Culinary

You can never go wrong with cheesecake. That is how powerful and popular cheesecake is. There are many different variations of cheesecakes from all over the world that deserve proper appreciation just for the taste themselves. Not to mention that almost everyone loves cheesecake since it taste familiar and delightful most of the times. Here are most popular cheesecakes from all over the world that will be joy and delight once you take a bite:

New York-style Cheesecake

This is such a popular cheesecake that many people love. The one thing that makes this cheesecake more distinguished from other cheesecake is the heavy and dense texture. However, it feels smooth and rich to taste. Also, the flavor is neither starchy nor citrusy. It tastes heavenly sweet and tangy. It is believed that the first New York-style cheesecake was first made in 1950’s by Junior. This cheesecake is made with heavy cream, eggs, vanilla, cream cheese, and sour cream. The base is sponge cake crust or graham cracker crust. It is best paired with black tea, green tea, and Berliner Weisse. 

Sernik

This is cheesecake originally from Poland and there have been many varieties of it across the country. This cheesecake is made with eggs, sugar, butter, vanilla, cream, potato flour, and twarog, curd cheese that has been used for hundred years. This Poland cheesecake was believed made first in 17th Century. You can also choose baked or unbaked Sernik nowadays with how varied it has become. However, the base remains the same, which uses a layer of crumbly cake. Some toppings are often added such as chocolate sauce, raisins, and fruits. 

Japanese cheesecake

Japanese always has such unique touch to their cuisine, including cheesecake. Their cheesecake looks simple and fluffy. It is made with whisked egg white, flour, cream cheese, corn starch, milk, butter, and sugar. All mixed together and baked in a bain-marie. The texture is light, spongy, and fluffy. Most people especially in Japan love to eat it straight out of the oven instead of waiting for it to cool down. 

Kasekuchen

This is German-style cheesecake which is considered a traditional dessert in the country. It consists of thin layer of shortcrust pastry topped with creamy combination of quark cheese, sugar, eggs, vanilla, butter, and fruits. Even though it looks similar to American cheesecake, it has lighter flavor resulted from lightly acidic quark cheese. Hence, it has perfect balance of sweet and sour. This cheesecake is served with a dust of powdered sugar and best paired with a cup of tea or coffee. 

Fiadone

It is such a unique cheesecake originally from France. It is often dubbed as the Corsican take on cheesecake. However, it is a traditional dessert made with fresh whey cheese called brocciu, eggs, sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest. It was originally served during holiday season. However, people enjoy it throughout the year regardless of the occasion. You can eat it on its own or drizzle it with a little bit of honey. It is best paired with a serve of fresh fruits. 

Hangover is one of the most uncomfortable experiences that everybody wants to avoid but find it hard to. It is such a universal experience. However, there are foods you can always rely on to cure your hangover. Each country might have their own secret recipes and approaches to create the best hangover foods. The point of these foods is to reduce nausea, headaches, and to rehydrate. And here are some of the most famous hangover foods from all around the world you can consider to beat the regrets of your wild nights:

Rassolnik from Russia

Russia is known for their high alcohol consumption so it seems that they know what food that can help them recover from hangover. And it is rassolnik as their go-to food to cure hangover. It is practically a pickled sauerkraut juice said to help give you electrolytes so the alcohol will be fully flushed out of your system. Russians make a soup from the juice called rassolnik where it contains herbs and beefs so it tastes better in the mouth. 

Pincho de Tortilla from Spain

While most of countries make soup based foods to cure hangover, Spaniards choose different path. They prefer small tortilla bites with egg and potato. This sounds like a BBQ instead of hangover food but they have been using it to cure their bad hangover. The taste is heavenly on the mouth for them. However, be wary before eating this food if you have weak stomach from hangover because not everyone can stomach the smell of egg during hangover. 

Goulash Soup from Austria

Many Austrian eat his food not after but during their drinking endeavor. This food is said to be good to prevent hangover. We see that Austrians are more proactive in preventing hangover instead of just overcoming the aftereffect. This is Hungarian soup made with meat, vegetables, and various spices, lots of paprika included. 

Congee from Hong Kong

This is a very popular hangover food from Hong Kong. It is sort of porridge made from rice. This food is not originally made to cure hangover since many people in Hong Kong eat it for breakfast. However, they found out they found out that this porridge ability to soothe upset stomach from hangover. This porridge is so delicious. It is savory, and full of nutritious ingredients good for your body. 

Fricase from Bolivia

While Hong Kong has porridge, Bolivia has stew to cure hangover. This is pork stew you can actually eat anytime. However, it is known for its restorative qualities coming from not only pork but also cumin, garlic, potato, and bread added into tasty broth. 

Drunken Noodles from Thailand

Thailand is widely known for their noodle dishes. And it is not so surprising that they also use noodle dish to cure hangover called pad kee mao or drunken noodles. This is actually a stir-fried noodle mixed meat, vegetables, chilies, garlic, and soy sauce. It tastes delicious and can help you come back from the dead after wild parties the previous night.