• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

The Foreign Fork logo

  • Home
  • Recipe Box
    • Search by Interactive Map
    • Africa
      • Algeria
      • Angola
      • Benin
      • Botswana
      • Burkina Faso
      • Burundi
      • Cabo Verde
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Chad
      • Comoros
      • Cote d’Ivoire
      • Democratic Republic of the Congo
      • Djibouti
      • Egypt
      • Equatorial Guinea
      • Eritrea
      • Eswatini
      • Ethiopia
      • Gabon
      • The Gambia
      • Ghana
    • Asia
      • Afghanistan
      • Armenia
      • Azerbaijan
      • Bangladesh
      • Bhutan
      • Brunei
      • Cambodia
      • China
      • East Timor
      • Georgia
      • India
      • Thailand
    • Caribbean
      • Antigua and Barbuda
      • The Bahamas
      • Barbados
      • Cuba
      • Dominica
      • Dominican Republic
      • Grenada
      • Haiti
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
    • Europe
      • Albania
      • Andorra
      • Belarus
      • Bosnia and Herzegovina
      • Croatia
      • Iceland
    • European Union
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Bulgaria
      • Cyprus
      • Czech Republic
      • Denmark
      • Estonia
      • Finland
      • France
      • Germany
      • Greece
      • Hungary
    • Middle East
      • Bahrain
    • North America
      • Canada
    • Oceania
      • Australia
      • Fiji
    • South America
      • Argentina
      • Bolivia
      • Brazil
      • Chile
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Guyana
  • Culture Cookbook
  • Thanksgiving
  • About
  • Press
  • Nav Social Menu

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • YouTube
menu icon
go to homepage
search icon
Homepage link
  • Home
  • Recipe Box
  • Spice Cabinet
  • Product Pantry
  • About
  • Contact
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • YouTube
  • ×

    Home » Travel Guides » 8 Ways To Know You’re a Travel Foodie

    8 Ways To Know You’re a Travel Foodie

    Published on Mar 7, 2020 Modified: Aug 7, 2020 by The Foreign Fork This post may contain affiliate links which won’t change your price but will share some commission.

    Let’s be honest here. Food is the absolute best part about traveling the world. You can learn so much about a country just from eating its food! Being a travel foodie is fun, but it can also be a hard life. Here are 8 ways to know if you’re a travel foodie. 

    1. You have countries you want to visit just to try the food

    Pizza cone

    Anthony Bourdain is your spirit animal and you’ve created an entire travel wish list based around his food recommendations. You have pinterest boards full of food travel guides, and when it comes time to pick a trip, you’re typical line is “oooh, I’ve been daydreaming about eating this for years. Let’s go here!”. Luckily you picked a spouse that would never dream of telling you that that’s a silly reason to book a plane ticket. 

    2. You pack an extra bag so that you have room to bring home snack souvenirs

    suitcase full of cheese

    You specifically pack an extra bag so that you can have enough room to bring home all of those yummy snacks you tried. You come home filled to the brim with Belgian chocolates, Mexican takis, or 25 flavors of Japanese Kit Kats. 

    3. Your travel day wasn’t a success if you weren’t blown away by all 3 meals

    banquet table

    You only have 3 meals a day during your trip, and if you waste one of those meals on something not yummy, you are inconsolable. Ain’t nobody got time for icky food! We’re trying to experience culture over here, people! 

    4. You know every meal you’re going to eat at every restaurant 3 weeks before you even leave for the airport

    Italian Menu

    You spend all of the nights leading up to your trip plopped in front of your computer, scrolling through food recommendations. Once you’ve finally narrowed down the places you’re going to eat at, you have to choose what dishes you’re going to try!

    You may be throwing things in your suitcase 2 minutes before walking out the door, but you’ve had your breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks planned out for months. And when you finally sit down at the table… psh, who needs a menu?!

    5. You take a cooking class or food tour everywhere you visit 

    travel foodie eating camel

    The best part about traveling for you is trying every local dish you can find. What better way to do that than to pack in 6 tasting in 2 and a half hours? Bonus points if there are drink tastings served alongside your samplings. Extra bonus points if you can find the room in your stomach to still go out for dinner afterwards. 

    6. You know the holes in the walls are always the places with the most potential 

    Dive Restaurant
    Guest Lindau Restaurant Inn Autumn Gastronomy

    You know that the places with menus written on the walls, where not a single person speaks English, where you pay $3 for a 3 course meal…. Oh my gosh, those places are the absolute best. You wouldn’t dream of visiting a chain restaurant while traveling (or while at home for that matter). And you can identify what is going to be the very best meal of the trip just by walking by and saying “looks unimpressive… it probably rocks.”

    7. You won’t wait 20 minutes to get into a club, but you’ll wait 2 hours in line for the city’s next hot restaurant

    people waiting in line at restaurant

    Unless, of course, the club is known for its one-of-a-kind new drink. Then you’ll wait 2 hours in line for that, too. 

    8. You’ve eaten one magic dish one time on one vacation 10 years ago and haven’t stopped thinking about it since

    travel foodie eating waffle in belgium

    You’ve tried so many times to recreate it at home or find something similar in your home country, but nothing will ever compare. Maybe one day you’ll get to go back and eat it again. *sigh*

    Which numbers sound like you? What did I miss?! Leave a comment telling me how YOU know you’re a travel foodie. 

    Related Recipes

    • The Top Disney Snacks I Had in Each Park
      The Top Disney Snacks I Had in Each Park
    • The 8 Best Foods in New Orleans
      The 8 Best Foods in New Orleans
    • How I Afforded to Travel Europe as a College Student
      How I Afforded to Travel Europe as a College Student
    • Romanian Food: Everything You Need to Know
      Romanian Food: Everything You Need to Know
    « Colombian Hot Chocolate with Cheese
    How I Afforded to Travel Europe as a College Student »

    Sharing is caring!

    5 shares

    Reader Interactions

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Recipe Rating




    Primary Sidebar

    What are you looking for?

    About the Head Chef

    Foreign Fork Founder Alexandria
    Hi there! My name is Alexandria. Thanks for stopping by! Spices, ingredients, utensils, techniques… we’ll learn it all, together. Join me for me for struggles and laughs and some crazy concoctions. Learn More...
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • YouTube

    My Latest Recipes

    Substitute for Italian Herbs

    Italian Dessert Recipes

    Italy: Recipes, Background and Culture

    Israel: Introduction, Recipes, Background and Culture

    Authentic Italian Sausage and Peppers Recipe

    Easy Tiramisu Recipe

    Vegetable Recipes

    Yu Choy Sum

    Lima Beans and Corn Succotash Recipe

    Instant Pot Rutabaga Mash (+ Stovetop Instructions!)

    Pikliz Recipe from Haiti

    Creamed Peas Recipe (Stovetop & Instant Pot)

    Instant Pot Beets

    Footer

    • Home
    • About
    • Contact
    • Press
    • Privacy Policy
    • Accessibility Statement

    Copyright © 2023 The Foreign Fork

    5 shares