Journey to the International Food Fast

Discover a city hungry for the first time. Usually stalk back to the hotel. In those moments of weakness is easy to fall into the temptation to eat something quick. HolidayCheck has traced the indigenous fast food. Why participate in the local pecking helps us better understand cities. Want to know what are the most desired snacks Germans, Spanish, Portuguese or Dutch? Francesinha: gargantuan sandwich offering many cafes and restaurants in the historic heart of Porto along the Tagus River. It is a strong snack or a hearty breakfast after a night out. It consists of white pan bread stuffed with layers of salami, ham, sausage, bologna, steak or pork. Is covered with slices of cheese, grill and serve sprinkled with a spicy sauce made with beer and tomato. The chef invented a returned emigrant from France. Hence its name. It is eaten with knife and fork because it is impossible to take a bite. Arancini of rice: The first association to think of Italy and fast food is pizza. Transalpine cuisine but offers a wider repertoire of appetizers. For example, in Sicily prepared a very special rice croquettes.

Arancini are called. They are linked rice pastry with egg Parmesan or pecorino and saffron. Hence its orange color and its name arancini or oranges. Sometimes they are filled with meat ragu, peas and mozzarella. Balls are 10 inches in diameter. In the home of The Godfather know how to kill the worms.

Squid sandwich: Almost more typical Madrid stew of squid snacks are coated in flour and fried in olive oil from the Plaza Mayor. Button panels on the street are the oldest. While it is easy to find in any tapas bar in the capital and in many other Spanish cities. Its smell is one of the fry hallmarks of Madrid. In the north prefer to call rabas sandwiches. You have to add a squeeze of lemon and eat right away, while the squid are crisp. Usually cut into rings of a centimeter thick. If allowed to cool the bread ends up being a piece of gum. Madrid is the city with the largest fish market in Tokyo after, so no wonder that the specialty of the capital in full plateau are the squid. Currywurst: Berlin, Hamburg and fight for the title of having invented the sausage popular in the retail trade: the currywurst or sausage dipped in curry sauce. It consists of a cooked sausage (Brühwurst) and sliced ​​to better absorb a sauce made with ketchup and curry powder. The author Uwe Tim wrote a novel, "The Discovery of the Currywurst? which places the find in Hamburg.

It may have been invented in the Hanseatic city, the second largest port in Europe, however the German capital holds the kiosk Imbiss currywurst or older. Konnopke's called, has existed since 1930 and is leaving the subway station of Schönhauser Alle. Kroket: The Dutch are specialists in croquettes. His kroket a relative of the French croquer crispy and potato flour. Unlike Spanish ham bechamel, or cod and Portugal with bread, beef kroket usually carry. They became very popular after the Second World War. Then the Dutch began to prepare food scraps all kinds of krokets. When they are small and round and called bitterballen accompanied by mustard. Like the Spanish, the Dutch are true fans of the batter and bread crumbs. Their fried fish is called Kibbeling. Vending machines such as chain Febo provide calories 24 hours a day. For example Frikandel or Patatje Oorlog, the "battle chips? basted in various sauces at once. They are so glutton in the Netherlands that you can order from home or olives Arabic food at three or four in the morning.

The appetite for fast food never sleeps.

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