobo is a popular dish and cooking process in Philippines in which typically chicken or pork is slowly cooked in bay leaves, black peppercorns, crushed garlic, soy sauce and vinegar. It has relatively long-shelf life due to its primary ingredient, vinegar, which inhibits the growth of bacteria. If you would like to see more Filipino home-style cooking food images, it is accessible through @mrsmaegamboa. You might not be able to stop scrolling through her IG feed.
7. Sushi – @alx_yshiro_
This Japanese dish consists of prepared vinegared rice, usually with some sugar and salt, combined with a variety of ingredients, such as seafood, vegetables and tropical fruits. Sushi is often served with pickled ginger, soy sauce and wasabi. There is no dominant flavor in Sushi and every element should be balanced. This photo was found on @alx_yshiro_. His food pictures, which are pure and particularly focus on capturing the foods themselves as the main stars, will lure you in.
8. Kimchi – @iamsusankim
This traditional Korean dish consisting of pickled vegetables, is mainly served as a side dish, but can be also served as a main dish. Kimchi is globally well known as a spicy fermented cabbage dish, but currently there are hundreds varieties. Besides, it can be eaten alone or with rice. Kimchi is also the basis for many derivative dishes, such as kimchi fried rice, kimchi pancake, kimchi soup and kimchi stew. This photo looks so seductive that it makes us swallowing our saliva. Thanks to @iamsusankim!
9. Biryani – @rassasy_delight
Biryani is a South-Asian mixed rice dish made with rice, spices, vegetables, sometimes egg and meat (beef, chicken, fish, mutton or prawn). Depending on the popularity and availability of condiments, there are so many different varieties of Biryani in the Indian subcontinent. Even, on the outside of the Indian subcontinent, for example in Myanmar, it is called ‘Danpauk’, Indonesia with ‘Nasi Kebuli’, Malaysia and Singapore have Nasi ‘Briyani’ and Philippines with ‘Nasing Biringyi’. Looking at this beauty of Biryani with Tandoori Chicken, you have started imagining how does it taste in your mouth right? Must be Yumm! Head over to @rassasy_delight to check out her food pictures.
10. Fried rice – @seleramakan
In Indonesia, this is called ‘Nasi Goreng’. A stir fried rice cooked in a small amount of cooking oil, typically flavored with chili, garlic, pepper, salt, shallot, and sweet soy sauce (kecap manis) and accompanied by other ingredients, particularly egg, chicken, crackers, meatballs, pickles and prawn. It is also popular in other countries, such as Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore. In cities in Indonesia, fried rice merchants can be seen moving around with their food carts and stopping in busy streets. Well, can you resist this tasty good-looking food? For more Indonesian food images, go check out @seleramakan. You will not be disappointed!
There you have it, the 10 food photos of Asia’s most delicious dishes. Did we miss your favorite foods? If yes, please do share with us in the comment section. We are curious to know your favorites! Also, if you have many great Asian food pictures, why do not you sell them through our platform, Klaud9?
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